PENGUINS (28-15-11) at ISLANDERS (30-21-5)
7:30 PM ET; HBO MAX, TNT, TVAS
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
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak — Ryan Shea
Ilya Solovyov — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Rutger McGroarty
Injured: Kris Letang (foot fracture), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Ryan Graves (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Islanders projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Bo Horvat – Mathew Barzal
Emil Heineman — Jonathan Drouin — Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy – Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Calum Ritchie (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Status report
Each team will play the second of a back to back. … Rust is expected to return after serving a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser in a 3-2 win Jan. 25. … Skinner is expected to start after Silvos made 28 saves in a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. … Sorokin is likely after David Rittich made 20 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals.
