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Penguins dressing many NHL regulars in preseason finale

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- The Penguins are dressing most of their healthy NHL regulars for Saturday's preseason finale in Columbus.

One notable omission from the roster is defenseman Mike Matheson. Matheson left Friday's practice early with what Mike Sullivan called a "nagging lower-body thing."

"We don't think it's serious, a lot of it was just precautionary," Sullivan added of Matheson leaving practice.

Here's who will play in the final tuneup before the Penguins open the season on Oct. 12 in Tampa, Fla.:

Forwards:

9 – Evan Rodrigues
10 - Drew O'Connor
11 – Brian Boyle
16 – Jason Zucker
18 – Sam Lafferty
17 – Bryan Rust
23 – Brock McGinn
42 – Kasperi Kapanen
43 – Danton Heinen
49 – Dominik Simon
53 – Teddy Blueger
57 – Anthony Angello
77 – Jeff Carter

Defensemen:

2 - Chad Ruhwedel
6 – John Marino
8 – Brian Dumoulin
28 – Marcus Pettersson
52 – Mark Friedman
58 – Kris Letang

Goaltenders:

1 – Casey DeSmith
35 – Tristan Jarry