Today the Pittsburgh Penguins will travel to Penn State to take on the Buffalo Sabres in the first preseason action of the year. This will be the team the Penguins will be putting on the ice per the Penguins official website.

Forwards:
26 - Agozzino
46 - Aston-Reese
53 - Blueger
56 - Haggerty
47 - A. Johnson
37 - Lafferty
34 - Legare
42 - Miletic
11 - Palve
22 - Poulin
17 - Rust
12 - Simon

Defensemen:
76 - Addison
7 - Czuczman
3 - J. Johnson
73 - Joseph
6 - Marino
50 - Riikola
2 - Ruhwedel

Goaltenders:
1 - DeSmith
35 – Jarry

#Pens lines from morning skate for tonight's preseason game at Penn State v Buffalo:

ZAR-Simon-Rust
AJohnson-Blueger-Lafferty
Poulin-Agozzino-Legare
Miletic-Palve-Haggerty

Johnson-Riikola
Addison-Ruhwedel
Marino-Czuczman-Joseph

-SK

— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) September 16, 2019

I can’t lie, there’s not much there to get excited about. The veterans who played on the team last year we already know about and tonight’s game isn’t (shouldn’t) change perceptions of those players. Perhaps the lone exception would be Juuso Riikola who had a really bad first season in the NHL. You see chatter about him having a lineup spot, but his underlying numbers were just as bad as Jack Johnson. He needs to start showing some positive signs if he wants to be in the discussion for a regular spot in the lineup. Riikola isn't a young prospect either. He will be 26 in November. The time is now to make a dent.

I am looking forward to seeing Calen Addison, Sam Poulin, and Nathan Legare in action. It’s a nice check point in their development to see if they can keep pace with some NHL talent. Calen Addison is the most intriguing of the bunch due to him being the closest legit prospect the Penguins have to impacting the NHL roster. They will get a taste of some legit talent this evening as the Sabres plan on playing some of their better players.

Forwards
9 Jack Eichel
13 Jimmy Vesey
22 Johan Larsson
27 Curtis Lazar
28 Zemgus Girgensons
42 Dylan Cozens
43 Conor Sheary
52 Andrew Oglevie
53 Jeff Skinner
71 Evan Rodrigues
72 Tage Thompson
81 Remi Elie

Defense
6 Marco Scandella
8 Casey Nelson
10 Henri Jokiharju
26 Rasmus Dahlin
33 Colin Miller
44 Brandon Hickey
58 John Gilmour

Goaltenders
34 Jonas Johansson
40 Carter Hutton

Here's the Sabres lineup for tomorrow at Penn State, Sheary-Eichel-Vesey, Girgensons-Larsson-Oglevie, Elie-Cozens-Thompson, Skinner-Rodrigues-Lazar. Scandella-Miller, Dahlin-Jokiharju, Gilmour-Nelson. Hickey is extra. J.Johansson and Hutton.

— Paul Hamilton (@pham1717) September 15, 2019

Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner, and Rasmus Dahlin are as legit as it gets. I’d love to see if Addison can tread water against some of those guys. You also have former Stanley Cup Champion Conor Sheary on the roster for tonight’s game. Dylan Cozens was the Sabres first round pick this year and should be notable to watch for the same reasons I listed Addison, Legare, and Poulin above. Henri Jokihariu and Jimmy Vesey will don the Sabres crest for the first time this evening.

The game will be streaming on both the Penguins official website and the Sabres official website at 7PM.

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finally signed. Evgeni Malkin deserves better. Jake Gardiner's new deal. Marcus Pettersson contract and training camp https://t.co/NLoW9ORzjP pic.twitter.com/bJ0vtZq3y4

— Ryan Wilson (@GunnerStaal) September 14, 2019

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