PENGUINS (30-30-9) at AVALANCHE (45-20-5)
2 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MAX, TNT, SN360, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O'Connor -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Reilly Smith -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Jesse Puljujarvi -- Noel Acciari -- Emil Bemstrom
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
John Ludvig -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ryan Graves
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Jeff Carter (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Zach Parise
Brandon Duhaime-- Yakov Trenin -- Andrew Cogliano
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Joel Kiviranta
Injured: None
Status report
Graves, a defenseman, remains with his family in Pittsburgh awaiting the birth of his first child. ... Nedeljkovic made three saves in relief of Jarry in a 4-2 loss at the Dallas Stars on Friday. ... Georgiev has started five of the past seven games, including making 23 saves in a 6-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
