Kings at Penguins preview

KINGS (13-18-2) at PENGUINS (18-10-4)
7 p.m. ET; ATTSN-PT, FS-W, NHL.TV

The 33-year-old center skated on his own Saturday morning after missing practice Friday because of an illness, which held him out of a 1-0 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. He is one goal from becoming the eighth active player in the NHL to score 400.
Goalie Tristan Jarry, who has three shutouts in his past four appearances, will start for Pittsburgh, which is 7-3-0 in its past 10 games and 9-1-2 in its past 12 home games.
The Kings, who have won two straight following a four-game losing streak, have been held to two goals or fewer in six of their past eight games.

Players to watch

Kings center Anze Kopitar needs one point to tie Wayne Gretzky (918) for fourth place on Los Angeles' all-time points list.
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel has six points (two goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"The ability to check and give ourselves a chance in low-scoring affairs has been a nice thing. It's something that we need." -- Kings coach Todd McLellan
"He's feeling much better today. ... I'll tell you [if Malkin will play] tomorrow." -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan on Friday

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Jeff Carter -- Michael Amadio -- Tyler Toffoli
Adrian Kempe -- Blake Lizotte -- Austin Wagner
Kyle Clifford -- Nikolai Prokhorkin -- Trevor Lewis
Joakim Ryan -- Drew Doughty
Ben Hutton -- Matt Roy
Kurtis MacDermid -- Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Ilya Kovalchuk, Paul LaDue, Matt Luff
Injured: Alec Martinez (wrist), Derek Forbort (back)

Penguins projected lineup

Alex Galchenyuk -- Jake Guentzel -- Bryan Rust
Zach Aston-Reese -- Jared McCann -- Dominik Kahun
Dominik Simon -- Sam Lafferty -- Stefan Noesen
Joseph Blandisi -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Kris Letang -- John Marino
Jack Johnson -- Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Matt Murray
Scratched: Juuso Riikola
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (illness), Sidney Crosby (core muscle surgery), Nick Bjugstad (core muscle surgery), Brian Dumoulin (ankle surgery), Patric Hornqvist (lower body)

Status report

Kovalchuk is expected to be scratched for a 17th straight game. ... Blandisi was recalled on an emergency basis for the second time in three days Saturday. He was also recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League with Malkin ill Thursday.

Stat pack

The Kings ended an 11-game road winless streak (0-10-1) with a 2-1 victory against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. ... The Penguins have a five-game home point streak against the Kings (3-0-2) dating back to Oct. 30, 2014.