Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Evan Rodrigues
Jeff Carter --
Evgeni Malkin
-- Kasperi Kapanen
Anthony Angello -- Teddy Blueger -- Radim Zohorna
Kasper Bjorkqvist -- Brian Boyle -- Dominik Simon
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Juuso Riikola, Mark Friedman
Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Casey DeSmith, Bryan Rust, Brock McGinn , Danton Heinen, Zach Aston-Reese
Ducks projected lineup
Max Comtois -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Sonny Milano -- Trevor Zegras -- Rickard Rakell
Sam Steel -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant --
Buddy Robinson
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Hampus Lindholm -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Simon Benoit -- Jamie Drysdale
Anthony Stolarz
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Danny O'Regan , Jacob Larsson
Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body), Max Jones (upper body), Josh Mahura (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: John Gibson, Sam Carrick
Status report
Malkin will make his season debut after having knee surgery June 4. ... Heinen and Aston-Reese, each a forwards, entered COVID-19 protocol Tuesday, joining Rust and McGinn, each a forward, who entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday and DeSmith, a goalie, who entered COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Domingue will come off the taxi squad to back up Jarry. ... Angello and Zohorna were recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Monday and will likely play. ... Drew O'Connor, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Monday and re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. ... Zucker, a forward, skated for the first time since being injured but will miss his fifth straight game. ... Lindholm and Grant each will play after being removed from COVID-19 protocol Monday; Lindholm missed two games and Grant missed three. ... The Ducks claimed forward Lucas Elvenes off waivers from the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. The 22-year-old from Sweden has not appeared in an NHL game.
