Ducks at Penguins preview

DUCKS (15-13-8) at PENGUINS (18-15-3)
7 p.m. ET; ATTSN-PT, FS-W, NHL.COM

Pittsburgh is 2-1-0 in its past three after winning 3-2 in a shootout against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.
The Ducks are 1-2-1 in their past four games after going six consecutive games with at least one point (3-0-3). Goaltender John Gibson, a Pittsburgh native, could start; he's 1-3-0 with a 4.95 goals-against average and .859 save percentage in four career starts against the Penguins.
Anaheim is 2-2-1 entering the finale of its six-game road trip.
Pittsburgh won each of its two games against Anaheim last season by a combined score of 8-3.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a five-game point streak, including four assists in a 5-4 overtime win at the New York Islanders on Thursday.
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 10 games. He has at least one point in nine of those 10.

They said it

"This road trip has kind of had a bad spiral going the wrong way here. … Now, we just have to roll with [the win on Thursday] and keep going." -- Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm, who had his first NHL hat trick on Thursday
"We've talked a lot about just gaining some traction. Just trying to continue to focus on the process and on the details of playing the game the right way." -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Kevin Roy
Andrew Cogliano -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Ondrej Kase
Chris Wagner -- Derek Grant -- Logan Shaw
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Kevin Bieksa
Francois Beauchemin -- Brandon Montour
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Korbinian Holzer, Dennis Rasmussen, Andy Welinski
Injured: Ryan Kesler (hip surgery), Mike Liambas (upper body), Corey Perry (lower body)

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Conor Sheary -- Riley Sheahan -- Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Carter Rowney -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Chad Ruhwedel -- Olli Maatta
Matt Hunwick -- Jamie Oleksiak
Matt Murray
Tristan Jarry
Scratched:Ian Cole, Dominik Simon
Injured:Justin Schultz (lower body)

Status report

Kesler, who has not played this season after having hip surgery on June 17, practiced in Pittsburgh on Friday. … Rowney is expected to play after missing practice Friday with an undisclosed illness.

Stat pack

Henrique has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past six games after having six points (three goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak following his trade from the New Jersey Devils on Nov. 30. … Dumoulin will play his 200th NHL game. … The Penguins penalty kill is 39-for-43 (90.7 percent) in its past 13 games.