The Pittsburgh Penguins face the San Jose Sharks at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Barclay Goodrow — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Ty Dellandrea — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom — Klim Kostin — Luke Kunin
Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Jake Walman — Jan Rutta
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Givani Smith, Jack Thompson
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body)
Status report
- Sturm, a forward, will not play after being injured during a 3-2 loss at the New York Rangers on Thursday.
- Walman will return after missing five games with an upper-body injury.
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Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Jesse Puljujarvi — Drew O’Connor — Sam Poulin
Matt Nieto — Noel Acciari — Valtteri Puustinen
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Matt Grzelcyk — Jack St. Ivany
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Vasiliy Ponomarev, Owen Pickering
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Cody Glass (concussion), Blake Lizotte (concussion), Kris Letang (illness)
Status report
- Letang, a defenseman, did not play in a 6-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
- The Penguins did not hold a morning skate.
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