Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Senators - 1/12/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Dallas Stars take on the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (27-13-1) at SENATORS (20-18-3)

5 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston
Sam Steel — Maverick Bourque — Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell — Matej Blumel

Miro Heiskanen — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley — Matt Dumba

Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Brendan Smith, Arttu Hyry

Injured: Tyler Seguin (hip), Mason Marchment (face)

Status report

The Stars will not hold a morning skate after a 2-1 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. … Blumel, who was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Saturday and was a healthy scratch against the Canadiens, could play his first NHL game since Oct. 19.

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Senators projected lineup

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

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

Anton Forsberg
Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: Matthew Highmore, 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

The Senators will not hold a morning skate after a 5-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.