The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre tonight. Listed below are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com workers writers, impartial correspondents, and others.
3 p.m. ET; TSN3, NSN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Drew O’Connor — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Valtteri Puustinen — Lars Eller — Jesse Puljujarvi
Kevin Hayes — Cody Glass — Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Michael Bunting, Jack St. Ivany, Joel Blomqvist
Injured: Blake Lizotte (concussion), Matt Nieto (MCL surgical procedure), Vasily Ponomarev (higher physique)
Standing report
- Following a short conditioning stint Alex Nedeljkovic was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday and can be a part of the Penguins on their upcoming street journey. The goalie, who began 12 of the ultimate 13 video games final season, has not performed within the NHL since sustaining a lower-body damage in a preseason recreation Sept. 30.
- Blomqvist, a 22-year-old rookie, performed for the fourth time in six video games Friday, making 35 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
- Puustinen might make his season debut on Sunday. He skated on the third line in follow on Saturday, taking the place of O’Connor who moved as much as the second line with Malkin and Rakell. Ahead Michael Bunting skated as an additional on Saturday and appears to come back out of the lineup.
- Ryan Shea seems to switch Jack St. Ivany on the Penguins third defenseman pairing.
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti — Vladislav Namestnikov — Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — Rasmus Kupari — Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured: David Gustafsson (decrease physique), Logan Stanley (knee)
Standing report
- Winnipeg is predicted to decorate the identical lineup they utilized in an 8-3 win towards the San Jose Sharks on Friday.
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