Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Panthers – 3/23/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (29-32-10) at PANTHERS (42-25-3)

6 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS

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

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

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: None

Injured: P.O. Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body), Emil Bemstrom (undisclosed)

Status report:

The Penguins assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League on Saturday. 

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Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Nico Sturm — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola — Nate Schmidt
Uvis Balinskis — Tobias Bjornfot

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Tomas Nosek

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Brad Marchand (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status report:

The Panthers will not hold a morning skate after a 6-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Saturday; Bobrovsky is expected to start after Vanecek allowed six goals on 31 shots.

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