Projected Roster for Penguins vs Blue Jackets – 11/15/24 – Hockey Writers – Proposed Roster

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

7pm ET; FDSNOH, SN-PIT, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE

Proposed penguins

Anthony Beauvillier – Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting – Evgeni Malkin – Bryan Rust
Jesse Puljujarvi – Drew O’Connor – Sam Poulin
Matthew Nieto – Noel Acciari – Valtteri Puustinen

Marcus Pettersson – Erik Karlsson
Matt Grzelcyk – Jack St. Ivan
Ryan Graves – Ryan Shea

Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Vasiliy Ponomarev, Owen Pickering

Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Cody Glass (concussion), Blake Lizotte (concussion), Kris Letang (illness)

Status report

• Ivany stepped in for Letang, a defender who will miss his first game of the season.
• Nieto will make his season debut; he hasn’t played since Nov. 30, 2023, when he suffered a left knee injury that led to MCL reconstruction surgery in May. He will replace Lizotte, a forward who left in the first half of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday after being struck in the face by O’Connor’s shot.
• Jarry will make his first start from October 16; he was recalled on November 9 following his stay with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.

The latest from THW:

Green jackets are proposed

Dmitri Voronkov – Sean Monahan – Kirill Marchenko
Cole Sillinger – Adam Fantilli – Yegor Chinakhov
Mikael Pyyhtia – Justin Danforth – Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese – Sean Kuraly – Kevin Labanc

Zach Werenski – Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov – Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen – Jordan Harris

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniel Tarasov

Scratched: James van Riemsdyk, Jack Johnson, David Jiricek

Injured: Boone Jenner (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Kent Johnson (upper body)

Status report

• Kent Johnson, forward, practiced for the second straight day and will travel to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday and the Boston Bruins on Monday.
• Harris replaces defenseman Jack Johnson.

The latest from THW: