Stick taps all around for Noel Acciari who makes the opening night roster as voted by the fans, claiming the right wing slot on the fourth line alongside Blake Lizotte and Lars Eller, beating out Sam Poulin and Jesse Puljujarvi in the voting.
That gives us four complete lines featuring a nice mix of familiar names with a few new faces thrown in as well. Most of the change came in the bottom-six of the lineup, with all six players on the first two lines being returners from last season.
Drew O’Connor - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Anthony Beauvillier - Kevin Hayes - Valtteri Puustinen
Blake Lizotte - Lars Eller - Noel Acciari
Depth forward
LD1 / Erik Karlsson
LD2 / Kris Letang
LD3 / RD3
Depth defender
Goalie 1
Goalie 2
With all four lines now sorted for next season, let’s take a look at the Penguins candidates to play for role of 13th forward for the upcoming campaign.