Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Wild – 3/9/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Xcel Energy Center for an interconference battle with the Minnesota Wild this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (24-31-10) at WILD (36-23-4)

3:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MAX, truTV, TNT, 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 reassigned defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

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Wild Projected Lineup

Gustav Nyquist — Ryan Hartman — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body)

Status report:

Fleury is expected to start against the Penguins for the final time in his NHL career; he was selected by Pittsburgh with the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NHL Draft and won the Stanley Cup three times with the Penguins in 2009, 2016, and 2017.

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