Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Blackhawks – 3/5/25

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

SENATORS (30-25-5) at BLACKHAWKS (19-35-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN, TVAS

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Angus Crookshank — Adam Gaudette — Matthew Highmore

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Travis Hamonic — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Tyler Kleven (lower body)

Status report

The Senators will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Washington Capitals on Monday

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Colton Dach — Connor Bedard — Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Andreas Athanasiou — Tyler Bertuzzi
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Alec Martinez

Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight

Scratched: Petr Mrazek, TJ Brodie

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee),

Status report:

Forwards Dickinson, Foligno and Kurashev each took part in the Blackhawks morning skate Wednesday wearing a non-contact jersey. … Soderblom will start after Knight made 41 saves in his Chicago debut on Monday, a 5-1 victory against the Los Angeles Kings … Mrazek, a goalie, will be scratched for the second straight game.

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