Avalanche at Penguins

AVALANCHE (6-0-0) at PENGUINS (2-4-0) 

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, ALT, TVAS-D

Avalanche projected lineup  

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin 

Tomas Tatar -- Ryan Johansen -- Mikko Rantanen 

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Jonathan Drouin 

Andrew Cogliano -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Logan O’Connor 

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar 

Bowen Byram -- Samuel Girard 

Josh Manson -- Jack Johnson 

Alexandar Georgiev 

Ivan Prosvetov 

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Corey Schueneman 

Injured: Pavel Francouz (lower body)

Penguins projected lineup  

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust 

Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell 

Drew O’Connor -- Lars Eller -- Radim Zohorna 

Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter 

Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang 

Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson 

Ryan Shea -- Chad Ruhwedel 

Tristan Jarry 

Magnus Hellberg 

Scratched: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Vinnie Hinostroza  

Injured: John Ludvig (concussion), Alex Nedeljkovic (lower body)

Status report  

Georgiev could make a seventh straight start to begin the season. He is 6-0-0 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .930 save percentage. … Ludvig, a defenseman, sustained a concussion in the second period of his NHL debut, a 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. … Nedeljkovic, a goalie, was placed on long-term injured reserve with a lower-body injury suffered in the loss to Dallas. Hellberg was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will back up Jarry against Colorado.