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.