Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Sharks – 11/16/24

The Pittsburgh Penguins face the San Jose Sharks at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (5-10-3) at PENGUINS (6-10-3)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Barclay Goodrow — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Ty Dellandrea — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom — Klim Kostin — Luke Kunin

Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Jake Walman — Jan Rutta

Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Givani Smith, Jack Thompson

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body)

Status report

• Sturm, a forward, will not play after being injured during a 3-2 loss at the New York Rangers on Thursday.
• Walman will return after missing five games with an upper-body injury.

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Penguins projected lineup

Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Jesse Puljujarvi — Drew O’Connor — Sam Poulin
Matt Nieto — Noel Acciari — Valtteri Puustinen

Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Matt Grzelcyk — Jack St. Ivany
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Vasiliy Ponomarev, Owen Pickering

Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Cody Glass (concussion), Blake Lizotte (concussion), Kris Letang (illness)

Status report

• Letang, a defenseman, did not play in a 6-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
• The Penguins did not hold a morning skate.

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