PENGUINS (19-15-4) at FLYERS (20-13-6)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NHLN, NBCSP, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Drew O'Connor -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Jansen Harkins -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Chad Ruhwedel
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Radim Zohorna, Ryan Shea
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), John Ludvig (upper body)
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett -- Scott Laughton -- Cam Atkinson
Tyson Foerster -- Morgan Frost -- Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Sean Walker
Egor Zamula -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Carter Hart
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Marc Staal
Injured: Noah Cates (foot)
Status report
The Penguins held an optional morning skate. ... Cates skated on his own before the morning skate. The forward was expected to be out 6-8 weeks after breaking his foot blocking a shot against the New York Islanders on Nov. 25. Coach John Tortorella said there remains no timetable for his return.
