Projected Lineups for Senators vs Islanders – 1/14/25

The Ottawa Senators take on the New York Islanders tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (21-18-3) at ISLANDERS (17-18-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, TSN5, RDS2

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Adam Gaudette
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Ridly Greig
Matthew Highmore– Zack Ostapchuk — Zack MacEwen

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

Leevi Merilainen
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Cole Reinhardt, Maxence Guenette

Injured: Linus Ullmark (back), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Jacob Bernard-Docker (high ankle sprain), Michael Amadio (concussion), David Perron (upper body), Noah Gregor (lower body)

Status report

Jensen did not take part in the Senators morning skate Tuesday, but will play. 

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Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Brock Nelson — Mathew Barzal
Maxim Tsyplakov — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Duclair — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Casey Cizikas
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Pierre Engvall

Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George — Noah Dobson
Dennis Cholowski — Scott Mayfield

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: None

Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Simon Holmstrom (upper body), Hudson Fasching (upper body), Alexander Romanov (upper body)

Status report

George is expected to return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Sorokin, who missed a 2-1 win at the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday because of illness, isn’t completely healthy but will back up Hogberg, who made 21 saves Saturday.

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