PENGUINS (2-1-0) at CAPITALS (1-1-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT
Penguins projected lineup
Hendrix Lapierre -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Ville Koivunen -- Ben Kindel -- Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Nick Robertson
Declan Carlile -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kaedan Korczak
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Kris Letang
Arturs Silovs
Sergei Murashov
Scratched: Elmer Soderblom, Ilya Solovyov, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Justin Brazeau (lower body), Ryan Graves (knee)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Tuch -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Alaiksei Protas -- Ilya Protas -- Jordan Kyrou
Boone Jenner -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Jakob Chychrun -- Timothy Liljegren
Martin Fehervary -- Vincent Desharnais
Cole Hutson -- Dylan McIlrath
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Ivan Miroshnichenko, Ethen Frank
Injured: Rasmus Sandin (knee), Matt Roy (lower body)
Status report
Rust will be a game-time decision and could make his season debut after missing three games because of an upper-body injury sustained in the Penguins' preseason finale against the Buffalo Sabres on Sept. 26. … Andrei Kuzmenko was granted non-roster status by the NHL following the death of his father on Sept. 24; the forward is traveling with the team but will not play. … Pittsburgh acquired Stastney, a defenseman, in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers for forward Filip Hallander on Wednesday. ... Roy is day to day; the defenseman, injured in the second period of a 3-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, did not participate in the optional morning skate after missing practice Monday and Tuesday and will not play. ... Beauvillier moves up to the second line with Leonard going to the fourth.
