Penguins at Canadiens

PENGUINS (5-6-4) at CANADIENS (4-12-2)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dominik Simon -- Evan Rodrigues -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Mark Friedman, Brian Boyle
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee)
Canadiens projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Brett Kulak
Mattias Norlinder -- David Savard
Cayden Primeau
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Sami Niku, Chris Wideman
Injured: Mike Hoffman (upper body), Jake Allen (undisclosed), Mathieu Perreault (eye), Cedric Paquette (undisclosed)
Status report
Assistant Todd Reirden will coach the Penguins in the absence of Mike Sullivan, who did not travel to Montreal because he remains subject to quarantine to enter Canada. Sullivan will be able to rejoin the Penguins for their game at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. … Jarry will make his eighth start in nine games. … Caufield is expected to play after being recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League following the morning skate; forward Alex Belzile was assigned to Laval. … Primeau will make his second straight start. … Norlinder will make his NHL debut.