Penguins at Avalanche

PENGUINS (41-18-10) at AVALANCHE (48-14-16)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Marcus Pettersson -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Evan Rodrigues -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Brian Boyle -- Teddy Blueger -- Danton Heinen
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Anthony Angello, Radim Zohorna
Injured: Jason Zucker (undisclosed), Brock McGinn (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- Artturi Lehkonen -- Andre Burakovsky
Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Logan O'Connor
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:None
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Nazem Kadri (upper body)
Status report
Zucker, a forward, left in the second period of a 4-3 overtime win at the Minnesota Wild after a hit by Wild forward Kevin Fiala sent him awkwardly into the boards; it was Zucker's first game since having core muscle surgery on Jan. 25. ... Kadri will not play; he left in the third period of a 4-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday after a collision with two Sharks players, but returned to finish the game. ... Bowen, a defenseman, was sent to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Thursday for conditioning.