Marc-Andre Fleury preview

PENGUINS (22-8-5) at DEVILS (13-14-7)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, TVA Sports, ROOT, NHL.TV

Penguins team scope

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will make his second straight start and his 20th of the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are 9-1-2 in their past 12 games. "We thought [Fleury] had a strong game against New Jersey (in a 4-1 win on Friday) before the Christmas break and he was the last guy to play," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday after the morning skate. "From a timing standpoint, it might be a little easier for Marc [on Tuesday]. Regardless of who we have going in, we have two No. 1 goaltenders [along with Matt Murray]." Defenseman Olli Maatta will miss his first game of the season, because of an illness. "It's not a prolonged thing," Sullivan said. "He just wasn't feeling well." Center Evgeni Malkin needs one point to reach 800 in his NHL career (309 goals, 490 assists). He has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past eight games. "I had no idea he was one point away, but it's not surprising because he's been putting up numbers for a long time since he got into the League (in 2006-07)," captain Sidney Crosby said. "I think that's a nice number and he's going to continue to keep getting them." The Penguins will face the New Jersey Devils for the second time in five days. Crosby scored his NHL-leading 24th goal and Fleury made 23 saves in a 4-1 win at PPG Paints Arena on Friday.

Devils team scope

New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider will make his 27th start. He has allowed four or more goals in eight of his past 12 games (3-6-3) and is 3-6-1 with a 2.18 goals-against average and .927 save percentage in 10 games against the Penguins. The Devils play six of their next eight at home, where they are 9-2-2. New Jersey has lost eight of its past nine games (1-7-1). "It was nice to have a couple days away from the rink, both mentally and physically, to get refreshed," Devils coach John Hynes said. "Now we need to get back to playing hockey we know we can play and that allows us to win some games." Forward Michael Cammalleri, who has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games against the Penguins, has 99 points (50 goals, 49 assists) in 138 games with the Devils. Defensemen have scored 10 of New Jersey's 49 goals over the past 20 games. Left wing Taylor Hall has no goals and three assists in the past eight games. "We have to do a better job at containing [the Penguins] speed, and by that I mean making them play in their own end and making them stop," Hall said. "If they're able to come out of their own end with not having to spend any time there and break out easily, they're going to get offense all night because they have skill on all three lines and that's hard to defend."

Penguins projected lineup

Conor Sheary -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Chris Kunitz -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Carl Hagelin -- Nick Bonino -- Phil Kessel
Scott Wilson -- Matt Cullen -- Eric Fehr
Ian Cole -- Chad Ruhwedel
Derrick Pouliot -- Steve Oleksy
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Marc-Andre Fleury
Matt Murray
Scratched:none
Injured:Kris Letang (lower body), Trevor Daley (upper body), Tom Kuhnhackl (lower body), Olli Maatta (illness)

Devils projected lineup
Status report

Letang (five games missed), Daley (four games missed) and Kuhnhackl (four games missed) took part in the morning skate wearing yellow non-contact jerseys. "The fact they are on the ice and joining the team is a significant jump as far as their progress is concerned," Sullivan said, "and there is a strong possibility that some will get into games before next break, but I think at this point it's going to be one of those day-to-day things." ... The Devils recalled defenseman Yohann Auvitu from Albany of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, but he will not be in the lineup. Auvitu has two goals and two assists in 23 games with New Jersey this season. … Josefson skated with the Devils for the first time since he sustained an upper-body injury on Dec. 17, but remains out. "I felt good and hopefully I'll be back soon," Josefson said.

Who's hot

Fleury is 9-5-4 after winning three of his past five starts (3-0-1). ... Crosby has five points (three goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak and 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in his past 16 games. … Schultz has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in his past 13 games. … Palmieri has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games.