Preseason Gameday Preview: Sabres at Penguins

After losing their season-opening game 7-3 in Buffalo on Saturday, Pittsburgh will be looking for revenge on Tuesday night.

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The Penguins will face the Sabres tonight at 7 p.m. ET at PPG Paints Arena, and this time both teams will be playing with a lineup focused on young players. On Saturday, Buffalo put much of its projected NHL roster on the ice, but that won't be the case tonight.

The Penguins' lineup will feature many of the same talent and new faces as the first time around, and there are a few different NHL names in there as well. However, like Saturday, the lineup is still talent-focused.

Here were the Penguins’ lineups and pairings at morning practice:

Forward

Rutger McGroarty-Kevin Hayes-Cody Glass

Anthony Beauvillier-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari

Jonathan Gruden-Sam Poulin-Avery Hayes

Bokondji Imama-Joona Koppanen-Marc Johnstone

defense

Ryan Graves – Jack St. Ivany

Ryan Shea-Sebastian Aho

Owen Pickering-Filip Kral

Howe-Brunicke (rotating)

goalkeeper

Joel Blomqvist, Alex Nedeljkovic

Glass and McGroarty remain together on a line, and the defensive pairing of Ryan Graves and Jack St. Ivany will once again be the top duo on the night.

The Penguins' roster includes several other likely NHL forwards in Lizotte, Acciari, Beauvillier and K. Hayes. The only young players retained from the initial preseason roster are McGroarty, A. Hayes and possibly Howe.

However, based on the lineups at this morning's skating, it appears that Howe will be a supporting player tonight.

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