The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (31-34-12) at BLACKHAWKS (21-45-10)
6 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rutger McGroarty — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Ville Koivunen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Joona Koppanen, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Emil Bemstrom
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Thomas Novak (lower body)
Status report:
Nedeljkovic could start in goal for the Penguins after Jarry made 21 saves in a 5-3 victory at Dallas on Saturday
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert — Oliver Moore — Philipp Kurashev
Lukas Reichel — Joe Veleno — Nick Foligno
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Ethan Del Mastro, Patrick Maroon
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)
Status report:
Reichel draws back into the Chicago lineup after being scratched in a 5-3 loss at Washington on Friday for missing a team meeting.
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