The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
6 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Cody Glass
Drew O’Connor — Kevin Hayes — Anthony Beauvillier
Matt Nieto — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
P.O Joseph — Marcus Pettersson
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves – Kris Letang
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Owen Pickering
Injured: Philip Tomasino (lower body)
Status report
Letang practiced fully Saturday and could returning after missing three games with a lower-body injury. … Tomasino, a forward, continues to be evaluated after leaving in the first period of a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier
Eric Robinson — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith — Sean Walker
Dustin Tokarski
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Ty Smith
Injured: Tyson Jost (lower body), Frederik Andersen (knee), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper body)
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