PENGUINS (25-14-11) at CANUCKS (17-29-5)
6 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, 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
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak — Kris Letang
Ryan Shea — Jack St. Ivany
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Ilya Solovyov, Connor Clifton
Injured: Filip Hallander (blood clot), Ryan Graves (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane — Elias Pettersson — Jake DeBrusk
Drew O’Connor — Filip Chytil — Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren — Teddy Blueger — Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander — Max Sasson — Linus Karlsson
Elias Nils Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Zeev Buium — Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson — Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Aatu Raty, David Kampf
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status Report
Letang will play after missing two games because of an upper-body injury. … Willander missed practice on Saturday because of illness and would be replaced in the lineup by Joseph, a defenseman, if he can’t play. … The Canucks did not name a starting goalie but Lankinen left practice early for “load management” and Tolopilo was called up from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Saturday after playing back-to-back games there this week. Goalie Jiri Patera was sent down.
