PENGUINS (30-34-12) at STARS (50-21-4)
3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rutger McGroarty -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar -- Rickard Rakell -- Ville Koivunen
Kevin Hayes -- Noel Acciari -- Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen -- Blake Lizotte -- Joona Koppanen
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang
Conor Timmins -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Emil Bemstrom
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Mikael Granlund
Sam Steel -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque
Evgenii Dadonov -- Oscar Back -- Colin Blackwell
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel -- Matt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Brendan Smith
Injured: Jamie Benn (lower body), Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)
Status report
Malkin, a center who has missed three games, practiced in a regular jersey Friday and could be an option to play. ... The Penguins assigned forward Emil Bemstrom to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Benn, a forward, will miss his second straight game.
