Backup Anton Khudobin has started each of the past four games. Rask's last start was a 4-2 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 15. Goalie Cam Talbot will start for the Oilers after he had flu-like symptoms and backed up Laurent Brossoit in a 3-1 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Edmonton, which is playing the final game of a five-game road trip, is 1-4-0 in its past five games.
Players to watch
Oilers forward Milan Lucic had a three-game point streak end Friday. Lucic played 566 regular-season games in eight seasons for the Bruins and was a member of the 2011 Stanley Cup championship team. Bruins rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy has points in three of his past four games (one goal, two assists) and is second on the team in ice time per game (23:25) behind Zdeno Chara (24:02).
They said it
"We're not getting enough out of players. We've got to try something else." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan on having Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl center the top three lines "It's his turn to go. We've gotten terrific goaltending out of [Anton Khudobin]. We'd like to get terrific goaltending out of Tuukka so everything could be terrific. But we'll see. It's his chance [Sunday]." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on goalie Tuukka Rask
Klefbom returns after missing one game with the flu and Slepyshev returns after missing eight games because of a groin injury. ... Spooner missed practice Saturday and will be a game-day decision. ... The Bruins called up Szwarz from Providence of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Saturday and assigned defenseman Rob O'Gara to Providence. ... Cassidy said Marchand, who will miss his sixth straight game, is day to day and could return Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Stat pack
The Oilers have won the past five games against the Bruins after losing the prior 13. Boston's last win against Edmonton was Nov. 6, 2014.
