Penguins announce lineups for Sunday's split-squad games against Blue Jackets
Lineups for the Penguins’ split-squad games against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday were announced.
The first game at PPG Paints Arena is scheduled to begin just after 1 p.m. Those slated to dress for the Penguins are:
Forwards - Corey Andonovski, Teddy Blueger, Jamie Devane, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander, Kasperi Kapanen, Drew O’Connor, Kyle Olson, Sam Poulin, Valtteri Puustinen, Rickard Rakell, Jason Zucker
Defense - Isaac Belliveau, Mark Friedman, Jon Lizotte, Marcus Pettersson, Chad Ruhwedel, Ty Smith
Goaltenders - Casey DeSmith, Filip Lindberg
Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan is expected to attend both games in an observational capacity. Assistant coach Mike Vellucci will run the Penguins’ bench at home and will be assisted by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest and assistant coach Kevin Porter.
The Blue Jackets’ lineup at PPG Paints Arena will include:
Forwards - Emil Bemstrom, Yegor Chinakov, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Joona Luoto, Liam Hawel, James Malatesta, Kirill Marchenko, James Neal, Victor Rask, Eric Robinson, Jack Roslovic, Evan Vierling
Defensemen - Jake Bean, Nick Blankenship, Marcus Bjork, Ben Harpur, David Jiricek, Denton Mateychuk
Goaltenders - Pavel Cajan, Nolan Lalonde
Faceoff of the second contest at Nationwide Arena in Columbus is scheduled just after 7 p.m. The Penguins’ lineup:
Forwards - Raivis Ansons, Josh Archibald, Drake Caggiula, Ty Glover, Jordan Frasca, Danton Heinen, Sam Houde, Nathan Legare, Alex Nylander, Ryan Poehling, Lukas Svejkovsky, Radim Zohorna,
Defensemen - Taylor Fedun, P.O Joseph, Ryan McCleary, Xavier Ouellet, Chris Ortiz, Mitch Reinke, Jack St. Ivany
Goaltenders - Taylor Gauthier, Dustin Tokarski
Penguins associate coach Todd Reirden will oversee the second game and will be assisted by skating and skills development coach Ty Hennes as well as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton assistant Sheldon Brookbank.
The Blue Jackets’ projected lineup includes:
Forwards - Tyler Angle, Justin Danforth, Josh Dunne, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Johnny Gaudreau, Kent Johnston, Patrik Laine, Gustav Nyquist, Mathieu Olivier, Mikael Pyyhtia, Justin Richards, Jakub Voracek
Defensemen - Adam Boqvist, Jake Christiansen, Erik Gudbranson, Samuel Knazko, Andrew Peeke, Zach Werenski,
Goaltenders - Jet Greaves, Elvis Merzlikins
Both games will be streamed locally on pittsburghpenguins.com.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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