PENGUINS (19-20-8) at CAPITALS (30-10-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MNMT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O’Connor -- Kevin Hayes -- Philip Tomasino
Blake Lizotte -- Cody Glass -- Noel Acciari
Marcus Pettersson -- Matt Grzelcyk
Owen Pickering -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- P.O Joseph
Joel Blomqvist
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Matt Nieto
Injured: Kris Letang (illness)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh -- Lars Eller -- Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
Letang will be a game-time decision after the defenseman was a late scratch for a 5-2 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. … Lindgren was actived from injured reserve Saturday after missing three games because of an upper-body injury, and is expected to back up Thompson. ... The Capitals loaned goalie Hunter Shepard to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
