Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Penguins - 3/30/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Ottawa Senators take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (39-28-5) at PENGUINS (29-34-11)

5 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, TSN5, RDS

Senators projected lineup

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

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Anton Forsberg
Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee)

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Status report:

Forsberg will likely start after Ullmark made 29 saves in a 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rutger McGroarty — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Ville Koivunen — Rickard Rakell — Connor Dewar
Philip Tomasino — Kevin Hayes — Noel Acciari
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Emil Bemstrom

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Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Ryan Shea

Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body)

Status report:

McGroarty and Koivunen were recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday. McGroarty, selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round (No. 14) in the 2022 NHL Draft, started the season with three games in Pittsburgh; Koivunen, drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round (No. 51) in 2021, could make his NHL debut. … Penguins forward Bokondji Imama will be miss the rest of the season after having biceps surgery Saturday. He is expected to need 4-6 months to recover.