The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (0-0-0) at RANGERS (0-0-0)
8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Ville Koivunen
Anthony Mantha — Evgeni Malkin — Justin Brazeau
Tommy Novak — Ben Kindel — Philip Tomasino
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Caleb Jones — Harrison Brunicke
Arturs Silovs
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Filip Hallander, Mathew Dumba, Connor Clifton
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Bryan Rust (lower body)
Status report
Silovs, who was acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on July 13, will make his Penguins debut; coach Dan Muse said he expects Jarry will “be getting an opportunity here early on [in the season].” … Kindel, Brunicke and Laba will each make his NHL debut.
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Rangers projected lineup
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Jusso Parssinen, Matthew Robertson
Injured: None
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