NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

Ottawa Senators (36-27-5, 77 Pts) at New Jersey Devils (37-27-6, 80 Pts)

Venue: Prudential Center
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/MSGSN/SN1
Radio:
Ottawa: TSN 1200
New Jersey: Devils Hockey Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Ottawa: +1.5 ML +110
New Jersey: -1.5 ML -130
O/U 5.5

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Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators dropped their second straight game on Thursday as they lost 5-1 to the Colorado Avalanche. They dropped to 7-2-1 in March averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.3 goals per game.

New Jersey Devils News & Notes:

The Devils suffered a 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. They dropped to 5-5-0 in March averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game. Nico Hischier is on a five-game point streak recording three goals and three assists in that stretch.

Ottawa Senators Lineup:

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

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Mantipalo

Ullmark
Forsberg

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New Jersey Devils Lineup:

Meier-Hischier-Noesen
Haula-Glass-Bratt
Foote-Mercer-Sprong
Cotter -Lazar-Bastian

Hughes-Pesce
Dumoulin-Kovacevic
Dillon-Nemec

Markstrom
Allen

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Players To Watch:

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk this season has 53 points on 27 goals and 26 assists. He’s faced the Devils 16 times in his career recording 12 points on four goals and eight assists; he scored a goal in one of the two meetings earlier this season.

New Jersey Devils

Erik Haula this season has 15 points on seven goals and eight assists. He’s faced the Senators 21 times in his career recording 12 points on six goals and six assists; he scored a goal in the lone game against New Jersey this season he played in.

Injury Report:

Ottawa Senators:

F Nick Cousins – IR
D Nick Jensen – DTD

New Jersey Devils:

F Jack Hughes – Out
D Dougie Hamilton – Out
F Ondrej Palat – Out
D Jonas Siegenthaler – IR

Next game:

Ottawa: March 25 at Buffalo Sabres
New Jersey: March 24 vs. Vancouver Canucks

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