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Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Penguins – 04/08/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Chicago Blackhawks at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

BLACKHAWKS (22-45-10) at PENGUINS (31-35-12)

7 p.m. ET; WCIU, SN-PIT+

Blackhawks Projected Lineup

Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert — Oliver Moore — Philipp Kurashev
Lukas Reichel — Joseph Veleno — Nick Foligno

Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

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: 

The Blackhawks are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 3-1 win against the Penguins on Sunday.

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Penguins Projected Lineup

Rutger McGroarty — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Ville Koivunen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar — Kevin Hayes — Danton Heinen
Matt Nieto — Joona Koppanen — Noel Acciari

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Philip Tomasino (concussion), Blake Lizotte (lower body)

Status Report: 

Tomasino, a forward, is out indefinitely after being injured in a 5-3 win at the Dallas Stars on Saturday. … Lizotte is day to day; the forward did not participate in Pittsburgh’s morning skate. … Nieto was recalled on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

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Christopher Babos

Christopher Babos

I am a multi-sport credentialed writer covering the Washington Capitals for The Hockey Writers and a Hybrid Lead Writer (Philadelphia Flyers & Philadelphia Eagles) for Schneps Media - Philadelphia Sport Network. Producer and co-host of weekly Flyers video podcast, "Shoot! Another Flyers Show" on Thursday nights at 6 p.m. EST on YouTube.

If I'm not writing hockey, I am probably watching it somewhere as a scout for the USPHL's Hershey Cubs in the Philadelphia region.

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