Projected Lineups for the Devils vs Penguins – 3/15/25

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

DEVILS (36-25-6) at PENGUINS (27-31-10)

3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN1, TVAS

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Stefan Noesen
Ondrej Palat — Dawson Mercer — Tomas Tatar
Daniel Sprong — Cody Glass — Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Justin Dowling, Kurtis MacDermid, Dennis Cholowski, Erik Haula

Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body)

Status report:

Sprong could enter the Devils lineup with Haula, a forward, a healthy scratch. … Hamilton, a defenseman, will be out the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury sustained March 4, but could return during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Bokondji Imama — Kevin Hayes — Emil Bemstrom
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

Vladislav Kolyachonok — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Conor Timmins

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Matt Nieto, Sebastian Aho

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body)

Status report:

The Penguins had 10 players — eight skaters with Jarry and Nedeljkovic — take part in practice Friday. … Jarry could start a fourth straight game.

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