Projected Lineups for Predators vs Senators – 10/13/25

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

PREDATORS (1-0-1) at SENATORS (1-1-0)

1 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, FDSNSO

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Brady Martin — Ryan O’Reilly
Steven Stamkos — Fedor Svechkov — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Erik Haula — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Tyson Jost

Adam Wilsby — Roman Josi
Brady Skjei — Nick Perbix
Spencer Stasteny — Justin Barron

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Ozzy Wiesblatt, Nick Blankenburg, Joakim Kemell

Injured: Nicolas Hague (upper body)

Status report

The Predators did not practice on Sunday

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Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins — Lars Eller — Olle Lycksell

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Jordan Spence

Linus Ullmark
Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, Donovan Sebrango

Injured: Drake Batherson (upper body)

Status report

Kleven has recovered from an ankle injury and will make his season debut. … Spence and Lycksell each could make his Senators debut; they were healthy scratches for the Senators’ first two games. … Batherson, a forward, will miss his third straight game but is “aiming” to make his season debut against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.

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