PENGUINS (25-14-11) at CANUCKS (17-29-5)
6 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Ilya Solovyov, Connor Clifton
Injured: Filip Hallander (blood clot), Ryan Graves (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk
Drew O’Connor -- Filip Chytil -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Aatu Raty, David Kampf
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status Report
Letang will play after missing two games because of an upper-body injury. … Willander missed practice on Saturday because of illness and would be replaced in the lineup by Joseph, a defenseman, if he can’t play. … The Canucks did not name a starting goalie but Lankinen left practice early for “load management” and Tolopilo was called up from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Saturday after playing back-to-back games there this week. Goalie Jiri Patera was sent down.
