Projected Lineups for the Canucks vs Penguins – 11/27/24

The Vancouver Canucks 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.

CANUCKS (11-6-3) at PENGUINS (7-12-4)

7:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNP

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Aatu Raty — Arshdeep Bains

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Erik Brannstrom — Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy — Noah Juulsen

Arturs Silovs
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Max Sasson

Injured: Derek Forbort (knee), Vincent Desharnais (lower body)

Status report

  • The Canucks did not hold a morning skate following a 2-0 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.
  • Silovs could start after Lankinen made 32 saves at Boston.

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Penguins projected lineup

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

Owen Pickering — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Jack St. Ivany

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen

Injured: Cody Glass (concussion)

Status report

  • Tomasino is expected to make his Penguins debut after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Monday for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
  • Lizotte will be a game-time decision; he has missed five games with a concussion.

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