PENGUINS (41-23-16) at CAPITALS (41-30-9)
3 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Egor Chinakhov — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Tommy Novak — Richard Rakell — Evgeni Malkin
Elmer Soderblom — Ville Koivunen — Justin Brazeau
Joona Koppanen — Kevin Hayes — Rutger McGroarty
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard — Kris Letang
Ilya Solovyov — Jack St. Ivany
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Avery Hayes, Ryan Graves, Jake Livanavage
Injured: Noel Acciari (upper body), Anthony Mantha (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body), Connor Clifton (upper body), Ben Kindel (upper body), Connor Dewar (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Ilya Protas — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Hendrix Lapierre — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary — Timothy Liljegren
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Mitchell Gibson
Scratched: Ethen Frank, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (lower body), Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Status report
Forwards Crosby, Malkin and Rust, and defensemen Karlsson, Letang, and Wotherspoon return after missing a 6-3 loss to the Capitals on Saturday; forwards Acciari, Mantha and Kindel, and defensemen Shea and Clifton are day to day. … Dubois, a forward who left in the second period Saturday after crashing into the boards, and defenseman Sandin, who left in the third period after a check from Brazeau, will each be game-time decision. … Thompson is starting each game of a back-to-back for the first time this season. … Stevenson was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League, and goalie Mitchell Gibson was loaned to Hershey. … Lindgren, a goalie, remains day to day.
