Pittsburgh Penguins Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. CrosbySidney Crosby	B. Kindel Penguins' Ben Kindel: Two points in return to lineup Benjamin Kindel Penguins' Ben Kindel: Two points in return to lineup	H. LapierreHendrix Lapierre B. LizotteBlake Lizotte
Left Wing	T. NovakTommy Novak	E. Chinakhov Penguins' Egor Chinakhov: Produces assist Egor Chinakhov Penguins' Egor Chinakhov: Produces assist	A. KuzmenkoAndrei Kuzmenko C. DewarConnor Dewar R. McGroartyRutger McGroarty E. Soderblom Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 7 Elmer Soderblom Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 7
Right Wing	R. Rakell Penguins' Rickard Rakell: Tallies shorthanded goal Rickard Rakell Penguins' Rickard Rakell: Tallies shorthanded goal	E. Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Two-point effort in OT win Evgeni Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Two-point effort in OT win	V. KoivunenVille Koivunen N. RobertsonNicholas Robertson J. Brazeau Lower Body: Expected to be out until at least Nov 3 Justin Brazeau 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. Karlsson Penguins' Erik Karlsson: Finds twine in overtime loss Erik Karlsson Penguins' Erik Karlsson: Finds twine in overtime loss	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: Tough loss Thursday in OT Arturs Silovs Penguins' Arturs Silovs: Tough loss Thursday in OT	S. MurashovSergei Murashov	—