The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (0-1-0) at RED WINGS (0-0-0)
8 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSDET, SN360
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O’Connor — Sidney Crosby — Anthony Beauvillier
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Rutger McGroarty — Lars Eller — Jesse Puljujarvi
Kevin Hayes — Cody Glass — Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Jack St. Ivany
Joel Blomqvist
Tristan Jerry
Scratched: Valtteri Puustinen, Ryan Shea
Injured: None
Status report
– The Penguins did not conduct a morning skate Thursday following a 6-0 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
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Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher — Patrick Kane
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — Christian Fischer
Tyler Motte — Joe Veleno – Jonatan Berggren
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta – Erik Gustafsson
Ville Husso
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Justin Holl, Cam Talbot
Injured: None
Status report
– Husso will get the opening night start with the Red Wings carrying three goalies for the second straight season.
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