The Penguins are scheduled to start Tristan Jarry vs. Sabres

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to face Tristan Jarry on Wednesday night against the Buffalo Sabers at PPG Paints Arena.

Jarry, the winning goaltender in Monday's road win at Montreal, will start back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Jarry is 1-1 with a 4.50 goals against average and a save percentage of .866.

Notes:

• As for the injured, forwards Vasily Ponomarev, Matt Nieto and Blake Lizotte are all out with no changes to their status ahead of organized team activities, according to coach Mike Sullivan this morning.

Nieto continues to recover from offseason knee surgery and remains a long-term injured player, while Ponomarev is dealing with an unspecified upper body ailment.

Lizotte, who is on the injured list due to a concussion suffered in pre-season, was said to have taken a “step forward” with his workload on Wednesday.

• The Penguins used the following lines, defensive pairings and special teams groupings during Wednesday's morning skate:

72 Anthony Beauvillier – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust

8 Michael Bunting – 71 Evgeny Malkin – 67 Rickard Rakell

10 Drew O'Connor – 20 Lars Eller – 18 Jesse Puljujarvi

13 Kevin Hayes – 19 Cody Glass 55 Noel Acciari

24 Matt Grzelcyk – 58 Kris Letang

28 Marcus Pettersson – 65 Erik Karlsson

27 Ryan Graves – 3 Jack St Ivany

First power play unit: Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Letang and Karlsson.

Second power play unit: Bunting, Rakell, Hayes, Grzelcyk, Puljujarvi/Eller in rotation.

• Forward Valtteri Puustinen joined blueliner Ryan Shea as the fourth reserve defense pair on line rushes.

• Forward Rutger McGroarty did not participate in any line rushes, indicating he will likely be a healthy player Wednesday night.

• Sabers coach Lindy Ruff says goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will start for Buffalo. Through two games this season, he has a 0-2-0 record, a 2.56 goals-against average and an .886 save percentage.

Over the course of his career, Luukkonen has faced the Penguins four times and has a 2-2-0 record, a 2.38 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage.

• Also according to Ruff, JJ Peterka is available to the Sabers lineup. Peterka, who scored 28 goals last season, has missed the last two games due to a concussion.