NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs with Line Combinations 4/29/2025

NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs with Line Combinations 4/29/2025

Toronto Maple Leafs (3-0-1) at Ottawa Senators (1-1-2)

Venue: Scotiabank Arena
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN/CBC/Sportsnet/TVAS
Radio:
Ottawa – TSN 1200
Toronto – TSN 1050

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Ottawa +1.5 ML +140
Toronto -1.5 ML -166
O/U 5.5

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Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators extended their season with an overtime win on Saturday. They are now averaging 2.5 goals per game in this series. Linus Ullmark, in this series, is posting a 3.44 goals-against average and an .848 save percentage.

Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

The Maple Leafs return home with a chance to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They are averaging 3.8 goals per game through the first four games in the series. Anthony Stolarz posts a 2.29 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage.

Ottawa Senators Projected Lines

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

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Matinpalo

Ullmark
Forsberg

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Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines

Knies-Matthews-Marner
Holmberg-Tavares-Nylander
McMann-Domi-Pacioretty
Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok

McCabe-Tanev
Reilly-Carlo
Benoit-Ekman-Larsson

Stolarz
Woll

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Players To Watch:

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk this season had 55 points on 29 goals and 26 assists. In the four games of the series, he has two goals and an assist. He had an assist in one of the three games against Toronto in the regular season.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Matthew Knies, this season, had 58 points on 29 goals and 29 assists. In the four games of the series, he has three goals. He was held pointless in both meetings he played in during the regular season against Ottawa.

Injury Report:

Toronto Maple Leafs

D Jani Hakanpaa – IR
F David Kampf – DTD
G Joseph Woll – DTD

Ottawa Senators

F Hayden Hodgson – DTD

Next Game

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