PENGUINS (11-11-3) at PANTHERS (15-8-2)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSFL, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Penguins projected lines
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby – Drew O’Connor
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin – Alex Nylander
Jeff Carter -- Lars Eller -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Jonathan Gruden -- Jansen Harkins -- Radim Zohorna
Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- John Ludvig
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Dmitri Samorukov, Mark Johnstone, Valtteri Puustinen
Injured: Bryan Rust (upper body), Noel Acciari (lower body), Matt Nieto (lower body), Rickard Rakell (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (lower body), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Nick Cousins
Jonah Gadjovich -- Kevin Stenlund -- Ryan Lomberg
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura
Injured: None
Status report
The Penguins did not conduct a morning skate Friday. ... Rust will not play after the forward left during the second period of a 3-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. ... Acciari, a center, was placed on injured reserve and will miss his fourth consecutive game. ... Gruden and forwards Johnstone and Puustinen each was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday; forwards Joona Koppanen and Alex Nylander were reassigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. … Bobrovsky will make his seventh start in nine games.
