The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Xcel Energy Center for an interconference battle with the Minnesota Wild this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (24-31-10) at WILD (36-23-4)
3:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS
Penguins Projected Lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Emil Bemstrom
Bokondji Imama — Noel Acciari — Blake Lizotte
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Vladislav Kolyachonok – Ryan Graves
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: None
Injured: P.O. Joseph (upper body)
Status Report:
The Penguins reassigned defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
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Wild Projected Lineup
Gustav Nyquist — Ryan Hartman — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau
Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body)
Status report:
Fleury is expected to start against the Penguins for the final time in his NHL career; he was selected by Pittsburgh with the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NHL Draft and won the Stanley Cup three times with the Penguins in 2009, 2016, and 2017.
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