Flames at Penguins

FLAMES (4-1-1) at PENGUINS (3-1-2)

Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Tyler Pitlick
Milan Lucic -- Sean Monahan -- Trevor Lewis
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dillon Dube -- Brett Ritchie
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Juuso Valimaki -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Brad Richardson, Michael Stone, Nikita Zadorov
Injured: None
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Zucker -- Drew O'Connor -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Dominik Simon -- Brian Boyle -- Sam Lafferty
Brian Dumoulin -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Marcus Pettersson -- Mark Friedman
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Kasper Bjorkqvist
Injured: Sidney Crosby (wrist), Evgeni Malkin (knee), Bryan Rust (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jeff Carter , Kris Letang
Status report
The Flames could dress the same skaters they used in a 5-3 win at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. … Crosby will miss his seventh straight game to start the season. He returned to center on the first line in practice Wednesday for the first time since having wrist surgery Sept. 8. … Rust skated with Crosby before Pittsburgh's optional morning skate but the forward is considered week to week.