This is the Pittsburgh Penguins' opening-night roster for the 2027-27 NHL season.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their opening-night roster for the 2026-27 season on Monday.
They will carry 22 players on the roster: 13 forwards, seven defensemen, and two goaltenders. Here's the full roster:
Forwards
Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin
Egor Chinakhov
Connor Dewar
David Gustafsson
Filip Hallander
Ville Koivunen
Hendrix Lapierre
Tommy Novak
Rutger McGroarty
Rickard Rakell
Nick Robertson
Elmer Soderblom
Defensemen
Erik Karlsson
Kris Letang
Sam Girard
Declan Carlile
Kaedan Korczak
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Ilya Solovyov
Goaltenders
Arturs Silovs
Sergei Murashov
In addition, Justin Brazeau, Ben Kindel, Blake Lizotte, and Bryan Rust have been placed on injured reserve. Defenseman Ryan Graves is also on injured reserve and will be out indefinitely.
Forwards Tristan Broz, Melvin Fernstrom, and Oliver Okuliar, along with goaltender Gabriel D'Aigle, have been designated as injured non-roster.
Forward Andrei Kuzmenko has been designated as non-roster.
The Penguins will open the 2026-27 NHL season on Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Puck drop from Philadelphia will be at 7 p.m. ET on TNT and truTV.
The Penguins' home opener will be against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
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