The Utah Hockey Club take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
UTAH (7-9-3) at PENGUINS (7-11-4)
7 p.m. ET; Utah16, SN-PIT
Utah Hockey Club projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Barrett Hayton — Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli — Nick Bjugstad — Lawson Crouse
Jack McBain — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Michael Carcone
Mikhail Sergachev — Olli Maatta
Ian Cole — Maveric Lamoureux
Michael Kesselring — Robert Bortuzzo
Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Liam O’Brien, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Juuso Valimaki
Injured: Connor Ingram (upper body), John Marino (lower body), Sean Durzi (shoulder)
Status report
- Utah adjusted its lines at the morning skate after a 1-0 loss at the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Hayton moved from the third line to first-line center, dropping Bjugstad to the second. Schmaltz also elevated to the first line from the third. Cooley, center on the second line against the Bruins, will be third-line center.
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Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Jesse Puljujarvi — Drew O’Connor — Sam Poulin
Matt Nieto — Noel Acciari — Vasily Ponomarev
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Owen Pickering — Ryan Shea
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ryan Graves, Valtteri Puustinen, Jack St. Ivany
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Cody Glass (concussion), Blake Lizotte (concussion
Status report
- The Penguins did not hold a morning skate.
- Nedeljkovic will likely start after Jarry made 26 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
- Hayes, a forward, was a game-time decision Friday but missed an eighth straight game.
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