Penguins at Golden Knights

PENGUINS (22-10-5) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (23-14-2)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby --
Bryan Rust
Jeff Carter -- Evgeni Malkin -- Evan Rodrigues
Jason Zucker -- Brian Boyle -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dominik Simon -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Filip Hallander, Juuso Riikola
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Casey DeSmith Danton Heinen, Zach Aston-Reese
Golden Knights projected lineup
Evgenii Dadonov -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
William Carrier -- Nolan Patrick -- Michael Amadio
Brayden McNabb -- Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore -- Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton -- Dylan Coghlan
Robin Lehner
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Adam Brooks, Brett Howden
Injured: Jack Eichel (neck), Max Pacioretty (wrist), Nicolas Hague (wrist), Laurent Brossoit (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Alec Martinez
Status report
Rust and Zucker practiced Sunday and are game-time decisions. Rust missed the past four games when he was in NHL COVID-19 protocol; Zucker (lower body) has not played since Dec. 19. … Theodore, Roy and Patrick were removed from COVID-19 protocol and are expected to play. … Carrier (upper body) is expected to return after missing the past three games.