Pittsburgh Penguins Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. CrosbySidney Crosby	B. KindelBenjamin Kindel	H. LapierreHendrix Lapierre B. LizotteBlake Lizotte
Left Wing	T. Novak Penguins' Thomas Novak: Scores, assists Tuesday Tommy Novak Penguins' Thomas Novak: Scores, assists Tuesday	E. ChinakhovEgor Chinakhov	V. KoivunenVille Koivunen C. DewarConnor Dewar A. KuzmenkoAndrei Kuzmenko E. Soderblom Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 14 Elmer Soderblom Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 14
Right Wing	R. Rakell Penguins' Rickard Rakell: Buries goal in loss Rickard Rakell Penguins' Rickard Rakell: Buries goal in loss	E. Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Might return Thursday Lower Body: Day-to-Day Evgeni Malkin Penguins' Evgeni Malkin: Might return Thursday Lower Body: Day-to-Day	J. Brazeau Penguins' Justin Brazeau: Set for season debut Justin Brazeau Penguins' Justin Brazeau: Set for season debut N. RobertsonNicholas Robertson B. Rust Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 5 Bryan Rust Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 5
Left Defenseman	S. GirardSamuel Girard	S. StastneySpencer Stastney	D. CarlileDeclan Carlile I. SolovyovIlya Solovyov R. Graves Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28 Ryan Graves Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28
Right Defenseman	E. KarlssonErik Karlsson	K. Korczak Penguins' Kaedan Korczak: Two helpers against old team Kaedan Korczak Penguins' Kaedan Korczak: Two helpers against old team	K. LetangKris Letang J. Livanavage Penguins' Jake Livanavage: Brought up by Pittsburgh Jake Livanavage Penguins' Jake Livanavage: Brought up by Pittsburgh T. van Riemsdyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 5 Trevor van Riemsdyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 5
Goalie	A. Silovs Penguins' Arturs Silovs: Surrenders late winner against Vegas Arturs Silovs Penguins' Arturs Silovs: Surrenders late winner against Vegas	S. MurashovSergei Murashov	—