Pittsburgh Penguins Depth Chart - NHL Starters and Backup Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. Crosby Penguins' Sidney Crosby: Operating at 100-point pace Sidney Crosby Penguins' Sidney Crosby: Operating at 100-point pace	E. Malkin Evgeni Malkin	D. Brassard Derick Brassard M. Cullen Matt Cullen Z. Aston-Reese Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 28 Zach Aston-Reese Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 28
Left Wing	J. Guentzel Jake Guentzel	P. Hornqvist Penguins' Patric Hornqvist: Held off scoresheet Patric Hornqvist Penguins' Patric Hornqvist: Held off scoresheet	T. Pearson Tanner Pearson R. Sheahan Riley Sheahan
Right Wing	B. Rust Bryan Rust	P. Kessel Phil Kessel	D. Simon Dominik Simon G. Wilson Garrett Wilson
Left Defenseman	B. Dumoulin Brian Dumoulin	O. Maatta Olli Maatta	M. Pettersson Marcus Pettersson J. Schultz Lower Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Feb 16 Justin Schultz Lower Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Feb 16
Right Defenseman	K. Letang Kris Letang	J. Riikola Penguins' Juuso Riikola: Tallies second goal Juuso Riikola Penguins' Juuso Riikola: Tallies second goal	J. Johnson Jack Johnson J. Oleksiak Jamie Oleksiak C. Ruhwedel Chad Ruhwedel
Goalie	M. Murray Penguins' Matt Murray: Gets back in win column Matt Murray Penguins' Matt Murray: Gets back in win column	C. DeSmith Penguins' Casey DeSmith: On three-game losing streak Casey DeSmith Penguins' Casey DeSmith: On three-game losing streak	—