Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Blues – 4/3/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (30-34-11) at BLUES (41-28-7)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, SN-PIT

Penguins projected lineup

Rutger McGroarty — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar — Rickard Rakell — Ville Koivunen
Kevin Hayes — Noel Acciari — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Joona Koppanen

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Emil Bemstrom

Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body)

Status report:

Malkin accompanied the Penguins on their three-game road trip and participated in an optional morning skate, but the center will miss his fourth straight game. … Koppanen could play after being recalled on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

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Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Zack Bolduc — Oskar Sundqvist — Jimmy Snuggerud
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Alexandre Texier, Mathieu Joseph

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee)

Status report:

The Blues reassigned forward Dalibor Dvorsky to Springfield of the AHL on Wednesday.

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