Who: New York Rangers (22-27-6, 50 points, 8th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (27-14-11, 65 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division)

How to Watch: National broadcast on ABC

Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins have a busy next few days heading into the Olympic break. The Pens have a back-to-back set next Monday and Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators at home and New York Islanders on the road, then get one day off before wrapping up this portion of the season with a Thursday road game against the Buffalo Sabres.

Opponent Track: It hasn’t gone as former Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was likely hoping for his first year in Manhattan. The Rangers are reportedly sitting Artemi Panarin in case of a potential trade. They’ve waved the white flag with a Jan. 16 letter to fans. They’re 3-9-1 since the start of the calendar year, they’ve sunk down to bottom of the Eastern Conference and Tankathon currently gives them the fourth-best odds at the first overall draft pick this spring. They most recently dropped a 2-1 home loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday.

Season Series: The Pens and Rangers met twice early in the season, with the Penguins shutting the Rangers out 3-0 at Madison Square Garden to kick off the campaign before losing 6-1 at home four days later.

Hidden stat: The Rangers just went 0-4-0 against the Islanders in their cross-city rivalry. This marked the first time in franchise history the Rangers never held a lead in the season series, per The Athletic’s Peter Baugh.

Getting to know the Rangers

J.T. Miller – Mika Zibanejad – Gabriel Perreault

Will Cuylle – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafrenière

Brennan Othmann – Noah Laba – Taylor Raddysh

Brett Berard – Sam Carrick – Matt Remde

Vladislav Gavrikov / Braden Schneider

Matthew Robertson / Will Borgen

Urho Vaakanainen / Scott Morrow

Goalies: Jonathan Quick, Spencer Martin

Potential scratches: Artemi Panarin (roster management), Jonny Brodzinski, Connor Mackey

Injured Reserve: Conor Sheary, Adam Fox, Adam Edstrom, Igor Shesterkin

Artemi Panarin hasn’t played since Jan. 26. He isn’t expected to slot back into the lineup before rosters freeze for the Olympic break on Feb. 4, and ESPN’s Emily Kaplan reportedly it’s “likely” he’s already skated in his final game for the Rangers.The Rangers lost two key players to injury earlier this month when star goaltender Igor Shesterkin and top defenseman Adam Fox were placed on injured reserve the same day. Fox was placed on LTIR, and Saturday is the first day he’s eligible to return. He returned to practice in a non-contact jersey on Wednesday.With Panarin sidelined, Mika Zibanejad is the most dangerous Rangers player to look out for. He’s got goals in two straight games, although the Rangers were outscored by a total of 8-3 in those outings, and he was the lone player to score Thursday against the Islanders.The Rangers have been leaning on Jonathan Quick and Spencer Martin in net since Sorokin went down with injury. The two have been alternating starts for the last six games. Quick hasn’t recorded a regulation win since Nov. 7— his lone victory since then came on Jan. 26 against the Boston Bruins in overtime. He got the last start Thursday against the Islanders, so it could potentially be Martin back in net tonight.

Anthony Mantha – Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell

Egor Chinakhov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin (?)

Kevin Hayes – Ben Kindel – Justin Brazeau

Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon / Erik Karlsson

Brett Kulak / Kris Letang (?)

Ilya Solovyov / Ryan Shea

Goalies: Arturs Silovs and Stuart Skinner

Potential Scratches: Bryan Rust (serving the second game of his three-game suspension), Connor Clifton

IR: Ryan Graves, Filip Hallander, Caleb Jones, Jack St. Ivany

What the Penguins’ lineup looks like today will depend on the status of Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin. The Pens announced Friday that an update was coming on both players.If Letang and Malkin are unable to play Saturday, Kevin Hayes will likely slot in on the second line and Connor Clifton will draw in on defense, while the Penguins will hope the upcoming Olympic break gives their veterans a chance to rest up. As one player pointed out to the Tribune-Review’s Seth Rorabaugh, they are “closer to 40,” after all.Penguins team reporter Michelle Crechiolo shared a fun article Friday about the chemistry on the Penguins this season, both in terms of the coaching staff and among the players in the locker room. That’s included Evgeni Malkin taking Arturs Silovs, Sergei Murashov, Egor Chinakhov and Ilya Solovyov out for meals, according to Crechiolo.Erik Karlsson will enter Saturday’s matchup one assist away from career helper No. 700.