Habs and Penguins unveil lineups for today's preseason clash.

The Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins will clash on Monday when they face off in preseason action, and now both teams have unveiled the rosters that we will see in action later today.

As you might expect at this stage of the preseason we won't be seeing the full rosters in action just yet, with both teams leaving several of their starters on the sideline as they continue to prepare for the upcoming 2025-26 National Hockey League regular season. Despite that, there are some notable names that will be worth watching later tonight.

We will take a look at the Canadiens roster first since we know how their line combinations and defensive pairings have been set up for tonight's game.

Forwards:

Laine-Kapanen-Demidov
Anderson-Evans-Gallagher
Farrell-Beck-Mesar
Davidson-Belzile-Condotta

Defensemen:

Matheson-Dobson
Struble-Engstrom
Del Gaizo-Clurman

Goalies:

Montembeault
Fowler

As I mentioned there are some big names being left off the roster, perhaps most notably that of captain Nick Suzuki, but the Canadiens will be bringing out several stars including Patrik Laine, Ivan Demidov and the newly acquired Noah Dobson.

The Penguins have released their full lineup for tonight's game although it is still unclear how exactly the line combinations and pairings will work out. This being the preseason however, there's a good chance we will see some mixing and matching, especially with newly minted Penguins head coach Dan Muse trying to get a good look at his new team.

Here is the full lineup:

Forwards:

Robby Fabbri
Boko Imama
Joona Koppanen
Tommy Novak
Sam Poulin
Tristan Broz
Anthony Mantha
Danton Heinen
Valtteri Puustinen
Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Ben Kindel
Atley Calvert
Avery Hayes

Defensemen:

Ryan Shea
Matt Dumba
Ryan Graves
Owen Pickering
Harrison Brunicke
Finn Harding
Connor Clifton

Goalies:

Sergei Murashov
Joel Blomqvist

The Penguins are leaving much of their regular roster on the sidelines today with some big absences including Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Erik Karlsson and even goaltender Tristan Jarry.

On paper this looks like a bit of a one sided affair but we will have to wait and see how this one plays out later tonight.