PENGUINS (38-21-16) at LIGHTNING (46-22-6)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Bryan Rust — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom — Connor Dewar — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard — Kris Letang
Ryan Shea — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Rutger McGroarty, Ville Koivunen, Avery Hayes
Injured: Kevin Hayes (higher physique), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (higher physique), Jack St. Ivany (higher physique)
Suspended: Caleb Jones
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Gonclaves — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Brayden Point — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry — Nick Paul — Mitchell Chaffee
Darren Raddysh — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Steve Santini, Victor Hedman
Injured: Declan Carlile (undisclosed), Maxwell Crozier (core muscle), Dominic James (decrease physique), Brandon Hagel (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)
Status report
Rust will return after lacking a 5-1 win in opposition to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday with a lower-body damage. … Forwards Hagel and Sabourin every won’t play after lacking apply Wednesday. … Chaffee was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
