Devils at Penguins

DEVILS (35-14-5) at PENGUINS (27-18-9)

Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat -- Erik Haula -- Fabian Zetterlund
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- Damon Severson
Kevin Bahl -- John Marino
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Jesper Boqvist
Injured: Brendan Smith (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Brock McGinn -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Drew O'Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Jeff Petry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Dustin Tokarski
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Danton Heinen
Injured: Tristan Jarry (upper body), Jan Rutta (upper body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Mark Friedman (upper body)
Status report
Hughes is expected to return from an upper-body injury that had sidelined him since Feb. 6. … Jarry traveled with the Penguins for a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders on Friday. The goalie, who has missed the past eight games, is nearing a return, coach Mike Sullivan said before the loss at New York. ... Tokarski is expected to start after DeSmith made 23 saves against the Islanders.