Penguins at Rangers

PENGUINS (5-3-1) at RANGERS (2-4-2)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jared McCann -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Drew O'Connor -- Mark Jankowski -- Sam Lafferty
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- John Marino
Kevin Czuczman -- Cody Ceci
Yannick Weber -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched:Colton Sceviour, William Reilly
Injured:Kris Letang (lower body), Brian Dumoulin (lower body), Mike Matheson (upper body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Marcus Pettersson (upper body), Juuso Riikola (upper body), Zach Aston-Reese (shoulder), Zach Trotman (knee)
Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Julien Gauthier
Chris Kreider -- Brett Howden -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Brendan Lemieux -- Kevin Rooney -- Jonny Brodzinski
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller
-- Jacob Trouba
Anthony Bitetto
-- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched:Tony DeAngelo
Injured:Jack Johnson (groin), Filip Chytil (upper body), Colin Blackwell (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Kaapo Kakko
Status report
Letang is day to day because of a lower-body injury sustained during the Penguins' 5-4 overtime win against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. … DeSmith will start his second straight game after making 30 saves Saturday. ... Reilly, a defenseman, was recalled from the taxi squad. ... Dumoulin, a defenseman, was placed on long-term injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 26. ... DeAngelo cleared waivers Monday and is not expected to play. … Bitetto was recalled from the taxi squad and will make his Rangers debut. ... Brodzinski was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League. His last NHL game was with the San Jose Sharks on Nov. 1, 2019.