The Ottawa Senators take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SENATORS (19-15-2) at STARS (22-13-1)
8 p.m. ET; Victory+, TSN5, RDS2
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Shane Pinto — Ridly Greig
Adam Gaudette — Tim Stutzle — Drake Batherson
Nick Cousins — Josh Norris — Claude Giroux
Cole Reinhardt — Noah Gregor — Zack Ostapchuk
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Jake Sanderson — Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven — Artem Zub
Leevi Merilainen
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Barnard-Docker, Nikolas Matinpalo, Mads Sogaard
Injured: Michael Amadio (head), David Perron (upper body), Linus Ullmark (back)
Status report
Zub, a defenseman, was a full participant in practice on Wednesday and is expected to play after missing more than five weeks due to a fractured foot sustained on Nov. 23. … Forsberg will dress as the backup after missing the past seven games with an undisclosed injury.
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Stars projected lineup
Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz –Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Mavrik Bourque — Logan Stankoven
Colin Blackwell — Sam Steel — Arttu Hyry
Miro Heiskanen — Thomas Harley
Nils Lundkvist — Esa Lindell
Mathew Dumba — Ilya Lyubushkin
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Brendan Smith
Injured: Tyler Seguin (hip), Mason Marchment (face)
Status report
Hyry was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will make his NHL debut. … Justin Hryckowian, a forward, was reassigned to Texas on Wednesday.
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