PENGUINS (11-10-3) at LIGHTNING (11-10-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSSUN, SN, TVAS
Penguins projected lines
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin – Drew O’Connor
Radim Zohorna -- Lars Eller -- Jansen Harkins
Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter
Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- John Ludvig
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, Dmitri Samorukov, Alex Nylander
Injured: Rickard Rakell (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (lower body), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (lower body)
Lightning projected lines
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Tanner Jeannot -- Nicholas Paul -- Michael Eyssimont
Austin Watson -- Luke Glendening -- Tyler Motte
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cole Koepke
Injured: Conor Sheary (upper body)
Status report
The Penguins held an optional morning skate Wednesday. ... Jarry will make his fifth start in six games; Nedeljkovic made 31 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. ... Vasilevskiy will start for the fourth straight game.
