SENATORS (26-21-7) at PENGUINS (28-14-11)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, TSN5, TVAS
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Stephen Halliday — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Jordan Spence
Tyler Kleven — Nick Jensen
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo
Injured: David Perron (sports hernia)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Justin Brazeau
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Rutger McGroarty — Ben Kindel — Anthony Mantha
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak — Ryan Shea
Ilya Solovyov — Connor Clifton
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Kevin Hayes
Injured: Kris Letang (foot fracture), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Ryan Graves (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Suspended: Bryan Rust
Status report
Chabot will be a game-time decision after being removed from a 4-1 win against the New Jersey Devils in the third period on Saturday for precautionary reasons. He will be one of seven defensemen in warmups, coach Travis Green said. … Silovs starting is the only expected change the Penguins are expected to make from a 6-5 win against the New York Rangers on Saturday. … Rust, a forward, will serve the last of a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser in a 3-2 win on Jan. 25. … Jones and Graves, each a defenseman, took part in the morning skate and have been cleared for contact. Jones has not played since Oct. 23; Graves has been sidelined since Jan. 21.
