PENGUINS (20-23-8) at SHARKS (14-32-6)
10:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCA
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Cody Glass -- Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O’Connor -- Kevin Hayes -- Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Boko Imama
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Ryan Shea
Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist
Scratched: Jesse Puljujarvi, Blake Lizotte, P.O. Joseph
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Fabian Zetterlund -- Mikael Granlund -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Tyler Toffoli
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Alexander Wennberg -- Luke Kunin
Barclay Goodrow -- Colin White -- Walker Duehr
Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci
Timothy Liljegren -- Mario Ferraro
Henry Thrun -- Jack Thompson
Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Scott Sabourin, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body), Nico Sturm (lower body), Klim Kostin (lower body), Ty Dellandrea (upper body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Status report
Malkin, a center, was placed on injured reserve Monday is week to week after being injured during a 4-1 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. Puljujarvi, a forward, was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. ... Rust took part in line rushes and is a game-time decision; he did not play Saturday because of a lower-body injury. ... Imama was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and defenseman Owen Pickering was sent to the AHL. ... The Sharks did not hold a morning skate. ... Rutta, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Sunday, and Thompson was recalled from San Jose of the AHL. ... White could make his Sharks debut after signing a one-year contract Saturday.