PENGUINS (5-7-2) at HURRICANES (9-2-0)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Evgeni Malkin -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor -- Lars Eller -- Cody Glass
Michael Bunting -- Noel Acciari -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Anthony Beauvillier -- Blake Lizotte -- Valtteri Puustinen
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist
Scratched: Ryan Shea
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Matt Nieto (MCL surgery)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
William Carrier -- Jack Drury -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Pyotr Kochetkov
Spencer Martin
Scratched: None
Injured: Frederik Andersen (lower body)
Status report
Hayes is considered day to day; the forward did not practice Wednesday after playing 9:40 during a 4-3 shootout loss at the New York Islanders on Tuesday. ... Rust participated in the Penguins optional morning skate Thursday, but the forward will miss his fifth straight game.
