Blues at Penguins

BLUES (19-9-5) at PENGUINS (18-8-5)

Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Jordan Kyrou -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Pavel Buchnevich -- Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn
Logan Brown -- Tyler Bozak -- Oskar Sundqvist
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella -- Scott Perunovich
Jordan Binnington
Ville Husso
Scratched: Jake Walman, Klim Kostin
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Robert Bortuzzo, Dakota Joshua
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Dominik Simon -- Evan Rodrigues -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Kasper Bjorkqvist -- Brian Boyle -- Danton Heinen
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Jeff Carter , Mark Friedman, Juuso Riikola, Radim Zohorna
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee), Jason Zucker (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Drew O'Connor
Status report
Schenn is expected to play after missing five games with an upper-body injury. ... Jarry will be available after being removed from COVID-19 protocol Tuesday, but will not start. … Kapanen and Blueger each will return after missing an 8-5 win against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday in COVID-19 protocol. … Carter, a center, participated in an optional morning skate, but will miss a second straight game after entering COVID-19 protocol Dec. 31. ... The Penguins acquired forward
Alex Nylander
in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday for forward Sam Lafferty and assigned him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.