Penguins at Kraken

PENGUINS (11-8-5) AT KRAKEN (9-13-2)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Evan Rodrigues
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Danton Heinen
Brock McGinn -- Teddy Blueger -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Drew O'Connor -- Dominik Simon
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Brian Boyle, Mark Friedman
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Bryan Rust (lower body)
Kraken projected lineup
Marcus Johansson -- Alex Wennberg -- Mason Appleton
Ryan Donato -- Yanni Gourde -- Joonas Donskoi
Jared McCann -- Morgan Geekie -- Brandon Tanev
Colin Blackwell -- Riley Sheahan -- Kole Lind
Adam Larsson -- Vince Dunn
Jamie Oleksiak -- Carson Soucy
Haydn Fleury -- Jeremy Lauzon
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Will Borgen
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Jordan Eberle (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (undisclosed), Chris Driedger (lower body)
COVID-19 Protocol: Mark Giordano
Status report
DeSmith will make his first start since Nov. 27. … Schwartz, Eberle, and Jarnkrok will be game-time decisions and each forward could play, according to Kraken coach Dave Hakstol