Oilers at Jets preview

OILERS (17-17-2) at JETS (20-11-6)
8 p.m. ET; SN, NHL.TV

Goalie Cam Talbot will start. He is 7-0-0 and has allowed 14 goals against in his past seven starts.
The Jets will be looking to avoid matching their season-long three-game losing streak. Winnipeg is 3-5-2 in its past 10 games, including a 5-2 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck gets the start. He is 3-1-1 in this past five starts with one shutout.

Players to watch

Oilers center Connor McDavid has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games.
Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers has two goals and two assists during a three-game point streak.

They said it

"They gave us a bunch of headaches. Obviously, last game, they beat us pretty good. We know what they're about, they've had a very good season. A high-flying offense and got defense that can move the puck well and skate well. Tough time tonight." -- Oilers forward Connor McDavid
"Just skating, trying to get our speed back. It's tough after a few days [off], but [Edmonton] did the same thing, so we just want to get our legs under us and move as fast as we can."-- Jets forward Blake Wheeler

Oilers projected lineup

Milan Lucic -- Connor McDavid --
Jesse Puljujarvi
Pat Maroon -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Drake Caggiula
Jujhar Khaira -- Leon Draisaitl -- Ryan Strome
Michael Cammalleri -- Mark Letestu -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Andrej Sekera -- Matt Benning
Brandon Davidson -- Adam Larsson
Cam Talbot
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Eric Gryba, Yohann Auvitu, Anton Slepyshev
Injured: Oscar Klefbom (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor
-- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Mathieu Perreault -- Matt Hendricks -- Joel Armia
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Tucker Poolman
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Steve Mason
Scratched:Marko Dano, Shawn Matthias, Julian Melchiori
Injured:Toby Enstrom (lower body), Dustin Byfuglien (lower body)

Status report

Klefbom took part in the morning skate but will not play... Byfuglien could return in early January, coach Paul Maurice said. Byfuglien and Enstrom skated Wednesday.

Stat pack

Draisaitl has seven assists in a four-game point streak. Lucic has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past 10 games. … Laine has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in his past 12 games. Wheeler has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past seven games after getting 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in his previous seven.