PENGUINS (7-6-0) at BLUE JACKETS (4-7-4)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSOH
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor -- Lars Eller -- Radim Zohorna
Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter
Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Magnus Hellberg
Scratched: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Joel Blomqvist, Jonathan Gruden
Injured: John Ludvig (concussion), Alex Nedeljkovic (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Yegor Chinakhov -- Boone Jenner-- Patrik Laine
Johnny Gaudreau -- Cole Sillinger -- Emil Bemstrom
Alexandre Texier-- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Erik Gudbranson
Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson
Jake Bean -- David Jiricek
Elvis Merzlikins
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Mathieu Olivier, Andrew Peeke, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Daniil Tarasov (knee), Jack Roslovic (ankle fracture)
Status report
Gruden, a forward, was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday as a precaution because Carter is dealing with a nagging upper-body injury, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. … Jiricek replaces defenseman Boqvist. Bemstrom goes in for Roslovic, a forward. … Jiricek was recalled from Cleveland of the AHL on Monday when Roslovic was placed on injured reserve.
