PENGUINS (35-20-16) at SENATORS (38-24-9)
7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Anthony Mantha
Ville Koivunen — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom — Connor Dewar — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard — Kris Letang
Ryan Shea — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jack St. Ivany (upper body)
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Warren Foegele — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Tyler Kleven — Artem Zub
Jordan Spence — Nikolas Matinpalo
Jorian Donovan — Carter Yakemchuk
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Jake Sanderson (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (upper body), Thomas Chabot (upper body), Lassi Thomson (undisclosed)
Status report
Mantha, a forward, will play after missing practice Wednesday because of a lower-body injury. … The Senators will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-2 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. … Chabot, a defenseman, is out 4-8 weeks after surgery for a fractured arm. … Sanderson, a defenseman who has missed nine games, skated Thursday and is expected to join Ottawa on its upcoming two-game road trip to Florida, which begins at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. … Thomson also skated; the defenseman will miss his second straight game. … Gilbert, a defenseman, is out 2-3 weeks.
