Penguins vs. Kings Projected Lineups – 10/16/25 – The Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups
The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Los Angeles Kings tonight at Crypto.com Arena. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent reporters and others.
10 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Recker – Sidney Crosby – Brian Rust
Anthony Mantha – Evgeny Malkin – Justin Brazeau
Filip Haaland – Tommy Novak – Filip Tomasino
Connor Duvall – Blake Lizotte – Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Eric Carlson
Ryan Shea – Kris Letang
Caleb Jones — Harrison Brunick
Artus Silovs
Tristan Jarry
Scratches: Matthew Dunbar, Connor Clifton, Ben Kindle
Injuried: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body)
status report
Brunik will return after Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks as part of his development plan. … Kindel, a forward, will be part of his development plan.
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Kings expected lineup
Andrei Kuzmanko – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Joel Armia
Warren Fogler – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Jeff Marlott — Alex Turcotte — Alex Laferrière
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmondson — Brent Clark
Mikey Anderson — Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Phoenix Copley
Scratches: Jacob Movillare, Samuel Helenius
Injuried: Darcy Kuemper (lower body), Corey Perry (knee), Kyle Burroughs (upper body)
status report
Kopitar suffered a game-time decision with a lower-body injury. … Goalie Copley was reacquired Wednesday in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning for future considerations and will back up Forsberg. … Forward Perry and guard Burroughs both returned to practice wearing non-contact jerseys.
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