Penguins projected lineup
Rutger McGroarty -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar -- Rickard Rakell -- Ville Koivunen
Kevin Hayes -- Noel Acciari -- Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen -- Blake Lizotte -- Joona Koppanen
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang
Conor Timmins -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Emil Bemstrom
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body)
Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Zack Bolduc -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Jimmy Snuggerud
Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler -- Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Alexandre Texier, Mathieu Joseph
Injured: Colton Parayko (knee)
Status report
Malkin accompanied the Penguins on their three-game road trip and participated in an optional morning skate, but the center will miss his fourth straight game. ... Koppanen could play after being recalled on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... The Blues reassigned forward Dalibor Dvorsky to Springfield of the AHL on Wednesday.
