PENGUINS (33-18-15) at AVALANCHE (44-12-9)
9:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, ESPN, Prime, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Mantha — Rickard Rakell — Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Ville Koivunen — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom — Connor Dewar — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Ilya Solovyov — Connor Clifton
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Jack St. Ivany, Avery Hayes
Injured: Blake Lizotte (undisclosed), Sidney Crosby (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Samuel Girard (upper body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Avalanche projected lineup
Nazem Kadri — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Nicolas Roy — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Joel Kiviranta
Gavin Brindley — Zakhar Bardakov
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Brett Kulak — Sam Malinski
Nick Blankenburg
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: None
Injured: Ross Colton (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Status report
Malkin will return after serving a five-game suspension for slashing defenseman Rasmus Dahlin in a 5-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres on March 5. … Brazeau will return after missing the past four games with an upper-body injury. … St. Ivany, a defenseman, was recalled on Monday from his conditioning stint with the Penguins of the American Hockey League. … Colorado will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third straight game.