Penguins at Devils

PENGUINS (18-10-1) AT DEVILS (9-13-4)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Brandon Tanev -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Mark Jankowski -- Sam Lafferty
Colton Sceviour -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Anthony Angello
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Juuso Riikola, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Jason Zucker (lower body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Jared McCann (upper body), Teddy Blueger (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Andreas Johnsson -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood -- Pavel Zacha -- Kyle Palmieri
Janne Kuokkanen -- Travis Zajac -- Yegor Sharangovich
Nikita Gusev --
Mikhail Maltsev
-- Nathan Bastian
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Dmitry Kulikov -- P.K. Subban
Ryan Murray -- Sami Vatanen
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Aaron Dell, Michael McLeod , Will Butcher
Injured:Nico Hischier (sinus fracture)
Status report
Malkin will not play and was still being evaluated Thursday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. The center left during the first period of the Penguins 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. ... Marino is a game-time decision after missing four games with an upper-body injury. ... Zacha will be a game-time decision after being slashed by Buffalo Sabres defenseman Colin Miller 3:37 into the third period of a 3-2 win on Tuesday.