Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Blackhawks – 4/6/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (31-34-12) at BLACKHAWKS (21-45-10)

6 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN-PIT

Penguins projected lineup

Rutger McGroarty — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Ville Koivunen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Conor Timmins — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Ryan Shea

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Joona Koppanen, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Emil Bemstrom

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Thomas Novak (lower body)

Status report:

Nedeljkovic could start in goal for the Penguins after Jarry made 21 saves in a 5-3 victory at Dallas on Saturday

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert — Oliver Moore — Philipp Kurashev
Lukas Reichel — Joe Veleno — Nick Foligno

Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy

Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight

Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Ethan Del Mastro, Patrick Maroon

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)

Status report:

Reichel draws back into the Chicago lineup after being scratched in a 5-3 loss at Washington on Friday for missing a team meeting.

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