This might be the final game of the Ottawa Senators’ 2024-2025 season as the Sens and Toronto Maple Leafs return to Toronto.
Ottawa survived game four with heroics of a double overtime. The Senators look to force a Game Six as the Leafs are 1-12 all time in the Matthews postseason era.
Projected Lineups
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner Pontus Holmberg -- John Tavares -- William Nylander Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Max Pacioretty Steven Lorentz -- Scott Laughton -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz Joseph Woll
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio Nick Cousins -- Adam Gaudette -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub Thomas Chabot -- Travis Hamonic Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Leevi Merilainen, Matthew Highmore, Nick Jensen
Injured: Hayden Hodgson (lower body)
Players to Watch
Max Domi
"Just playoffs in general, you have two desperate teams every game. They play with a lot of desperation, and when you have a team fighting for their lives, you're not getting a more desperate team than that. It's one of those things in order to beat that team, you have to match that and in a way, have more desperation. If winning was easy, everyone would win. It's not an easy thing to do."
Shane Pinto — 2 points in 4 games in his first career postseason. The forward has had a minor and is a -1.
Predicted Final Score
TOR — 5
OTT — 3
More to come…