Oilers at Ducks preview

OILERS (26-31-4) at DUCKS (31-21-11)
8 p.m. ET; SN, PRIME, NHL.TV

The Ducks (73 points) are tied for third with the Calgary Flames, one point behind the Sharks, and hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Their season-long four-game winning streak ended with a 2-0 loss against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
The Oilers have won two in a row and three of four, including a 4-3 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, but trail the Ducks by 17 points. They traded forward Mark Letestu to the Nashville Predators for forward Pontus Aberg on Sunday. The Predators then traded Letestu to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

Players to watch

Oilers center Connor McDavid has five points (four goals, one assist) in his past four games and 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) in his past 18.
Ducks forward Corey Perry has one goal in his past seven games after he had seven points (three goals, four assists) in his previous seven.

They said it

"That's his game. The extra little push, the heaviness in his game and then he just moves pucks and lets the forwards do their thing. So when Larsson's doing that, defending well, he's a very, very good player." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan on defenseman Adam Larsson, who had six hits and one assist in 23:16 of ice time against the Kings on Saturday
"We've got to make sure that we're ready to play [tonight] because the game we played [Saturday] was nowhere near where we're capable of." -- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle after the loss against the Coyotes on Saturday.

Oilers projected lineup

Milan Lucic -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Michael Cammalleri -- Ryan Strome -- Anton Slepyshev
Pat Maroon -- Jujhar Khaira -- Iiro Pakarinen
Jesse Puljujarvi -- Drake Caggiula -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom -- Kris Russell
Andrej Sekera -- Matt Benning
Al Montoya
Cam Talbot
Scratched:Yohann Auvitu, Ty Rattie, Pontus Aberg
Injured:Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (ribs)

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Chris Wagner -- Derek Grant -- JT Brown
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Kevin Bieksa -- Hampus Lindholm
Josh Manson --
Marcus Pettersson
Ryan Miller
Reto Berra
Scratched:Antoine Vermette, Francois Beauchemin, Kalle Kossila
Injured:Patrick Eaves (illness), John Gibson (lower body)

Status report

Maroon is expected to return after missing two games because of a lower-body injury.

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Stat pack

Draisaitl has 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) in his past 18 games but none in two games against Anaheim this season. ... The Ducks have allowed two goals or fewer in six straight games and are 4-2-0 during that stretch.