The Ottawa Senators take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 2 of their first-round matchup at Scotiabank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others
SENATORS (WC1) at MAPLE LEAFS (A1)
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 2
7:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN2
Toronto leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Fabian Zetterlund — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins — Adam Gaudette — Matthew Highmore
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Travis Hamonic
Tyler Klevin — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Leevi Merilainen, Ridly Greig, Nick Jensen
Injured: Hayden Hodgson (lower body)
Status report:
The Senators lines reflected those used during their morning skate.
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Max Domi — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — Scott Laughton — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Max Pacioretty, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Status report
The Maple Leafs will dress the same 18 skaters they used in their 6-2 win in Game 1. … The Holmberg-Domi switch was foreshadowed after coach Craig Berube moved Holmberg up to the second line in place of Domi midway through Game 1.
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