Projected Lineups for Penguins vs Lightning – 3/25/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (29-32-11) at LIGHTNING (40-25-5)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SN-PIT, SN1

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Bokondji Imama
Joona Koppanen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Erik Karlsson — Conor Timmins
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:

Shea, a defenseman, was on the ice for the Penguins morning skate after being unavailable the past six games, but is not expected to play. 

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Nick Perbix, Cam Atkinson

Injured: None

Status report:

Johansson, a goalie, has returned to the Lightning and will back up Vasilevskiy after missing two games because of a family matter.

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