Hurricanes at Oilers preview

HURRICANES (22-20-5) at OILERS (23-22-3)
9:30 p.m. ET; SN360, SN1, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Oilers are 3-2-0 in their past five games and are playing the second of a back-to-back. They lost 5-2 to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Cam Talbot will get the start in goal for the Oilers.
The Hurricanes have lost two straight after going 7-1-0 in their previous eight games. They are playing the first of a three-game Western Canada road trip.
Goalie Petr Mrazek will start for the Hurricanes.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past four games. He leads Carolina with 51 points (21 goals, 30 assists) in 47 games.
Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past seven games. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"The last two games we've gotten behind, and for some reason, we're having a tough time on comebacks. We need to wrap our head around that if we're down two, down three, it's not like it used to be. We got down in both games and weren't able to resurrect a comeback." -- Hurricanes forward Justin Williams on losing two straight
"You have to be able to have a short memory in this League when you're playing every other night and back-to-backs. You have to be able to have a short memory, stay positive and build off the good things. " -- Oilers center Connor McDavid on playing back-to-back after losing to the Flames

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Lucas Wallmark -- Jordan Martinook
Nino Niederreiter -- Greg McKegg -- Justin Williams
Warren Foegele -- Saku Maenalanen -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor Van Riemsdyk -- Dougie Hamilton
Petr Mrazek
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Haydn Fleury
Injured: Jordan Staal (upper body), Curtis McElhinney (knee)

Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Alex Chiasson
Jujhar Khaira -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Kailer Yamamoto
Milan Lucic -- Colby Cave -- Zack Kassian
Tobias Rieder -- Kyle Brodziak -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Caleb Jones -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Brandon Manning -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Kevin Gravel, Ty Rattie, Ryan Spooner
Injured: Andrej Sekera (Achilles), Oscar Klefbom (hand), Alexander Petrovic (concussion)

Status report

Carolina recalled Fleury from Charlotte of the AHL on Sunday. … Ferland did not partake in the morning skate but is expected to play. … The Oilers did not have a morning skate. Coach Ken Hitchcock said any lineup changes will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Ferland has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games. … McDavid has nine points (six goals, three assists) in his past seven games. … Draisaitl has 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in his past 13 games. He needs one goal for 100 in the NHL.