Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Senators – 4/15/25

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

BLACKHAWKS (24-46-11) at SENATORS (44-30-6)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, CHSN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Nick Foligno — Ryan Greene — Oliver Moore
Landon Slaggert — Joe Veleno — Lukas Reichel

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Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Connor Murphy — Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, Kevin Korchinski

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow) Jason Dickinson (wrist)

Status report:

The Blackhawks did not hold a morning skate following a 4-3 shootout win at the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. … Knight could start after Soderblom made 18 saves Monday. 

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Senators projected lineup

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

Thomas Chabot — Travis Hamonic
Nikolas Matinpalo — Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven — Dennis Gilbert

Anton Forsberg
Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Nick Jensen, Claude Giroux, Jake Sanderson

Injured: Brady Tkachuk (upper body), Hayden Hodgson (lower body)

Status Report:

The Senators held an optional morning skate including seven skaters and one goalie. … Giroux, a forward, and defensemen Jensen and Sanderson each will be rested, coach Travis Green said. … Tkachuk will miss his eighth straight game because of an upper-body injury; the forward skated Tuesday in a regular jersey for the first time since being injured March 30. … Hodgson will not dress after the forward was injured in the third period of a 4-3 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

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