CRANBERRY, Pa. -- The Penguins and Blue Jackets both announced their lineups for both of Sunday's split-squad preseason games between the two teams.
Mike Vellucci will serve as head coach for the 1 p.m. game at PPG Paints Arena, with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton coaches J.D. Forrest and Kevin Porter serving as assistants. These are the players who will dress for that game:
GOALIES
1 – Casey DeSmith
31 – Filip Lindberg
DEFENSE
2 – Chad Ruhwedel
24 – Ty Smith
28 – Marcus Pettersson
48 – Jon Lizotte
52 – Mark Friedman
78 – Isaac Belliveau
FORWARDS
10 – Drew O’Connor
16 – Jason Zucker
22 – Sam Poulin
27 – Corey Andonovski
36 – Filip Hallander
42 – Kasperi Kapanen
45 – Jonathan Gruden
53 – Teddy Blueger
57 – Jamie Devane
67 – Rickard Rakell
75 – Kyle Olson
76 – Valtteri Puustinen
The Blue Jackets' roster for the 1 p.m. game is as follows:
GOALIES
30 – Pavel Cajan
95 – Nolan Lalonde
DEFENSEMEN
5 – Denton Mateychuk
22 – Jake Bean
47 – Marcus Bjork
55 – David Jiricek
57 – Ben Harpur
77 – Nick Blankenburg
FORWARDS
18 – James Neal
46 – Joona Luoto
49 – Victor Rask
50 – Eric Robinson
52 – Emil Bemstrom
59 – Yegor Chinakhov
65 – Luca Del Bel Belluz
67 – James Malatesta
83 – Liam Hawel
86 – Kirill Marchenko
92 – Evan Vierling
96 – Jack Roslovic
Todd Reirden will be the head coach for the 7 p.m. game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, with skills coach Ty Hennes and Wilkes-Barre assistant coach Sheldon Brookbank serving as the assistants. The Penguins will send these players to Columbus:
GOALIES
33 – Taylor Gauthier
40 – Dustin Tokarski
DEFENSE
4 – Taylor Fedun
32 – Mitch Reinke
37 – Jack St. Ivany
55 – Chris Ortiz
61 – Xavier Ouellet
73 – P.O Joseph
74 – Ryan McCleary
FORWARDS
15 – Josh Archibald
18 – Drake Caggiula
19 – Alex Nylander
25 – Ryan Poehling
34 – Nathan Legare
39 – Sam Houde
43 – Danton Heinen
46 – Jordan Frasca
51 – Ty Glover
63 – Radim Zohorna
72 – Lukas Svejkovsky
80 – Raivis Ansons
The Blue Jackets will dress several of the top players from their NHL roster in that 7 p.m. game:
GOALIES
90 – Elvis Merzlikins
73 – Jet Greaves
DEFENSEMEN
2 – Andrew Peeke
8 – Zach Werenski
23 – Jake Christiansen
27 – Adam Boqvist
44 – Erik Gudbranson
62 – Samuel Knazko
FORWARDS
13 – Johnny Gaudreau
14 – Gustav Nyquist
17 – Justin Danforth
21 – Josh Dunne
24 – Mathieu Olivier
29 – Patrik Laine
36 – Justin Richards
39 – Tyler Angle
64 – Trey Fix-Wolansky
82 – Mikael Pyyhtia
91 – Kent Johnson
93 – Jakub Voracek
Both games will be streamed within the U.S. on the Penguins' website. Columbus-area fans can watch the games on the Blue Jackets' website.
I'll have your coverage of the 1 p.m. game in Pittsburgh, while Danny Shirey will head to Columbus for coverage of the evening game.
