Neither the Penguins nor the NHL have announced the team's postseason roster, but it's probably no coincidence that the league's media website now lists 31 players for them.
That is the maximum number allowed to be part of the 52-member team contingent scheduled to travel to the "hub" city of Toronto today.
And the group, which includes 17 forwards, 10 defensemen and four goalies, includes a few surprises, even if they're a bit mild.
For example, winger Samuel Poulin, their first-round draft choice in 2019, did not make it, but Phil Varone, acquired from Montreal with Riley Barber in a four-player deal at the trade deadline, did.
The other two players missing from the initial training camp roster are forward Sam Miletic and goaltender Alex D’Orio.
Here are the players listed on the website:
FORWARDS
Anthony Angello
Zach Aston-Reese
Teddy Blueger
Sidney Crosby
Jake Guentzel
Patric Hornqvist
Adam Johnson
Sam Lafferty
Evgeni Malkin
Patrick Marleau
Jared McCann
Evan Rodrigues
Bryan Rust
Conor Sheary
Brandon Tanev
Phil Varone
Jason Zucker
DEFENSEMEN
Kevin Czuczman
Brian Dumoulin
Jack Johnson
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Kris Letang
John Marino
Marcus Pettersson
Juuso Riikola
Chad Ruhwedel
Justin Schultz
GOALIES
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Emil Larmi
Matt Murray
The Penguins are scheduled to practice Monday, Wednesday and Friday in suburban Toronto and play an exhibition game against Philadelphia Tuesday before opening their best-of-five qualifying-round series against Montreal Saturday at 8 p.m. at Scotiabank Arena.
