Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Hurricanes – 11/7/24

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (5-7-2) at HURRICANES (9-2-0)

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

Penguins projected lineup

Evgeni Malkin — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor — Lars Eller — Cody Glass
Michael Bunting — Noel Acciari — Jesse Puljujarvi
Anthony Beauvillier — Blake Lizotte — Valtteri Puustinen

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

Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist

Scratched: Ryan Shea

Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Matt Nieto (MCL surgery)

Status report

• Hayes is day to day; the forward did not practice Wednesday after playing 9:40 during a 4-3 shootout loss at the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
• Rust participated in the Penguins optional morning skate Thursday, but the forward will miss his fifth straight game.

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Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Seth Jarvis
William Carrier — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Spencer Martin

Scratched: None

Injured: Frederik Andersen (lower body)

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