Projected Lineups for Penguins vs. Lightning Matchup

Mo. Basuony

Published: April 2, 2026 7:36 PM ET

Pittsburgh visits Tampa Bay for a 7 p.m. ET showdown. The matchup pits the 38-21-16 Penguins against the 46-22-6 Lightning.

Projected lineups

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forwards: Bryan Rust — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell.
Forwards: Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin.
Forwards: Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau.
Forwards: Elmer Soderblom — Connor Dewar — Noel Acciari.
Defense: Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson.
Defense: Samuel Girard — Kris Letang.
Defense: Ryan Shea — Connor Clifton.
Goalies: Stuart Skinner, Arturs Silovs.
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Rutger McGroarty, Ville Koivunen, Avery Hayes.
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jack St. Ivany (upper body).
Suspended: Caleb Jones.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards: Gage Goncalves — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov.
Forwards: Oliver Bjorkstrand — Brayden Point — Jake Guentzel.
Forwards: Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg.
Forwards: Corey Perry — Nick Paul — Mitchell Chaffee.
Extras/Forwards: Darren Raddysh — J.J. Moser.
Defense: Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak.
Defense: Emil Lilleberg — Charle-Edouard D’Astous.
Goalies: Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jonas Johansson.
Scratched: Steve Santini, Victor Hedman.
Injured: Declan Carlile (undisclosed), Maxwell Crozier (core muscle), Dominic James (lower body), Brandon Hagel (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed).

Status updates

Projected lineups for Penguins vs. Lightning matchup show a few late changes. Bryan Rust is set to return after missing the 5-1 win over Detroit with a lower-body issue.

Brandon Hagel and Scott Sabourin will not play. Both missed practice on Wednesday.

Mitchell Chaffee was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday. He joins Tampa Bay’s active roster for the game.