PENGUINS (38-21-16) at LIGHTNING (46-22-6)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Bryan Rust -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom -- Connor Dewar -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Rutger McGroarty, Ville Koivunen, Avery Hayes
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jack St. Ivany (upper body)
Suspended: Caleb Jones
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Gonclaves -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Brayden Point -- Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry -- Nick Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee
Darren Raddysh -- J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Steve Santini, Victor Hedman
Injured: Declan Carlile (undisclosed), Maxwell Crozier (core muscle), Dominic James (lower body), Brandon Hagel (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)
Status report
Rust will return after missing a 5-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday with a lower-body injury. ... Forwards Hagel and Sabourin each will not play after missing practice Wednesday. ... Chaffee was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
