Jets at Penguins

JETS (27-14-1) at PENGUINS (21-13-6)

Jets projected lineup
Cole Perfetti -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Saku Maenalanen -- Adam Lowry -- Karson Kuhlman
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Kevin Stenlund -- Sam Gagner
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt
David Rittich
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched:Kyle Capobianco, Morgan Barron
Injured:David Gustafsson (upper body), Ville Heinola (illness), Mason Appleton (wrist), Logan Stanley (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O'Connor -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Marcus Pettersson -- Jan Rutta
Brian Dumoulin -- Ty Smith
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Dustin Tokarski
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Taylor Fedun
Injured:Josh Archibald (lower body), Jeff Petry (upper body), Tristan Jarry (lower body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Kris Letang (lower body)
Status report
Maenalanen returned in a 4-2 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday after missing 16 games because of an upper-body injury. … Rutta is expected to play after taking a maintenance day from practice Thursday. … Tokarski will make his first NHL start since April 29, with the Sabres. He made 18 saves on 19 shots in a 5-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, making his season debut when DeSmith was pulled after allowing three goals on five shots in the first period.