Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Penguins – 12/29/24

The New York Islanders 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.

ISLANDERS (14-15-7) at PENGUINS (16-16-5)

5:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anthony Duclair — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Bo Horvat — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching

Alexander Romanov — Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George — Scott Mayfield

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Matt Martin, Pierre Engvall, Dennis Cholowski

Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Hogberg will likely start after Sorokin made 22 saves in a 6-3 home win against Pittsburgh on Saturday.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Drew O’Connor
Anthony Beauvillier — Cody Glass — Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

P.O Joseph — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Jesse Puljujarvi, Nathan Clurman

Injured: Marcus Pettersson (lower body), Owen Pickering (concussion)

Status report

Nedeljkovic is expected to start for the Penguins; Jarry made 28 saves Saturday. … Pettersson, a defenseman, missed a fifth straight game Saturday after being cleared for contact for a morning skate.

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