Penguins at Lightning

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PENGUINS at LIGHTNING

Penguins projected lineup
Danton Heinen -- Jeff Carter -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Brock McGinn -- Teddy Blueger -- Dominik Simon
Drew O'Connor -- Brian Boyle -- Sam Lafferty
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Anthony Angello
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Sidney Crosby (upper body), Mike Matheson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Jake Guentzel, Zach Aston-Reese
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos
Mathieu Joseph -- Ross Colton -- Corey Perry
Pat Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Boris Katchouk
Injured: Cal Foote (finger), Gemel Smith (lower body)
Status Report
Matheson, a defenseman, left practice early and is day to day, according to Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. ... Crosby, Guentzel and Aston Reese skated after the players in the Penguins' lineup left the ice. ... Raddysh will make his NHL debut.

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