Projected Lineups for Penguins vs. Jets – 10/20/2024 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

3pm ET; TSN3, NSN-PIT

Proposed penguins

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 surgery), Vasily Ponomarev (upper body)

Status report

• Following a short layoff, Alex Nedeljkovic was recalled to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will join the Penguins on their upcoming road trip. The goaltender, who started 12 of the last 13 games last season, has not played in the NHL since suffering a lower-body injury in a Sept. 30 preseason game.
• Blomqvist, a 22-year-old rookie, made his fourth start in six games Friday, making 35 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
• Puustinen could make his season debut on Sunday. He skated on the third line in Saturday's practice, replacing O'Connor who moved up to the second line with Malkin and Rakell. Forward Michael Bunting skated as an extra on Saturday and looks likely to be out of the lineup.
• Ryan Shea looks to replace Jack St. Ivany in the Penguins third defense.

The latest from THW:

Projected roster for the Jets

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 (lower body), Logan Stanley (knee)

Status report

• Winnipeg is expected to wear the same uniform they used in their 8-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Friday.

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