PENGUINS (8-2-2) at JETS (8-3-0)
3 p.m. ET; TSN3, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Filip Hallander -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha -- Evgeni Malkin -- Philip Tomasino
Tommy Novak -- Ben Kindel -- Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang
Owen Pickering -- Harrison Brunicke
Arturs Silovs
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Connor Clifton, Mathew Dumba
Injured: Rickard Rakell (hand surgery), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Justin Brazeau (undisclosed)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Jonathan Toews -- Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson
Cole Koepke -- Parker Ford -- Brad Lambert
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Colin Miller, Nikita Chibrikov
Injured: Cole Perfetti (ankle), Dylan Samberg (wrist), Adam Lowry (hip surgery), Gustav Nyquist (undisclosed)
Status report
Brazeau is expected to play after not practicing on Friday for maintenance. ... Jets coach Scott Arniel said Nyquist, a forward, will not play Saturday and is day to day after “tweaking something” in a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday; Lambert will enter the lineup. … Lowry, a forward, is “real close” to making his season debut, according to Arniel.
