PENGUINS (0-0-0) at FLYERS (0-0-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Penguins projected lineup
Nick Robertson -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Ville Koivunen -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Filip Hallander
Conor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Elmer Soderblom
Declan Carlile -- Erik Karlsson
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Kris Letang
Samuel Girard -- Kaedan Korczak
Arturs Silovs
Sergei Murashov
Scratched: David Gustafsson, Rutger McGroarty, Ilya Solovyov
Injured: Justin Brazeau (lower body), Ryan Graves (knee), Ben Kindel (lower body), Bryan Rust (upper body)
Flyers projected lineup
Owen Tippett -- Trevor Zegras -- Porter Martone
Tyson Foerster -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny
Alex Bump -- Noah Cates -- Matvei Michkov
Carl Grundstrom -- Sean Couturier -- Noel Acciari
Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler -- Simon Benoit
Dan Vladar
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Garrett Wilson, David Jiricek
Injured: Denver Barkey (lower body), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body)
Status report
Lizotte took part in an optional morning skate and is expected to play; he had missed time during training camp because of an upper-body injury. ... Rust and Kindel skated in noncontact jerseys but coach Dan Muse said nothing has changed for either forward; each is on injured reserve and considered week to week. ... Forward Andrei Kuzmenko remains away from the Penguins following the death of his father, Alexander; the funeral was in Russia on Monday. ... The Flyers held an optional morning skate. ... Couturier and Acciari were the only healthy players not taking part but coach Rick Tocchet said each is available to play. ... Vladar took part in the morning skate and will start after missing the final two preseason games because of an upper-body injury sustained against the Boston Bruins on Sept. 22.
