PENGUINS (38-31-12) at ISLANDERS (38-27-16)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Reilly Smith -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Radim Zohorna -- Jeff Carter -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Emil Bemstrom, Vinnie Hinostroza, John Ludvig
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Noel Acciari (lower body), Ryan Graves (concussion)
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Simon Holmstrom -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Ruslan Iskhakov
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov -- Samuel Bolduc
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Mathew Barzal, Pierre Engvall, Hudson Fasching, Sebastian Aho
Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body)
Status report
Nedeljkovic will finish the season with 13 straight starts. ... Dobson, a defenseman, skated on his own Wednesday morning but remains day to day. ... Iskhakov, a forward, was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and is expected to make his NHL debut with forwards Barzal, Engvall and Fasching each not in the lineup for maintenance reasons. ... Sorokin will start after Varlamov made 23 saves in a 4-1 win at the New Jersey Devils on Monday.
