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A week ago with a day between games, Linus Ullmark wasn’t unavailable to start because he needed a rest. On Sunday evening, the Senators goaltender will go back-to-back.<\/p>\n

After backstopping the Senators in a 4-1 loss to Minnesota on Saturday afternoon, Ullmark will start again in Sunday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes at Canadian Tire Centre (5 pm, TSN5, RDS2).<\/p>\n

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Ottawa begins play tied with Columbus, Philadelphia, and Detroit, all with 88 points. The Sens hold the tiebreaker and the Red Wings helped out by losing to Minnesota earlier in the day on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Sens will shuffle things around again at forward, compared to how they started on Saturday. Fabian Zetterlund starts on the fourth line, which means Nick Cousins moved up to the third, and that bumps Claude Giroux back up to the first line.<\/p>\n

Senators projected lineup<\/p>\n

Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux<\/p>\n

Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridly Greig<\/p>\n

Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio<\/p>\n

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Warren Foegele — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund<\/p>\n

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub<\/p>\n

Nikolas Matinpalo — Jordan Spence<\/p>\n

Lassi Thomson — Cameron Crotty<\/p>\n

Linus Ullmark<\/p>\n

Carolina is a team with very little weaknesses, leading the East with 104 points, and in the dying days of the regular season, they’re not showing any signs of letting up, winning four of their last five. The Senators, on the other hand, have lost four of their last five games (1-3-1).<\/p>\n

Hurricanes projected lineup (as per NHL.com)<\/p>\n

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n

Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake<\/p>\n

Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook<\/p>\n

William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson<\/p>\n

Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n

K\u2019Andre Miller — Sean Walker<\/p>\n

Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n

Steve Warne
The Hockey News\u00a0<\/p>\n

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