NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 3/20/2025

Shane Pinto - Ottawa Senators
Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Colorado Avalanche (41-25-3, 85 Pts) at Ottawa Senators (36-26-5, 77 Pts)
Venue: Canadian Tire Center
Date: Tonight- Thursday, March 20
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, ALT
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Ottawa – TSN 1200

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado +1.5 ML -115
Ottawa -1.5 ML -105
O/U 6.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. Colorado is 18-15-1 on the road this season. The Avs defeated the Senators 5-4 in their previous meeting.

Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators are coming off a 6-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Ottawa 20-9-2 at home this season and has won four straight home games. The Sens are in the first wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Drouin-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kiviranta-Coyle-Colton
Kelly-Drury-O’Connor

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Malinski
Girard-Johnson

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Ottawa Senators Projected Lines

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-Amadio
Zetterlund-Gaudette-Highmore

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Hamonic
Kleven-Matinpalo

Ullmark
Forsberg

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen has 27 goals and 14 assists for the Avalanche. Valeri Nichushkin has scored seven goals with three assists over the last ten games.

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk has 27 goals and 24 assists for the Senators. Shane Pinto has five goals and one assist over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

D Tucker Poolman – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
D Josh Manson – Questionable

Ottawa Senators

C Nick Cousins – Out six to eight weeks
D Nick Jensen – Day to day

Next Game

Colorado Avalanche – March 22 at Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators – March 22 at New Jersey Devils

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