The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Vegas Golden Knights at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (38-19-6) at PENGUINS (25-31-10)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SCRIPPS
Golden Knights Projected Lineup
Tanner Pearson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Ivan Barbashev — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Victor Olofsson — Nicolas Roy — Reilly Smith
Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak
Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt
Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Shea Theodore (upper body)
Status Report:
Samsonov is expected to start for the second time, each against Pittsburgh, in five games; He made 22 saves in a 4-0 home win against the Penguins on Friday, his second shutout this season.
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Penguins Projected Lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Emil Bemstrom
Bokondji Imama — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Vladislav Kolyachonok — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Conor Timmins
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Matt Nieto, Sebastian Aho
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body)
Status report:
Shea and Novak were absent from Pittsburgh’s morning skate; Shea, a defenseman, is week to week, and Novak, a forward, is day to day. … Joseph, a defenseman, remains week to week.
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