Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets — Sep 24, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Pittsburgh Penguins2 listed

Caleb JonesD · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Filip HallanderCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Columbus Blue Jackets2 listed

Elvis MerzlikinsG · is out. Back 2026-09-21.

Isac LundestromCatcher · is out. Back 2026-11-10.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Pittsburgh Penguins35 players

Forwards23

87Sidney Crosby5' 11"39 yrs21 yr

19Connor Dewar5' 10"27 yrs5 yr

41David Gustafsson6' 2"26 yrs5 yr

11Filip Hallander6' 1"26 yrsRookieInjured Reserve

81Ben Kindel5' 11"19 yrsRookie

Hendrix Lapierre6' 0"24 yrs3 yr

46Blake Lizotte5' 9"28 yrs7 yr

71Evgeni Malkin6' 5"40 yrs20 yr

18Tommy Novak6' 1"29 yrs5 yr

48Rafael Harvey-Pinard5' 9"27 yrs3 yr

15Joona Koppanen6' 5"28 yrs2 yr

Andrei Kuzmenko5' 11"30 yrs4 yr

Oliver Okuliar6' 2"26 yrsRookie

Nicholas Robertson5' 9"24 yrs5 yr

25Elmer Soderblom6' 8"25 yrs3 yr

16Justin Brazeau6' 6"28 yrs3 yr

59Egor Chinakhov6' 1"25 yrs5 yr

85Avery Hayes5' 10"23 yrsRookie

13Kevin Hayes6' 5"34 yrs12 yr

41Ville Koivunen5' 11"23 yrsRookie

2Rutger McGroarty6' 0"22 yrsRookie

67Rickard Rakell6' 1"33 yrs13 yr

17Bryan Rust5' 11"34 yrs12 yr

Defensemen10

Declan Carlile6' 3"26 yrsRookie

49Samuel Girard5' 10"28 yrs9 yr

27Ryan Graves6' 5"31 yrs8 yr

82Caleb Jones6' 1"29 yrs7 yrInjured Reserve

65Erik Karlsson6' 0"36 yrs17 yr

Kaedan Korczak6' 3"25 yrs4 yr

58Kris Letang6' 0"39 yrs19 yr

57Jake Livanavage5' 11"22 yrsRookie

7Ilya Solovyov6' 3"26 yrs2 yr

Trevor van Riemsdyk6' 3"35 yrs12 yr

Goaltenders2

33Taylor Gauthier6' 1"25 yrsRookie

37Arturs Silovs6' 4"25 yrs2 yr

Columbus Blue Jackets28 players

Forwards16

3Charlie Coyle6' 3"34 yrs14 yr

19Adam Fantilli6' 2"21 yrs3 yr

91Kent Johnson6' 0"23 yrs4 yr

21Isac Lundestrom6' 0"26 yrs8 yrOut

23Sean Monahan6' 2"31 yrs13 yr

4Cole Sillinger6' 1"23 yrs5 yr

Owen Sillinger5' 10"28 yrsRookie

43Danton Heinen6' 2"31 yrs9 yr

Ryan Lomberg5' 9"31 yrs6 yr

10Dmitri Voronkov6' 5"25 yrs3 yrOut

11Miles Wood6' 2"30 yrs9 yr

Riley Bezeau6' 0"24 yrsRookie

83Conor Garland5' 10"30 yrs8 yr

86Kirill Marchenko6' 3"26 yrs4 yr

Valeri Nichushkin6' 4"31 yrs10 yrOut

24Mathieu Olivier6' 1"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

2Jake Christiansen6' 0"26 yrs4 yr

15Dante Fabbro6' 0"28 yrs7 yr

44Erik Gudbranson6' 5"34 yrs15 yr

5Denton Mateychuk5' 11"22 yrs2 yr

9Ivan Provorov6' 1"29 yrs10 yr

78Damon Severson6' 2"32 yrs12 yrOut

7Brendan Smith6' 2"37 yrs15 yrInjured Reserve

8Zach Werenski6' 2"29 yrs10 yr

6Egor Zamula6' 3"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders3

Pheonix Copley6' 4"34 yrs3 yr

73Jet Greaves6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

90Elvis Merzlikins6' 3"32 yrs7 yrOut