The Pittsburgh Penguins are playing back-to-back games this weekend, coming to Detroit for Saturday night’s 7 PM game vs. Detroit and then heading to Sudbury, Ontario for Kraft Hockeyville on Sunday, so their lineup for Saturday’s game, released today, is not inspiring:
LINEUP VERSUS DETROIT (09.28.24)
GOALIES
31 – Filip Larsson
35 – Tristan Jarry
DEFENSE
3 – Jack St. Ivany
5 – Ryan Shea
7 – John Ludvig
25 – Sebastian Aho
27 – Ryan Graves
38 – Owen Pickering
81 – Mac Hollowell
FORWARDS
2 – Rutger McGroarty
10 – Drew O’Connor
11 – Vasily Ponomarev
12 – Corey Andonovski
14 – Boko Imama
16 – Jimmy Huntington
18 – Jesse Puljujarvi
20 – Lars Eller
26 – Tristan Broz
48 – Valtteri Puustinen
52 – Emil Bemstrom
55 – Noel Acciari
85 – Avery Hayes
Yes, goaltender Filip Larsson is the same Larsson who signed with the Red Wings, played for Grand Rapids for a season, and went back to Sweden, where he played for Leksands IF, played well enough to earn an NHL look, and signed with Pittsburgh.