The Ottawa Senators welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 3 of their first round matchup at Canadian Tire Centre this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others
MAPLE LEAFS (1A) at SENATORS (WC1)
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNP, ESPN2
Toronto leads best-of-7 series 2-0
Maple Leafs Projected Lineup
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg — John Tavares — William Nylander
Max Pacioretty — Max Domi — Bobby McMann
Calle Jarnkrok — Scott Laughton — Steven Lorentz
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, David Kampf, Artur Akhtyamov, Nicholas Robertson
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Status report:
Pacioretty will return after being out since Feb. 8 because of an undisclosed injury; he took reps at the net front on the second power-play unit during the Maple Leafs’ morning skate. … Robertson, a forward, will come out.
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Senators Projected Lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Fabian Zetterlund — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
David Perron — Adam Gaudette — Nick Cousins
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic, Matthew Highmore
Injured: Hayden Hodgson (lower body)
Status Report:
Greig also missed the morning skate but is likely to play.
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