With six games to play, the Senators need to get on a roll to hang onto the final Eastern Wild Card spot.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Warren Foegele -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Nikolas Matinpalo -- Jordan Spence
Lassi Thomson -- Cameron Crotty
Linus Ullmark
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).
Hurricanes projected lineup (as per NHL.com)
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Alexander Nikishin
Frederik Andersen
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