{"id":414556,"date":"2026-01-18T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/414556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:10:32","slug":"nhl-game-preview-ottawa-senators-at-detroit-red-wings-with-line-combinations-1-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/414556\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1\/18\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1\/18\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768756227_135_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1\/18\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-69.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 1\/18\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Colby\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators (22-19-6, 50 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (29-16-4, 62 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Little Caesars Arena<br \/>Date: Sunday, January 18<br \/>Time: 5:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/RDS2\/TSN5\/FDSNDET<br \/>Radio: 1200 TSN\/97.1 The Ticket<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Senators had their two-game win streak snapped with last night\u2019s 6-5 overtime loss to the Canadiens. They\u2019re still on a three-game point streak, averaging five goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings picked up a 4-2 win on Friday night over the Sharks. They\u2019ve won five of their last six games, averaging 3.7 goals per game while allowing two goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Batherson-Stutzle-Zetterlund<br \/>Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig<br \/>Amadio-Pinto-Giroux<br \/>Cousins-Eller-Perron<\/p>\n<p>Sanderson-Zub<br \/>Chabot-Jensen<br \/>Kleven-Spence<\/p>\n<p>Reimer<br \/>Merilainen<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>van Riemsdyk-Larkin-Raymond<br \/>DeBrincat-Copp-Kane <br \/>Kasper-Compher-Finnie<br \/>Soderblom-Rasmussen-Appleton<\/p>\n<p>Edvinsson-Seider<br \/>Chiarot-Sandin Pelikka<br \/>Johansson-Bernard Docker<\/p>\n<p>Gibson<br \/>Talbot<\/p>\n<p>Buy Detroit Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/detroit-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get Your Detroit Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n<p>Brady Tkachuk scored a goal in Ottawa\u2019s loss to Detroit back in January.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>James van Riemsdyk had a goal and two assists in the Red Wings\u2019 5-3 win over Ottawa on January 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-ottawa-senators-filip-hallander-ir-c-evgeni-malkin-ir\">G Linus Ullmark \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>None<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768756230_961_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-edmonton-oilers-with-line-combinations-1-18-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Blues-vs.-Oilers-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-dallas-stars-with-lines-combinations-1-18-26\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768756231_269_Untitled-design-68-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars with Lines Combinations 1\/18\/26\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-dallas-stars-with-lines-combinations-1-18-26\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars with Lines Combinations 1\/18\/26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning (29-13-4, 62 pts) at Dallas Stars (27-12-9, 63 pts)\u00a0 Venue: American Airlines CenterDate: Sunday, January 18Time: 2:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0NHL Network\/The Spot\/Victory+Radio:\u00a0WDAE 100.7\/1310 The Ticket Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes: The Lightning had their 11-game winning streak snapped on Friday with a 3-2 shootout loss to [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-dallas-stars-with-lines-combinations-1-18-26\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-defenseman-activated-from-ir\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768701490_137_Hampus-Lindholm-Boston-Bruins-2025-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hampus Lindholm skating for the Boston Bruins 2025\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-defenseman-activated-from-ir\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins Defenseman Activated From IR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Bruins have activated defenseman Hampus Lindholm from Injured Reserve ahead of their road game Saturday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. Lindholm has been out of the lineup since January 3 with an undisclosed injury, but had begun skating with the team the last few days. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound blueliner has three goals and [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-defenseman-activated-from-ir\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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