PENGUINS (15-11-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (15-15-5)
4 p.m. ET; SNO, TNT, truTV, HBO MAX
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Justin Brazeau -- Thomas Novak -- Anthony Mantha
Ville Koivunen -- Ben Kindel -- Rutger McGroarty
Connor Dewar -- Kevin Hayes -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Ryan Graves, Connor Clifton
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (undisclosed)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Dakota Joshua -- Scott Laughton -- Steven Lorentz
Nicholas Robertson -- Nicolas Roy -- Bobby McMann
Morgan Rielly -- Chris Tanev
Jake McCabe -- Troy Stecher
Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Easton Cowan, Calle Jarnkrok, Henry Thrun, Philippe Myers
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Dakota Mermis (lower body)
Status Report
Tanev is expected to return after missing 23 games with an upper-body injury. He will replace Myers.
