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There are still a few line-up decisions to be made ahead of puck drop but here's a look at what we know about the Sens' game roster against the Jets.

For starters, head coach Guy Boucher confirmed that Ben Harpur would return to action tonight. Harpur has been a healthy scratch over the past 3 games but as the coach preps to face a potent Jets offence, he's looking to add some depth to his defence corps.
"We're going to go 11 and 7 but I haven't decided which guy I'm pulling out at forward," said Boucher at his morning media availability. "I'm putting Harpur back in. This is a big team so we'll need some big bodies."

The coach went on to say that he didn't feel any of the team's current, active defenceman deserved to come out of the line-up hence the return of the 11 forward, 7 defenceman rotation. Stay tuned until after warm-up for confirmation on which forward will be inactive but we can confirm that Mark Stone has been ruled out for tonight's game.
The Sens leading scorer has missed the Sens' last 11 games with a lower-body injury he suffered against the Calgary Flames back on March 9th but he has hinted at being close to a return lately.
"It's getting better but I'll take the night off tonight though," said Stone following the morning skate. "I'm going to skate again tomorrow, hopefully get a really good practice in again and we'll go from there."
Stone has joined the Sens for several skates and practices while wearing a regular contact jersey but his return will be delayed and with under a week left in the season, it may not come at all this year.
"I think there's a chance yeah," Stone said about the possibility of not playing again this season. "I don't think that they'll want me going out there if there are any risks. I've felt good for a couple of days in a row here but if there's even a minor setback then it'll probably become a case of them wanting me to shut it down."

In Goal

The coach didn't confirm his starting goalie tonight but if the goalie rotation that the team has been implementing recently holds true, it's probable that Craig Anderson (22-23-6) will start the final Sens home game of the season. Anderson played a little over 33 minutes in the team's other meeting with the Jets this season after he came in in relief of Mike Condon. Boucher called the team's 5-0 loss in Winnipeg on December 3rd their "worst game of the year" and the score could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for Anderson stopping all 27 shots he faced in the second half of that defeat.