If the Ottawa Senators are planning lineup changes for Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, head coach Travis Green won’t spill.
Forward Ridly Greig and defenceman Nick Jensen both missed morning skate but are available to play, Green said.
Each, however, was replaced during line rushes, with Nick Cousins slotting in for Greig on the fourth line and Travis Hamonic taking Jensen’s spot on the second defensive pairing.
Greig was central to a feisty Game 1 in the Battle of Ontario on Sunday, drawing Toronto’s ire for cross-checking John Tavares and crashing into goalie Anthony Stolarz.
Stolarz missed practice Monday for rest, but was back on the ice Tuesday and is expected to start.
Cousins, whose history of suspensions has given him a reputation in some circles as a dirty player, skated in 50 games with the Senators on the season, compiling six goals and nine assists.
He missed all of February and March with a knee injury but returned to action for three games in April, notching one goal and one assist.
“Provide some energy and get a win,” Green said. “At the end of the day, that’s we need to do … get a split on the road and then head home and have our fans behind us.”
Jensen was minus-two with two penalty minutes in 20:52 of action in Game 1.
Hamonic, 34, dressed in 59 games during his fourth season as a Senator, scoring once and adding six helpers.
The Maple Leafs appear to be going with the same group that provided the 6-2 series-opening victory, with Max Domi and Pontus Holmberg swapping places on the middle two forward lines.
The best-of-seven series shifts to Ottawa for Games 3 and 4 beginning Thursday.
–with files from The Canadian Press
