Projected Lineups for Senators vs Avalanche – 01/08/26 - The Hockey Writers -

The Ottawa Senators take on the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (20-17-5) at AVALANCHE (31-4-7)

9 p.m. ET; KTVD, ALT, TSN5, RDS2

Senators projected lineup

Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Dylan Cozens
Brady Tkachuk — Shane Pinto — Fabian Zetterlund
Michael Amadio — Ridly Greig — Claude Giroux
Nick Cousins — Stephen Halliday — David Perron

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

Mads Sogaard
Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, Linus Ullmark

Injured: Lars Eller (broken foot)

Status report

Ottawa didn’t hold a morning skate following a 3-1 loss at Utah on Wednesday.

Latest for THW:

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen– Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Gavin Brindley — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan — Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov

Samuel Girard — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner

Scratched: Ilya Solovyov

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (upper body), Devon Toews (upper body), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)

Status report

Colton missed morning skate due to an illness but is expected to play for Colorado. … Landeskog, a forward, is expected to miss weeks. … Toews, a defenseman, is not skating yet and is week to week. … Kiviranta, a forward, isn’t skating either and is week to week. … Blackwood, a goalie, is back on the ice rehabbing and could be ready to return next week. He was originally considered week to week.

Latest for THW: