Bruins at Oilers preview

BRUINS (4-2-0) at OILERS (2-2-0)
9 p.m. ET; SN1, NESN, NHL.TV

Edmonton began the season with four consecutive road games, including their-season opener at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the 2018 NHL Global Series. They then played games at Boston, the New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets.
Defenseman Zdeno Chara will play his 900th game with the Bruins. The 41-year-old captain has played in 1,429 games during his 21 NHL seasons.
The Bruins are is playing the second of a four-game road trip through Canada. They lost 5-2 to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, which ended a four-game winning streak.

Players to watch

Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) during a five-game point streak.
Oilers center Connor McDavid has nine points (four goals, five assists) in four games. He set an NHL record with a point on each of Edmonton's first nine goals this season.

They said it

"I've been really proud of being part of this organization and very thankful to have owners like we have and they make it very convenient for me and my family to stay in this organization, in Boston, for as long as we have." -- Defenseman Zdeno Chara on playing his 900th game with the Bruins.
"It's fun to be back. The last home game was Sept. 29 (preseason), so there has been almost three weeks between home games here. We had a great time on the road and we were able to come back here 2-2. "-- Oilers forward Milan Lucic

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Ryan Donato -- David Backes -- Chris Wagner
Joakim Nordstrom -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
John Moore -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Jaroslav Halak
Tuukka Rask
Scratched:Anders Bjork, Steven Kampfer
Injured: Torey Krug (ankle)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Ty Rattie
Tobias Rieder -- Leon Draisaitl -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Strome -- Kailer Yamamoto
Jujhar Khaira -- Kyle Brodziak -- Zack Kassian
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Evan Bouchard -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Alex Chiasson, Jason Garrison, Drake Caggiula
Injured: None

Status report

Heinen will return to the lineup for Boston after being a healthy scratch the past two games … Halak will start his third game of the season … Bouchard returns to the Oilers lineup after being a healthy scratch at the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Bouchard, the No. 10 pick of the 2018 NHL Draft, will play his fourth NHL game.

Stat pack

Boston's top line of Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak have combined for 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) in six games this season. … Nugent-Hopkins has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past two games.