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Projected Lineups for Senators vs Wild – 12/29/24

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

SENATORS (18-15-2) at WILD (22-10-4)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNNOX, FDSNWI, TSN5

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Cole Reinhardt — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Ridly Greig
Noah Gregor — Zack Ostapchuk — Adam Gaudette

Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Jake Sanderson — Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven — Jacob Barnard-Docker

Leevi Merilainen
Mads Sogaard

Scratched: Nikolas Matinpalo

Injured: Michael Amadio (head), Anton Forsberg (lower body), David Perron (upper body), Artem Zub (foot), Linus Ullmark (back)

Status report

The Senators did not hold a morning skate after a 4-2 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

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Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson – Joel Eriksson Ek — Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore — Marat Khusnutdinov — Ben Jones

Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Travis Dermott, Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov (lower body)

Status report

Eriksson Ek (lower body) was activated from injured reserve and will return after missing 11 games. … Kaprizov, a forward, is expected to miss his second straight game. He is day-to-day.

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Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse Courville-Lynch

Jesse has been a writer for over four years, starting with The Hockey Writers back in January of 2023. While previously holding credentials for the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, he primarily covers his hometown Edmonton Oilers, while also being an at-large writer. Away from writing, he is a hockey coach, currently serving as the Assistant Coach of the PAC U17AAA Saints. Jesse has obtained a freelance and sports writing diploma with distinction from the London School of Journalism, while also pursuing a business administration diploma from NAIT.

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