Pittsburgh Penguins Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. CrosbySidney Crosby	B. Kindel Penguins' Ben Kindel: Expected to play Thursday Benjamin Kindel Penguins' Ben Kindel: Expected to play Thursday	H. LapierreHendrix Lapierre B. LizotteBlake Lizotte
Left Wing	T. NovakTommy Novak	E. Chinakhov Penguins' Egor Chinakhov: Likely playing Thursday Egor Chinakhov Penguins' Egor Chinakhov: Likely playing Thursday	A. KuzmenkoAndrei Kuzmenko C. DewarConnor Dewar R. McGroartyRutger McGroarty E. Soderblom Penguins' Elmer Soderblom: Placed on injured reserve Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 7 Elmer Soderblom Penguins' Elmer Soderblom: Placed on injured reserve Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 7
Right Wing	R. RakellRickard Rakell	E. Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Expected to return Thursday Evgeni Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Expected to return Thursday	V. KoivunenVille Koivunen N. RobertsonNicholas Robertson J. Brazeau Penguins' Justin Brazeau: Sent to AHL on conditioning loan Lower Body: Expected to be out until at least Nov 3 Justin Brazeau Penguins' Justin Brazeau: Sent to AHL on conditioning loan Lower Body: Expected to be out until at least Nov 3 B. Rust Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 5 Bryan Rust Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 5
Left Defenseman	S. StastneySpencer Stastney	S. Girard Penguins' Samuel Girard: Off injured reserve Samuel Girard Penguins' Samuel Girard: Off injured reserve	D. CarlileDeclan Carlile I. SolovyovIlya Solovyov R. Graves Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28 Ryan Graves Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28
Right Defenseman	E. KarlssonErik Karlsson	K. KorczakKaedan Korczak	K. LetangKris Letang T. van Riemsdyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 5 Trevor van Riemsdyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 5
Goalie	A. Silovs Penguins' Arturs Silovs: Starting against Utah Arturs Silovs Penguins' Arturs Silovs: Starting against Utah	S. MurashovSergei Murashov	—