PENGUINS (3-3-1) at AVALANCHE (4-2-1)
9 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, KTVD, ALT, SN+, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Ben Kindel -- Nick Robertson
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Elmer Soderblom
Declan Carlile -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kaedan Korczak
Spencer Stastney -- Kris Letang
Arturs Silovs
Sergei Murashov
Scratched: Ville Koivunen, Ryan Johnson, Hendrix Lapierre
Injured: Justin Brazeau (lower body), Ryan Graves (knee), Trevor van Riemsdyk (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Nazem Kadri
Jaden Schwartz -- Fedor Svechkov -- T.J. Hughes
Parker Kelly -- Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Noah Juulsen
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: None
Injured: Logan O’Connor (lower body), Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Nicolas Roy (lower body)
Status report
The Penguins held an optional morning skate. … Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse confirmed Silovs will start but didn’t give any other lineup information. ... The Avalanche are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defenseman for the fifth time this season. … O’Connor, a forward who has missed four games due to the death of his father, participated in Colorado's morning skate but remains on long-term injured reserve.
