Penguins at Flyers

PENGUINS (19-8-5) at FLYERS (13-14-6)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Dominik Simon -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Kasper Bjorkqvist -- Brian Boyle -- Danton Heinen
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Juuso Riikola, Radim Zohorna, Jeff Carter
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee), Jason Zucker (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Drew O'Connor
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Scott Laughton -- Cam Atkinson
Connor Bunnaman
-- Kevin Hayes -- Max Willman
Derick Brassard -- Morgan Frost -- James van Riemsdyk
Oskar Lindblom -- Patrick Brown -- Zack MacEwen
Cam York -- Justin Braun
Egor Zamula
-- Rasmus Ristolainen
Keith Yandle -- Kevin Connauton
Carter Hart
Martin Jones
Scratched: None
Injured: Sean Couturier (upper body), Nate Thompson (shoulder), Ryan Ellis (lower body), Gerry Mayhew (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jackson Cates , Nick Seeler, Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov, Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim
Status report
The Penguins did not hold a morning skate following a 5-3 home win against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. ... Carter was removed from COVID-19 protocol Wednesday but will miss his third straight game. ... Bunnaman and Zamula were recalled from the taxi squad. They had been promoted to the taxi squad from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League earlier Thursday and had taken part in the morning skate. ... Brassard will play after missing 15 of the past 16 games with a hip injury. ... Konecny, a forward, and Sanheim, a defenseman, entered COVID-19 protocol Wednesday.