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Penguins Opening Night Lines and Defense Pairings

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4 years ago

October 2, 2018

UPDATED OCT. 3 — The Pittsburgh Penguins lines and defensive pairings are ready for opening night. Thursday, the Penguins will begin their first season since 2015 without a banner raising or the Stanley Cup.

Daniel Sprong also appears on track to be ready for opening night, despite suffering a lower body injury last Wednesday. Sprong figures to embark on his first extended stay in the NHL in his three-year professional career. He will do so on the Penguins fourth line, in a low-pressure, high reward spot with linemates Matt Cullen and Riley Sheahan.

Brian Dumoulin skated Wednesday and appears ready to play, Thursday.

The Penguins are set–here are the lines:

LW	C	RW
Jake Guentzel	Sidney Crosby	Bryan Rust
Rickard Rakell	Evgeni Malkin	Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Zucker	Jeff Carter	Danton Heinen
Brock McGinn	Teddy Blueger	Evan Rodrigues

LD	RD
Mike Matheson	Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson	John Marino
Mark Friedman	Chad Ruhwedel

Goalie
Tristan Jarry
Louis Domingue

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Dan Kingerski

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