The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the New Jersey Devils today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (32-35-12) at DEVILS (41-30-7)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN, NHLN
Penguins projected lineup
Ville Koivunen — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Valtteri Puustinen — Kevin Hayes — Connor Dewar
Joona Koppanen — Vasily Ponomarev — Emil Bemstrom
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Philip Tomasino (concussion), Blake Lizotte (lower body), Noel Acciari (undisclosed), Matt Nieto (undisclosed), Rutger McGroarty (lower body)
Status report:
The Penguins held an optional morning skate. … Bemstrom, Ponomarev and Puustinen each was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Forwards McGroarty, Novak, Lizotte, Acciari and Nieto each will be out the remaining three games of the regular season, Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday. … Joseph, a defenseman, and Tomasino, a forward, each participated in practice Thursday, but each is doubtful.
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Devils projected lineup
Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat — Cody Glass — Daniel Sprong
Paul Cotter — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Seamus Casey
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Tomas Tatar, Justin Dowling, Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote, Simon Nemec
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Jonas Siegenthaler (lower body)
Status Report:
Siegenthaler skated on his own on Thursday and Friday but the defenseman isn’t close to a return, according to Devils coach Sheldon Keefe.
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