Projected Lineups for Ducks vs Penguins – 12/9/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Anaheim Ducks take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

DUCKS (18-10-1) at PENGUINS (14-7-6)

7 p.m. ET; Victory+, SN-PIT, KCOP-13

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Mikael Granlund

Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Drew Helleson

Ville Husso
Vyacheslav Buteyets

Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Jansen Harkins, Ian Moore

Injured: Lukas Dostal (upper body), Petr Mrazek (lower body)

Status report

The Ducks could use the same lineup from their 7-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

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Penguins projected lineup

Tommy Novak — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha — Kevin Hayes — Justin Brazeau
Rutger McGroarty — Ben Kindel — Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar — Danton Heinen — Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Ryan Graves — Connor Clifton

Arturs Silovs
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Mathew Dumba, Harrison Brunicke, Sam Poulin

Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Rickard Rakell (hand), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (undisclosed), Jack St. Ivany (foot)

Status report

Malkin, a center, is week to week after being placed on injured reserve Tuesday. He will miss a second straight game. … Lizotte, a forward, is also week to week and was placed on injured reserve. …. Rakell, who normally plays on the first line with Crosby and Rust when healthy, was cleared for contact and participated in the morning skate. It was his first time in a group session since having hand surgery on Oct. 26.