Projected Lineups for Canucks vs Penguins - 10/21/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Vancouver Canucks take on the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANUCKS (4-2-0) at PENGUINS (4-2-0)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNP

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Arshdeep Bains — Max Sasson — Linus Karlsson
Evander Kane — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor — Nils Aman — Joseph LaBate

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson — P.O. Joseph

Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Tom Willander, Brock Boeser

Injured: Filip Chytil (undisclosed), Jonathan Lekkerimaki (undisclosed), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Teddy Blueger (undisclosed)

Status report

Chytil and Lekkerimaki, each a forward, returned to Vancouver on Monday for further evaluation after being injured in a 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday. … Blueger is doubtful; the forward was injured late against Washington. … Boeser, a forward, could miss a second straight game because of personal reasons. … Canucks defenseman Victor Mancini was assigned to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Monday.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha — Evgeni Malkin — Justin Brazeau
Tommy Novak — Ben Kindel — Filip Hallander
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Caleb Jones — Harrison Brunicke

Arturs Silovs
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Philip Tomasino, Mathew Dumba, Connor Clifton

Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body)

Status report

Silovs starting in goal is the only expected change for the Penguins from a 3-0 win at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.