FLYERS (28-22-11) at PENGUINS (31-17-13)
5:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Alex Bump — Christian Dvorak — Owen Tippett
Trevor Zegras — Noah Cates — Luke Glendening
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Matvei Michkov
Nikita Grebenkin — Carl Grundstrom — Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: None
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Travis Konecny (upper body), Nick Seeler (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Ben Kindel — Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Ville Koivunen
Anthony Mantha — Kevin Hayes — Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard — Kris Letang
Ryan Shea — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Elmer Soderblom
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Suspended: Evgeni Malkin
Status report
Glendening will debut for the Flyers after being claimed off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Friday. … Konecny practiced in a yellow noncontact jersey Friday; the forward has been out the past two games. … Bump will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. … Barkey was re-assigned, along with defenseman Adam Ginning, to Lehigh Valley on Friday, but will be recalled before the game Saturday, Philadelphia general manager Danny Briere said. … Crosby practiced in a noncontact capacity Friday, but the center is expected to miss a sixth straight game. … Malkin, a center, will serve the first of a five-game suspension for a slash to the head of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin in the second period of a 5-1 loss Thursday. … Koivunen was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL with forward Avery Hayes sent to the AHL.
