PENGUINS (23-20-7) at BLACKHAWKS (14-36-3)
8:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCH, SN360
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O'Connor -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Valtteri Puustinen -- Lars Eller -- Rickard Rakell
Vinnie Hinostroza -- Jeff Carter -- Colin White
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Ryan Graves -- Erik Karlsson
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
John Ludvig
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Jonathan Gruden
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Noel Acciari (concussion), Jansen Harkins (concussion), Jake Guentzel (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Connor Bedard -- Nick Foligno -- Phillip Kurashev
Ryan Donato -- Jason Dickinson -- Joey Anderson
Colin Blackwell --Tyler Johnson -- Taylor Raddysh
Boris Katchouk -- Zach Sanford -- MacKenzie Entwistle
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski -- Jaycob Megna
Louis Crevier -- Isaak Phillips
Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Rem Pitlick, Lukas Reichel, Reese Johnson
Injured: Andreas Athanasiou (groin), Anthony Beauvillier (wrist), Connor Murphy (lower body), Jarred Tinordi (right-groin strain)
Status report
Guentzel, a forward, will be out for four weeks after sustaining an upper-body injury in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday… Forwards Valtteri Puustinen, Jonathan Gruden and Vinnie Hinostroza were recalled from Wilkes/Barre-Scranton of the American Hockey League on Thursday. Nedeljkovic could start after Jarry made 18 saves against the Panthers. ... Bedard will return after missing 14 games with a fractured jaw, and should play on the first line with Foligno and Kurashev. ... Donato will play on the second line, Katchouk on the fourth and Reese Johnson, a forward, will be scratched. ... Soderblom could start after Mrazek started the previous five games.
