PENGUINS (3-3-0) at JETS (4-0-0)
3 p.m. ET; TSN3, NSN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Drew O'Connor -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Valtteri Puustinen -- Lars Eller -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Kevin Hayes -- Cody Glass -- Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Ryan Shea
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Michael Bunting, Jack St. Ivany, Joel Blomqvist
Injured: Blake Lizotte (concussion), Matt Nieto (MCL surgery), Vasily Ponomarev (upper body)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley -- Colin Miller
Eric Comrie
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan, Rasmus Kupari, Haydn Fleury
Injured: None
Status report
Following a brief conditioning stint, Nedeljkovic was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday and started the game. The goalie, who started 12 of the final 13 games last season, has not played in the NHL since sustaining a lower-body injury in a preseason game Sept. 30. … Blomqvist, a 22-year-old rookie, played for the fourth time in six games Friday, making 35 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. … Puustinen could make his season debut on Sunday. He skated on the third line in practice on Saturday, taking the place of O’Connor who moved up to the second line with Malkin and Rakell. Forward Michael Bunting skated as an extra on Saturday and looks to come out of the lineup. … Ryan Shea looks to replace Jack St. Ivany on the Penguins third defenseman pairing. …. Stanley and Gustafsson each returned to the Jets from injuries.
