PENGUINS (23-14-11) at FLAMES (21-23-5)
9:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN1, SNW, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Brett Kulak — St. Ivany
Parker Wotherspoon — Ryan Shea
Ryan Graves — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kris Letang, Ilya Solovyov, Kevin Hayes
Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Flames projected lineup
Connor Zary — Nazem Kadri – Matvei Gridin
Yegor Sharangovich — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Martin Pospisil — Morgan Frost — Joel Farabee
Ryan Lomberg — Justin Kirkland — Adam Klapka
Yan Kuznetsov — Mackenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl — Zach Whitecloud
Joel Hanley — Hunter Brzustewicz
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Dryden Hunt, Jonathan Huberdeau
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), John Beecher (upper body), Blake Coleman (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Wednesday; Letang is questionable after missing practice Tuesday because of an upper-body injury; if Letang doesn’t play, he could be replaced by St. Ivany, a defenseman. … Solovyov took part in the Penguins’ skate, but isn’t expected to play; the defenseman was acquired in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. … Pittsburgh assigned forward Joona Koppanen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday to make room for Solovyov on the roster. … Pospisil will make his season debut after sustaining an undisclosed injury during a preseason game on Oct. 1; he played two games with Calgary of the AHL on a conditioning loan.
