Penguins at Sharks preview

PENGUINS (25-20-3) at SHARKS (24-14-6)
8 p.m. ET; ATTSN-PT, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

Penguins center Sidney Crosby, who has 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) in a six-game point streak, needs one goal for his 400th in the NHL and would become the 95th player in League history to reach the milestone.
Pittsburgh, 5-1-0 in its past six games after going 2-4-0 in their previous six games, has scored four goals or more in four of its past six games.
Sharks goaltender Martin Jones will miss the game with a minor undisclosed injury, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Backup Aaron Dell is expected to start; he's 8-0-1 with 21 goals allowed and one shutout in his past 10 games (eight starts).
San Jose is 3-1-0 in its past four games after a three-game losing streak (0-1-2).

Players to watch

Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his past six games.
Sharks center Joe Thornton has a four-game goal streak and is one point from tying Bryan Trottier (1,425) for 16th place on the NHL's all-time list.

They said it

"Super thrilling to play in L.A., that's quite a team to have out there. To get a win against a quality opponent like that in an away barn, that's pretty special. -- Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith after making 28 saves in his first NHL win, a 3-1 victory at the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday
"You don't get points in the standings for that, but we've got a group that doesn't lay down in those situations." -- Sharks coach Peter DeBoer after San Jose rallied from four goals down but lost 5-3 at the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday

Penguins projected lineup

Dominik Simon -- Sidney Crosby -- Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Jake Guentzel -- Riley Sheahan -- Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Jean-Sebastien Dea -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Justin Schultz
Matt Hunwick -- Jamie Oleksiak
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ian Cole, Daniel Sprong, Matt Murray
Injured: Bryan Rust (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (upper body), Carter Rowney (upper body)

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Sharks projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Joe Thornton -- Joe Pavelski
Tomas Hertl -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Mikkel Boedker -- Chris Tierney -- Joonas Donskoi
Barclay Goodrow -- Joel Ward -- Melker Karlsson
Joakim Ryan -- Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Brenden Dillon -- Dylan DeMelo
Aaron Dell
Troy Grosenick
Scratched: Jannik Hansen, Tim Heed
Injured: Martin Jones (undisclosed)

Status report

Schultz, who was boarded head-first by Kings forward Dustin Brown in the third period Thursday, skated Friday but will be a game-time decision. ... Murray is expected to miss his fifth straight game. He left the Penguins to be with his family after the death of his father, James Murray, on Tuesday. ... Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

Burns has 10 points (one goal, nine assists) in his past eight games and 23 points (six goals, 17 assists) in his past 18.