Below is Pittsburgh’s projected lineup at PPG Paints Arena for its contest against the Buffalo Sabres on September 28, 2023.
Forwards
10 Drew O’Connor
11 Alex Nylander
17 Bryan Rust
19 Reilly Smith
20 Lars Eller
25 Austin Wagner
55 Noel Acciari
63 Radim Zohorna
67 Rickard Rakell
71 Evgeni Malkin
77 Jeff Carter
83 Matt Nieto
87 Sidney Crosby
Defensemen
2 Chad Ruhwedel
5 Ryan Shea
27 Ryan Graves
28 Marcus Pettersson
52 Mark Friedman
58 Kris Letang
65 Erik Karlsson
73 P.O Joseph
Goaltenders
35 Tristan Jarry
39 Alex Nedeljkovic