Predators at Penguins

PREDATORS (37-28-8) at PENGUINS (36-28-10)

Predators projected lineup
Egor Afanasyev -- Cody Glass -- Philip Tomasino
Kiefer Sherwood -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Cole Smith
Rasmus Asplund -- Mark Jankowski -- Michael McCarron
Ryan McDonagh -- Dante Fabbro
Tyson Barrie -- Jeremy Lauzon
Kevin Gravel -- Cal Foote
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: None
Injured: Filip Forsberg (upper body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Ryan Johansen (leg), Alexandre Carrier (upper body), Juuso Parssinen (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Matt Duchene (hand)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen -- Ryan Poehling -- Mikael Granlund
Drew O'Connor -- Jeff Carter -- Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jeff Petry
Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Alexander Nylander
Injured: Nick Bonino (lacerated kidney), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Marcus Pettersson (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Status report
The Predators held an optional morning skate. … Josi is day to day; the defenseman skated in a no-contact jersey before a 2-1 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday and has missed six games. … Dumoulin is expected to reunite with Letang on Pittsburgh's top defense pair after playing with Petry to start a 7-4 loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. … Jarry will start for the first time since March 22; he missed one game because of a lower-body injury and backed up DeSmith in the following two.