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BLUE JACKETS (23-37-12) at PENGUINS (31-30-10)   

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSOH

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Dmitri Voronkov 

Alexandre Texier -- Cole Sillinger -- Kirill Marchenko 

Mikael Pyyhtia -- Brendan Gaunce -- Mathieu Olivier 

James Malatesta -- Tyler Angle -- Carson Meyer 

Damon Severson -- Zach Werenski 

Jake Bean -- Ivan Provorov 

Jake Christiansen -- Erik Gudbranson

Daniil Tarasov 

Elvis Merzlikins 

Scratched: None

Injured: Adam Fantilli (calf), Patrik Laine (upper body), Justin Danforth (concussion), Sean Kuraly (lower body), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Adam Boqvist (upper body), Alex Nylander (upper body)

Penguins projected lineup

Drew O'Connor -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust  

Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell  

Reilly Smith -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen  

Jonathan Gruden -- Sam Poulin -- Jesse Puljujarvi 

Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang   

Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson   

Ryan Graves -- Jack St. Ivany 

Alex Nedeljkovic  

Tristan Jarry  

Scratched: John Ludvig, Emil Bemstrom

Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Noel Acciari (lower body), Jeff Carter (upper body)
 
Status report

Nylander, a forward, will miss a second straight game. ... Nedeljkovic will start for a third straight game. ... Carter was a full participant in practice Wednesday. The forward was a game-time decision Tuesday but missed his fourth straight game, a 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes. ... Smith is available, Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. He did not practice Wednesday to attend the birth of his child.