Penguins at Senators

PENGUINS (22-15-6) at SENATORS (19-21-3)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O'Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Jeff Carter
Brock McGinn -- Jonathan Gruden -- Kasperi Kapanen
Brian Dumoulin -- Ty Smith
Marcus Pettersson -- Mark Friedman
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Taylor Fedun, Danton Heinen
Injured: Josh Archibald (lower body), Jeff Petry (upper body), Tristan Jarry (lower body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Kris Letang (lower body), Jan Rutta (upper body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Drake Batherson
Alex DeBrincat -- Josh Norris -- Claude Giroux
Derick Brassard -- Shane Pinto -- Dylan Gambrell
Parker Kelly -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Nick Holden -- Erik Brannstrom
Cam Talbot
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Mathieu Joseph
Injured: Tyler Motte (finger), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body), Artem Zub (lower body)
Status report
DeSmith will make his sixth start in seven games. ... Jarry, a goalie who has missed six games, took shots during the Penguins' morning skate. … Poehling, a center, and defensemen Letang and Petry, each skated in a non-contact jersey; Poehling has missed seven games, Petry 15 and Letang eight. ... Norris will return after missing 38 games with a shoulder injury. ... Zub, a defenseman, was placed on IR, retroactive to Jan. 14. ... Ottawa announced it sent forward Jake Lucchini to Belleville of the American Hockey League. ...Talbot did not take part in the morning skate, which typically means he will start. … Joseph, a forward who has missed 17 games with a lower-body injury, is ready to return but will be a healthy scratch, Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said.