Penguins at Capitals

PENGUINS (0-1-0) at CAPITALS (0-0-0)

7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SN1, SN, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell

Jansen Harkins -- Lars Eller -- Drew O’Connor

Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter

Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang

Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson

Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel

Tristan Jarry

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Shea, John Ludvig                 

Injured: None

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie

Connor McMichael -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson

Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- Aliaksei Protas

Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Mantha

Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson

Lucas Johansen -- Nick Jensen

Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Darcy Kuemper

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Matthew Phillips, Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Joel Edmundson (hand), Max Pacioretty (Achilles)

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate. … Kuemper, whose wife Sydney gave birth to the couple’s first child overnight, was not at the morning skate. … Edmundson will begin the season on injured reserve. … Pacioretty is on long-term injured reserve.