Penguins at Maple Leafs preview

PENGUINS (28-17-6) at MAPLE LEAFS (30-17-3)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, CBC, SN1, SNE, SNO, SNP, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

The 32-year-old center did not play in a 5-3 win against the Ottawa Senators on Friday because of an upper-body injury; coach Mike Sullivan said before the game Malkin would miss the next two games and could return against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
Malkin has 55 points (14 goals, 41 assists) in 50 games this season.
Goalie Matt Murray is expected to start for the Penguins, who will try for their third straight win after going 1-4-0 in their previous five.
Goalie Garret Sparks will start for the Maple Leafs, who are 2-4-1 in their past seven games and have scored two goals or fewer in three of their past four.

Players to watch

Penguins forward Jake Guentzel scored twice against the Senators and has 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in his past 12 games.
Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"It was more just getting our feet under us and feeling the team out a little bit. This is an easy team to come into obviously, very fun to play with so I'm definitely very excited to be a part of this team." -- Penguins center Nick Bjugstad on his first game with Pittsburgh on Friday after being traded from the Florida Panthers
"It felt good, he's a good player and can play both sides. We talked about that before the game about not being in a panic to change back if we're caught on the other side. We'll continue to work at it as a pairing and keep trying to improve." -- Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly on moving to right defense during his first game playing with Jake Muzzin on Friday

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Dominik Simon
Bryan Rust -- Nick Bjugstad -- Phil Kessel
Tanner Pearson -- Jared McCann -- Patric Hornqvist
Garrett Wilson -- Teddy Blueger -- Matt Cullen
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Juuso Riikola
Marcus Pettersson -- Jack Johnson
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Justin Schultz (fractured leg/ankle), Zach Aston-Reese (broken hand), Evgeni Malkin (upper body)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Patrick Marleau -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Kasperi Kapanen
Connor Brown -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Par Lindholm -- Frederik Gauthier -- Andreas Johnsson
Jake Muzzin -- Morgan Rielly
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Ron Hainsey
Garret Sparks
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Martin Marincin, Igor Ozhiganov, Justin Holl
Injured:Tyler Ennis (broken ankle)

Status report

Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said he intends to switch the line combinations but would not say what they will be. … Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

Kessel has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past eight games and is two points shy of 800 in the NHL. … Letang is one goal from passing Paul Coffey (108) for most goals by a defenseman in Pittsburgh history.