NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 4/26/2025

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

Venue: Canadian Tire Centre
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: TBS/truTV/CBC/Sportsnet/TVAS
Radio:
Toronto – TSN 1050
Ottawa – TSN 1200

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Toronto -1.5 ML -102
Ottawa +1.5 ML -118
O/U 5.5


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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

The Maple Leafs are on the verge of advancing to the second round in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They are averaging four goals per game through the first three games in the series. Anthony Stolarz posts a 1.95 goals-against average and a .926 save percentage.

Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators are on the verge of having their season come to an end if they don’t get a win tonight. They are averaging two goals per game this series. Linus Ullmark, in this series, is posting a 3.91 goals-against average and an .815 save percentage.

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines

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

McCabe-Tanev
Reilly-Carlo
Benoit-Ekman-Larsson

Stolarz
Woll

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Ottawa Senators Projected Lines

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

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Matinpalo

Ullmark
Forsberg

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Players To Watch:

Toronto Maple Leafs

John Tavares this season had 74 points on 38 goals and 36 assists. In the first three games of the series, he has two goals and two assists. In two meetings against the Senators this season he was held pointless.

Ottawa Senators

Claude Giroux this season had 50 points on 15 goals and 35 assists. In the three games of the series, he has a goal and two assists. He had a point in every regular-season game this season, recording a goal and two assists.

Injury Report:

Toronto Maple Leafs

D Jani Hakanpaa – IR
F David Kampf – DTD

Ottawa Senators

F Hayden Hodgson – DTD

Next Game

Game 5: Tuesday, April 29 at Scotiabank Arena (If Necessary)

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