Penguins at Rangers

PENGUINS (24-13-2) at RANGERS (18-15-5)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Jared McCann -- Evan Rodrigues
Zach Aston-Reese -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Sam Lafferty
Radim Zohorna -- Mark Jankowski -- Colton Sceviour
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Cody Ceci -- Mike Matheson
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Juuso Riikola, Drew O'Connor
Injured: Brandon Tanev (upper body), Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Teddy Blueger (upper body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Kasperi Kapanen (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Kevin Rooney --
Vitali Kravtsov
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Brett Howden
Injured: None
Status report
Marino will play after taking a maintenance day Wednesday; he missed the final 11:36 of the Penguins' 8-4 loss at the Rangers on Tuesday for unspecified reasons. … Jarry will start after being pulled following the first period Tuesday, when he allowed four goals on 11 shots. … Lindgren and Strome did not participate in the Rangers morning skate Thursday; each was getting off-ice treatment but is expected to play. … Howden could play for the first time since March 20; the center missed seven games in NHL COVID-19 protocol and was scratched Tuesday.