Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Maple Leafs – 3/15/25

The Ottawa Senators are in Toronto tonight to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in a big divisional match-up that has impacts on the Atlantic Division standings. The Maple Leafs sit second in the division behind the Florida Panthers and need every point they can get, while the Senators continue to battle for one of the Eastern Conference’s wildcard spots and their fans are hungry for playoff hockey. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (35-25-5) at MAPLE LEAFS (39-23-3)

7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNO, SNW, SNP, TVAS2

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 (undisclosed)

Status report

Tkachuk will play after missing the final 6:26 of a 6-3 win against the Boston Bruins on Thursday because of a minor hip injury. … Hamonic will replace Jensen, a defenseman.

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — Mitch Marner
William Nylander — Scott Laughton — Calle Jarnkrok
Steven Lorentz — Pontus Holmberg — Nicholas Robertson

Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll

Scratched: David Kampf, Phillippe Myers

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness)

Status report

Matthews did not participate in the Maple Leafs morning skate but will play.

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