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# Preview: Leafs vs Sens
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/preview-leafs-vs-sens/
- Published: 2025-01-25T16:45:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-25T16:45:46.000Z
- Description: It's hockey night in Kanata.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: Game Coverage

### Toronto Maple Leafs @ Ottawa Senators  
07:00 PM at Canadian Tire Centre  
Watch on: SN, CBC, SN360, TVAS2

### 

The Leafs last game was at home on January 22 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, which Toronto lost by a score of 5-1 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 30-17-2 for a 0.633 Points %.

The Ottawa Senators last played away on January 23 against the Boston Bruins. The Senators lost by a score of 2-0 in regulation, and their current league record is 24-20-4 for a 0.542 Points %.

### Them

You can't even count on the Sens to beat the Bruins. 

I don't know why it feels like we've played this team a million times – maybe preseason – but this is only the second meeting of the regular season. Let's remind ourselves how the first one went: 

[Leafs lose by doing pretty much everything badlySens did everything pretty good.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/PPP-Goalie-Logo_RGB-93.png)PPP LeafsCathy Squires![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1651520869703-ab04db620f4f-1.jpeg)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/leafs-lose-by-doing-pretty-much-everything-badly/)

Oh. Yeah, that game. In the Leafs defence it was during Auston Matthews trip to a European spa, so Max Domi was the 1C. But they were all really awful. The Sens were not anything other than okay, and their record this season says that's what they usually are. 

The Sens have had some injuries on defence, but Jake Sanderson is back and so is Travis Hamonic. Linus Ullmark is practicing, but hasn't played yet.

#### Lines

Morning skate

Brady Tkachuk - Tim Stützle - David Perron  
Claude Giroux - Ridly Greig - Drake Batherson  
Nick Cousins - Shane Pinto - Michael Amadio  
Matthew Highmore - Zack Ostapchuk - Adam Gaudette

Jake Sanderson - Artem Zub  
Thomas Chabot - Travis Hamonic  
Tyler Kleven - Nikolas Matinpalo

Anton Forsberg - starter  
Levi Merilainen/Linus Ullmark

### Us

Matt Knies is not ready to play, so the practice lines from yesterday will be the likely lineup tonight. Connor Dewar has been put on IR and Nikita Grebenkin was recalled.

> Leafs sticking with five-forward top unit on PP even with Knies out   
>  
> QB: Marner   
> Flanks: Matthews, Nylander   
> Bumper: Domi   
> Net front: McMann   
>  
> QB: Rielly   
> Flanks: Ekman-Larsson, Nylander   
> Bumper: Robertson   
> Net front: Minten [@TSN\_Sports](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FSports?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [January 24, 2025](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1882843626646216968?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

#### Lines

Mark Masters via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/toronto-maple-leafs/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Bobby McMann - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner  
Max Domi - Pontus Holmberg - William Nylander  
Steven Lorentz - David Kämpf - Nicholas Robertson  
Jacob Quillan - Fraser Minten - Ryan Reaves

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Chris Tanev  
Morgan Rielly - Jake McCabe  
Simon Benoit - Philippe Myers

Joe Woll - starter  
Matt Murray

### The Game

It's not possible to do worse than the last game against the Sens.

> Craig Berube on game in Ottawa: "We got to be emotionally invested. That's the biggest thing. They're going to be emotionally invested for sure ... We got a lot fans there that are going to be cheering for us & we gotta give them something to cheer about"[https://t.co/ofPrgxE6TT](https://t.co/ofPrgxE6TT?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [January 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1883186931930136984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)