Penguins at Blue Jackets

PENGUINS (24-10-5) at BLUE JACKETS (18-18-1)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen -- Evgeni Malkin -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dominik Simon -- Jeff Carter -- Evan Rodrigues
Brian Boyle -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Zach Aston-Reese
Injured: Drew O'Connor (upper body), Louis Domingue (undisclosed), Jason Zucker (undisclosed)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Gustav Nyquist -- Boone Jenner -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Patrik Laine -- Alexandre Texier -- Jakub Voracek
Max Domi -- Jack Roslovic -- Emil Bemstrom
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Yegor Chinakhov
Zach Werenski -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Jake Bean
Dean Kukan -- Jake Christiansen
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: Justin Danforth (left knee), Daniil Tarasov (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Cole Sillinger , Vladislav Gavrikov, Adam Boqvist
Status report
De Smith and Aston-Reese, a forward, each may play; Each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Wednesday but did not dress for a 6-4 win against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. … Korpisalo may start after Merzlikins made 33 saves in 2-1 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.