The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic against the Buffalo Sabres in a preseason contest at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.
A team spokesperson announced Nedeljkovic’s status. It was not immediately clear if he is scheduled to play the complete game.
Last season, Nedeljkovic appeared in 38 games and posted an 18-7-7 record, a 2.97 goals against average, a .902 save percentage and one shutout.
Prospect Joel Blomqvist is scheduled to dress as the backup.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings at Tuesday’s morning skate were
2 Rutger McGroarty – 13 Kevin Hayes – 19 Cody Glass
72 Anthony Beauvillier – 46 Blake Lizotte – 55 Noel Acciari
44 Jonathan Gruden – 22 Sam Poulin – 9 Marc Johnstone
14 Boko Imama – 15 Joona Koppanen – 85 Avery Hayes
27 Ryan Graves – 3 Jack St. Ivany
5 Ryan Shea – 25 Sebastian Aho
38 Owen Pickering – 82 Filip Kral
• The top power-play unit included Aho, Beauvillier, Glass, Kevin Hayes and McGroarty. The second power-play unit involved Acciari, Avery Hayes, Johnstone, Kral and Poulin.
• The Sabres announced the players they would be sending to Pittsburgh via social media:
Forwards – Ty Cheveldayoff, Josh Dunne, Konsta Helenius, Mason Jobst, Aleksander Kisakov, Brett Murray, Olivier Nadeau, Noah Ostlund, Isak Rosen, Graham Slaggert, Tyler Tullio, Anton Wahlberg, Brendan Warren
Defenseman – Ryan Johnson, Vsevolod Komarov, Noah Laaouan, Zach Metsa, Nikita Novikov, Ethan Prow, Jack Rathbone
Goaltenders – Michael Houser, Scott Ratzlaff
• Houser is a native of Youngstown, Ohio who grew up in Wexford. Prow and Rathbone are each former members of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
