Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Canadiens – 3/18/25

The Ottawa Senators take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (36-25-5) at CANADIENS (32-27-7)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, TSN5

Senators projected lineup

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

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (lower body)

Status Report:

Tkachuk took part in an optional morning skate after missing practice Monday. … Jensen, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)

Status report:

Guhle was on the ice for an optional morning skate but the defenseman will miss his 17th straight game since getting injured Jan. 28.

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