Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Jeff Carter -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Drew O'Connor -- Brian Boyle -- Zach Aston-Reese
Mike Matheson -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- John Marino
Juuso Riikola -- Mark Friedman
Casey DeSmith
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Sam Lafferty, Dominik Simon, Tristan Jarry
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (knee)
COVID-19 protocol:Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin, Marcus Pettersson, Chad Ruhwedel
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Tyler Ennis
Tim Stutzle -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Nick Paul -- Logan Shaw
Zach Sanford -- Chris Tierney -- Scott Sabourin
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Michael Del Zotto -- Nikita Zaitsev
Dillon Heatherington -- Lassi Thomson
Filip Gustavsson
Anton Forsberg
Scratched:Jacob Bernard-Docker, Andrew Aggozino,Egor Sokolov
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Erik Brannstrom (broken hand)
COVID-19 protocol:Matt Murray, Josh Brown, Austin Watson, Dylan Gambrell, Connor Brown, Alex Formenton, Victor Mete, Nick Holden
Status report
Crosby, a center, and defensemen Dumoulin, Pettersson and Ruhwedel, skated in Pittsburgh on Saturday and are expected to travel when the Penguins play the Washington Capitals on Sunday. ... Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is expected to leave NHL COVID-19 protocol Sunday. ... Jarry, a goalie, did not travel to Ottawa but will start against the Capitals. ... Batherson, a forward, did not practice Saturday because of COVID-19 concerns but is expected to play. ... Zaitsev was removed from protocol. Senators coach D.J. Smith said Zaitsev was in because of exposure to the virus and not a positive test. ... Pinto was activated from injured reserve and expected to play for the first time since sustaining an upper-body injury Oct. 21. … Bernard-Docker, a defenseman, and Aggozino, a forward, were recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League.
