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The Sens are getting a pair of players back tonight in Mark Stone and Derick Brassard and we've got the details on how the rest of the line-up is shaping up against the Maple Leafs.

Sens head coach Guy Boucher re-confirmed the news about Stone and Brassard earlier today in Toronto which should give a big boost to the team's top 6 forwards.
"When we have all of our players, it's a different look," said Boucher. "But I think that's only happened once this year."
The Sens will once again deploy the 11 forwards and 7 defencemen formation which gives the coach some flexibility with his bottom 6. If Thursday's game against the Predators is any indication, Boucher will rotate his centres through the 4th line giving Brassard, Matt Duchene and Jean-Gabriel Pageau some extra ice-time and altering the look of his 4th line shift-over-shift in the hopes of creating some more favourable match-ups on the road.
With that, here's look at the Sens' projected line-up for tonight:
Hoffman - Duchene - White
Dzingel - Brassard - Stone
Smith - Pageau - Pyatt
Paajarvi - DiDomenico
Oduya - Karlsson
Phaneuf - Ceci
Chabot - Borowiecki
Claesson
The Sens are still without Bobby Ryan (finger), Nate Thompson (day-to-day), Chris Wideman (hamstring) and Gabriel Dumont (high ankle sprain) are all getting closer to potential returns.

In Goal

Craig Anderson (15-17-5) gets the nod in net tonight against the Maple Leafs and looks to lock down his fourth consecutive win. Anderson has been dynamite lately and has compiled a save percentage of .930 in his last 5 appearances for the Sens. He has also been very good verus Toronto historically and holds a record of 8-1-1 in his last 10 games opposite the Maple Leafs. Mike Condon, who has been under the weather recently, will back him up.

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