Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Senators – 3/8/25

The New York Rangers take on the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RANGERS (31-26-5) at SENATORS (31-25-5)

12:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN5, MSG

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Brennan Othmann — Juuso Parssinen — Jonny Brodzinski
Brett Berard — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Carson Soucy — Braden Schneider
Calvin de Haan — Zac Jones

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev, Urho Vaakanainen

Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Chris Kreider (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report

Soucy, who was acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, could make his Rangers debut. … Kreider, a forward who has missed six games, is on the road trip, but coach Peter Laviolette would not confirm whether he’d play Saturday. … Fox has resumed skating, but the defenseman will miss his fifth straight game.

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Senators projected lineup

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

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Travis Hamonic

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Nikolas Matinpalo

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee)

Status report:

Cozens will make his Senators debut after being acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres for forward Josh Norris and defenseman Jacob-Bernard-Docker on Friday. … Kleven will be a game-time decision; he was a full participant in practice Friday after missing three games with a lower-body injury. … It is not known whether Zetterlund, acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks for forward Noah Gregor on Friday, will arrive in time to play.

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