PENGUINS (30-15-12) at RANGERS (22-29-7)
12:30 p.m. ET; ABC, SNW, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Avery Hayes — Rickard Rakell — Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Ryan Graves — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Ilya Solovyov
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad — Gabe Perreault
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Brendan Brisson
Tye Kartye — Sam Carrick — Taylor Raddysh
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Braden Schneider — Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson — Vincent Iorio
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Scott Morrow, Urho Vaakanainen
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)
Status report
Girard, a defenseman, did not practice Friday but will travel to New York, Penguins coach Dan Muse said. … Kartye could make his Rangers debut after being claimed off waivers from the Seattle Kraken on Friday. … Forward Brennan Othmann was assigned to Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday.
