The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Montreal Canadiens at Centre Bell tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (1-2-0) at CANADIENS (2-1-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, PRIME, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor — Lars Eller — Rutger McGroarty
Noel Acciari — Kevin Hayes — Cody Glass
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Ryan Graves — Jack St. Ivany
Tristan Jarry
Joel Blomqvist
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Valtteri Puustinen, Jesse Puljujarvi
Injured: Matt Nieto (lower body), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Alex Nedeljkovic (lower body)
Status report
- Jarry will make his second start of the season after Blomqvist started the past two games.
- Nedeljkovic, a goalie, took part in an optional morning skate.
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Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Joel Armia
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Christian Dvorak — Oliver Kapanen
Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Arber Xhekaj — Justin Barron
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Status report
- Montembeault will make his second straight start, and third in four games.
- The Canadiens will use the same lineup as they did in a 4-1 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
- Struble took part in the optional morning skate but the defenseman will not play.
