Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Stars – 4/5/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (30-34-12) at STARS (50-21-4)

3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, TVAS

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, a center who has missed three games, practiced in a regular jersey Friday and could be an option to play. … The Penguins assigned forward Emil Bemstrom to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday.Malkin, a center who has missed three games, practiced in a regular jersey Friday and could be an option to play. … The Penguins assigned forward Emil Bemstrom to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday.

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Sam Steel — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Evgenii Dadonov — Oscar Back — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

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Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith

Injured: Jamie Benn (lower body), Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report:

Benn, a forward, will miss his second straight game.

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