We're ready. So are the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks.
For the Pens, Kris Letang's a go. So is Nick Bonino. On the San Jose side, Matt Nieto's healthy after missing the Western Conference Final, but he's going to watch Game 1 with the rest of us.
Here are the projected lineups for the opener of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night, courtesy of the Sharks' website:
Sharks
LW | C | RW |
---|---|---|
Tomas Hertl | Joe Thornton | Joe Pavelski |
Patrick Marleau | Logan Couture | Joonas Donskoi |
Melker Karlsson | Chris Tierney | Joel Ward |
Dainius Zubrus | Nick Spaling | Tommy Wingels |
LD | RD |
---|---|
Paul Martin | Brent Burns |
Marc-Edouard Vlasic | Justin Braun |
Brenden Dillon | Roman Polak |
G |
---|
Martin Jones |
James Reimer |
Penguins
LW | C | RW |
---|---|---|
Conor Sheary | Sidney Crosby | Patric Hornqvist |
Chris Kunitz | Evgeni Malkin | Bryan Rust |
Carl Hagelin | Nick Bonino | Phil Kessel |
Tom Kuhnhackl | Matt Cullen | Eric Fehr |
LD | RD |
---|---|
Brian Dumoulin | Kris Letang |
Olli Maatta | Ben Lovejoy |
Ian Cole | Justin Schultz |
G |
---|
Matt Murray |
Marc-Andre Fleury |