The Pittsburgh Penguins welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUE JACKETS (31-28-9) at PENGUINS (28-32-10)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN, TVAS
Blue Jackets Projected Lineup
Kent Johnson — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Dmitri Voronkov — Boone Jenner — Yegor Chinakov
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson — Damon Severson
Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Elvis Merzlikins
Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Jake Christensen (upper body)
Status Report:
Greaves was recalled on an emergency basis from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Friday after Merzlikins made 27 saves in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday. … The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate.
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Penguins Projected Lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Joona Koppanen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Bokondji Imama
Kris Letang — Conor Timmins
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Matt Nieto, Sebastian Aho
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body), Emil Bemstrom (undisclosed)
Status report:
Nedeljkovic will start after backing up Jarry the previous five games. … Letang, who usually plays on the right side, moved to the left on the top defense pair during practice Thursday; Timmins joined him, elevating from the third pair and bumping Kolyachonok.
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