Penguins Set To Hit Ice For 2024-25 Campaign

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Penguins have not made the playoffs for the past two seasons, but they hope to change that in the 2024-25 campaign that begins Wednesday against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena.

The Pens announced Tuesday that they have finalized their opening night roster, which will consist of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies.

The forwards are Noel Acciari, Anthony Beauvillier, Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller, Cody Glass, Kevin Hayes, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O’Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen and Rickard Rakell.

The defensemen are Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson, Ryan Shea and Jack St. Ivany.

The goaltenders are Joel Blomqvist and Tristan Jarry.

Forwards Blake Lizotte and Bryan Rust, as well as goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic have been placed on Injured Reserve. In addition, forward Matt Nieto has been placed on Long-Term Injured Reserve and forward Vasily Ponomarev has been designated as Injured Non-Roster.

Forward Boko Imama and defenseman Sebastian Aho were assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.

Seventeen of the 22 players dressed for the Penguins last year. They are joined by newcomers Beauvillier (free agent), Glass (trade with Nashville, Hayes (trade with St. Louis), McGroarty (trade with Winnepeg) and Grzelcyk (free agent).