PENGUINS (29-32-10) at PANTHERS (42-25-3)
6 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar -- Evgeni Malkin -- Philip Tomasino
Joona Koppanen -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Danton Heinen -- Kevin Hayes -- Bokondji Imama
Conor Timmins -- Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: None
Injured: P.O. Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body), Emil Bemstrom (undisclosed)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer -- Nico Sturm -- Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling -- Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola -- Nate Schmidt
Uvis Balinskis -- Tobias Bjornfot
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Tomas Nosek
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Brad Marchand (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)
Suspended: Aaron Ekblad
Status report
The Penguins assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … The Panthers will not hold a morning skate after a 6-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Saturday; Bobrovsky is expected to start after Vanecek allowed six goals on 31 shots.
