Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Senators - 1/18/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Boston Bruins take on the Ottawa Senators this afternoon at Canadian Tire Centre. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BRUINS (22-19-5) at SENATORS (22-18-4)

3 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Vinni Lettieri
Trent Frederic — Matthew Poitras — Charlie Coyle
Justin Brazeau — John Beecher — Mark Kastelic

Nikita Zadorov — Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke
Mason Lohrei — Jordan Oesterle

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Michael Callahan, Oliver Wahlstrom

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (undisclosed), Hampus Lindholm (lower body), Cole Koepke (upper body)

Status report

Kastelic could return after missing a 6-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury. … Koepke will not play after the forward was injured Tuesday. … Hampus Lindholm practiced Friday in a non-contact jersey for the first time since the defenseman was injured Nov. 12.

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Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Adam Gaudette
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Ridly Greig
Matthew Highmore — Zack Ostapchuk — Michael Amadio

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven — Nick Jensen
Donovan Sebrango — Nikolas Matinpalo

Leevi Merilainen
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: None

Injured: Linus Ullmark (back), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Jacob Bernard-Docker (high ankle sprain), David Perron (upper body), Noah Gregor (lower body), Thomas Chabot (face)

Status report

Chabot is questionable to return; the defenseman took a puck to the face in a 2-0 win at the New York Islanders on Tuesday.