{"id":358293,"date":"2025-12-20T20:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/358293\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:04:12","slug":"thomas-chabot-to-return-to-ottawa-senators-lineup-after-12-games-missed-due-to-ubi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/358293\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Chabot to return to Ottawa Senators lineup after 12 games missed due to UBI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ottawa Senators<\/a> will get a big boost to their lineup on Saturday in the form of defenceman Thomas Chabot<\/a>, who is set to return after missing the past 12 games with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n

Senators head coach Travis Green<\/a> told reporters on Saturday morning that Chabot and Olle Lycksell<\/a> will be in the lineup against the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> on Saturday afternoon, and that Nikolas Matinpalo<\/a> and Kurtis MacDermid<\/a> will each be healthy scratches.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Leevi Merilainen is set to get the start in net.<\/p>\n

Official lineup changes from Travis Green:<\/p>\n

IN:
Thomas Chabot
Olle Lycksell<\/p>\n

OUT:
Nikolas Matinpalo (scratched)
Kurtis MacDermid (scratched)<\/p>\n

Leevi Merilainen starts.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Julian McKenzie (@jkamckenzie) December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Chabot, 28, has been out of the lineup since suffering an upper-body injury against the San Jose Sharks<\/a> on Nov. 22. He has played in 18 games this season, with two goals and 10 points.<\/p>\n

The 10th-year blue liner has spent every season in his career with the Senators, and was an All-Star in 2018-19. His 45 points last season ranked second amongst Senators defencemen behind Jake Sanderson<\/a> (57).<\/p>\n

The Senators have won two games in a row entering this matchup against the Blackhawks, and rank sixth in the Atlantic Division at 16-13-4.<\/p>\n