Penguins at Rangers

PENGUINS (34-23-10) at RANGERS (38-19-10)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Alexander Nylander
Drew O'Connor -- Mikael Granlund -- Rickard Rakell
Ryan Poehling -- Jeff Carter -- Josh Archibald
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jan Rutta
Brian Dumoulin -- Jeff Petry
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Nick Bonino (lacerated kidney), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Patrick Kane
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Tyler Motte
Niko Mikkola -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: None
Injured: Ryan Lindgren (upper body)
Status report
Poehling is expected to be activated off long-term injured reserve and return after missing 15 games because of an upper-body injury. He is expected to replace Heinen, a forward who has played 10 straight games. … Petry (undisclosed) and Rutta (lower body) each took part in the Penguins morning skate Thursday and each is expected to play after being injured during a 6-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. ... Jarry will start after being pulled following the first period Tuesday, when he allowed four goals on seven shots. ... Lindgren will miss his ninth straight game; the defenseman is day to day and has been skating on his own.