Projected Lineups for Canadiens vs Senators - 4/11/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Ottawa Senators today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (39-30-9) at SENATORS (42-30-6)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, SNE, SNO, SNW

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Oliver Kapanen — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj, Ivan Demidov

Injured: Emil Heineman (undisclosed)

Status report:

The Canadiens, who did not hold a morning skate, will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. … Heineman, a forward, will miss his third consecutive game. … Demidov, a forward who signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Montreal on Tuesday, arrived in North America Thursday; there is no timeline for his NHL debut.

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Senators projected lineup

Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Angus Crookshank

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Brady Tkachuk (upper body)

Status report:

The Senators held an optional morning skate with one goalie and seven skaters. … Tkachuk was expected to be on the ice Friday for the first time since he was injured March 30, but the forward did not take part in the optional skate and will miss his sixth straight game. … Cousins, a forward who hasn’t played since Jan. 25, skated Friday but will not dress.

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