Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Golden Knights - 3/7/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (24-30-10) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (37-18-6)

10 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SCRIPPS, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

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

Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Vladislav Kolyachonok – Ryan Graves

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: None

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body)

Status Report:

The Penguins held an optional morning skate Friday. … Novak is set to make his Pittsburgh debut being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Wednesday. … The Penguins traded defenseman Luke Schenn to the Winnipeg Jets and forward Anthony Beauvillier to the Washington Capitals on Friday.

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Golden Knights projected lineup

Tanner Pearson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Ivan Barbashev — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Reilly Smith — Nicolas Roy — Cole Schwindt

Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak

Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill

Scratched: Ben Hutton

Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Victor Olofsson (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status report:

Smith, a forward, will make his Golden Knights return after being acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers on Thursday. … Schwindt will return after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury. … Olofsson, a forward, did not skate Friday and is day to day.