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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins finalized their opening night roster for the 2024-25 season, as it was announced Monday by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas.
The Penguins open the season at 7:30 p.m. tonight at home against the New York Rangers.
Pittsburgh will enter the season with 22 players on the roster, which includes 13 forwards (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), seven defensemen (Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson, Ryan Shea and Jack St. Ivany) and two goaltenders (Joel Blomqvist and Tristan Jarry).
Forwards Blake Lizotte and Bryan Rust, as well as goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, were placed on Injured Reserve. In addition, forward Matt Nieto was placed on Long-Term Injured Reserve and forward Vasily Ponomarev was 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 agency), Glass (trade with Nashville), Hayes (trade with St. Louis), McGroarty (trade with Winnipeg) and Grzelcyk (free agency).
The Penguins are back at it Thursday with a game in Detroit. They will head to Canada then for a Saturday game in Toronto.