PENGUINS (3-2-1) at BLACKHAWKS (1-5-0)
8 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Ben Kindel -- Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Nick Robertson
Declan Carlile -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kaedan Korczak
Spencer Stastney -- Kris Letang
Sergei Murashov
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Elmer Soderblom, Ryan Johnson, Hendrix Lapierre
Injured: Justin Brazeau (lower body), Ryan Graves (knee), Trevor van Riemsdyk (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Roman Kantserov -- Connor Bedard -- Patrick Kane
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Anton Frondell -- Teuvo Teravainen
Cole Smith -- Ryan Greene -- Jordan Greenway
Oliver Moore -- Dominic Toninato -- Ryan Donato
Bowen Byram -- Artyom Levshunov
Alex Vlasic -- Ian Cole
Wyatt Kaiser -- Sam Rinzel
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Kevin Korchinski, Ethan Del Mastro
Injured: Andrew Mangiapane (lower body)
Suspended: Frank Nazar
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. ... The Penguins acquired Johnson, a defenseman, in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres for defensemen Caleb Jones and Daniel Laatsch on Monday … Kuzmenko returns from non-roster status after being away for personal reasons following the death of his father … The Penguins placed van Riemsdyk, a defenseman, on injured reserve Monday … Bedard will make his season debut after missing the first six games of the season after having offseason shoulder surgery … Nazar, a forward, will serve the second and final game of his suspension for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders forward Bo Horvat during a 4-1 loss Thursday. ... Chicago assigned forward Nick Lardis to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
