Penguins at Flames

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PENGUINS (10-7-4) at FLAMES (12-4-5)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Evan Rodrigues
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dominik Simon -- Brian Boyle -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Mark Friedman, Drew O'Connor
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee), Bryan Rust (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Andrew Mangiapane
Dillon Dube -- Sean Monahan -- Tyler Pitlick
Milan Lucic -- Brad Richardson -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched:Michael Stone, Juuso Valimaki, Adam Ruzicka
Injured: Brett Ritchie (lower body)
Status report
Rust is week to week with a lower-body injury and the forward is not traveling with the Penguins as they start a five-game road trip. … The Flames held an optional morning skate.

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