NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 1/11/2025

Ottawa Senators (19-18-3, 41 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (18-17-8, 44 pts)

Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Saturday, January 11
Time: 4:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / Sportsnet / SN PT
Radio:
Ottawa Senators – TSN 1200 Ottawa
Pittsburgh Penguins – 105.9 The X

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

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Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators have lost four straight games and have fallen back in the chase for a playoff spot in the very congested Eastern Conference. Ottawa had a players-only meeting to try to clear the air and get on the same page moving forward. The Senators have a 9-11-2 road record, and they’ll travel to Pittsburgh to try to get back on track. Ottawa won the first of the three meetings between these clubs on December 14, 3-2.

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins just snapped a four-game skid of their own with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Depending on what happens around the NHL this afternoon and tonight,t the Penguins could move into playoff position with a win. This is a big game for both teams as they battle for playoff positioning.

Ottawa Senators Projected Lines:

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Greig
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Ostapchuk-Pinto-Cousins
Reinhardt-Gaudette-MacEwen

Chabot-Jensen
Sanderson-Zub
Kleven-Matinpalo

Forsberg
Merilainen

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Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup:

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Glass-Beauvillier
O’Connor-Hayes-Puljujarvi
Nieto-Lizotte-Acciari

Pettersson-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Pickering-P.O. Joseph

Jarry
Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Ottawa Senators

Tim Stutzle has only one assist during the Senators ‘ game-losing streak and only two points in his last seven games. Ottawa needs their young superstar to find his game if they want to continue to push for a playoff spot. The 22-year-old German leads the Senators in scoring with 41 points (12g, 29a) in 40 games played.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney notched a goal and two assists in the Penguins’ 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. Crosby moved into 9th place on the all-time scoring list with 1,643 points, passing Hall of Famer Joe Sakic. Next up on the list would be the owner of the Penguins, Mario Lemieux, with 1,723 points.

Injury Report:

Ottawa Senators

LW David Perron – IR
RW Michael Amadio – IR
G Linus Ullmark – OUT
D Travis Hamonic – OUT
D Jacob Bernard-Docker – OUT

Pittsburgh Penguins

C Evgeni Malkin – OUT
C Philip Tomasino – IR

Next Game:

Ottawa Senators – January 12 vs. Dallas Stars
Pittsburgh Penguins – January 12 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

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