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Penguins Opening Night Lines and Defense Pairings

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2 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:

Expected Penguins Lines

LW	C	RW
Jason Zucker	Sidney Crosby	Conor Sheary
Patrick Marleau	Evgeni Malkin	Bryan Rust
Evan Rodrigues	Jared McCann	Patric Hornqvist
Brandon Tanev	Teddy Blueger	Sam Lafferty

LD	RD
Brian Dumoulin	Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson	John Marino
Jack Johnson	Justin Schultz

Goalie
Matt Murray
Tristan Jarry

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