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:

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
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) January 24, 2025
QB: Marner
Flanks: Matthews, Nylander
Bumper: Domi
Net front: McMann
QB: Rielly
Flanks: Ekman-Larsson, Nylander
Bumper: Robertson
Net front: Minten @TSN_Sports
Lines
Mark Masters via Daily Faceoff
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
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) January 25, 2025
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