CANUCKS (27-11-3) at PENGUINS (20-15-4)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNP, SNO, SNE
Canucks projected lineup
Elias Pettersson -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev -- Pius Suter -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Dakota Joshua -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander -- Nils Aman -- Sam Lafferty
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers
Nikita Zadorov -- Ian Cole
Thatcher Demko
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Linus Karlsson, Noah Juulsen
Injured: Phillip Di Giuseppe (lower body), Guillaume Brisebois (concussion)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Jansen Harkins -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Chad Ruhwedel
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Radim Zohorna, Ryan Shea
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), John Ludvig (upper body)
Status report
Cole will replace Juulsen on a defense pair with Zadorov after being a healthy scratch in a 5-2 win against the New York Islanders on Tuesday. ... Nedeljkovic will start a second straight game for Pittsburgh after making 36 saves in a 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. It will be his ninth start in the past 13 games.
