Oilers at Bruins preview

OILERS (0-1-0) at BRUINS (2-1-0)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, NESN, SNW, SNOL, NHL.TV

The Oilers will play for the first time since their season-opening 5-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 2018 NHL Global Series at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Goalie Cam Talbot is expected to start.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Milan Lucic has five points (two goals, three assists) in six career games against the Bruins, the team that selected him in the second round (No. 50) of the 2006 NHL Draft. He had a goal and an assist against the Devils.
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has six points (four goals, two assists) in the past two games including a hat trick against the Ottawa Senators on Monday.

They said it

"The way we played, it left a bitter taste in our mouth for a long time. It's nice to get back on the ice. It's a tough test here in this building, it always is, and we'd better be prepared to play." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan, on playing a game for the first time in five days
"No, it's the same deal. Just got to go out and skate hard, play hard, hold on to pucks and just compete." -- Bruins forward Joakim Nordstrom, on rejoining the lineup and playing on the second line

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Ty Rattie
Milan Lucic -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Tobias Rieder -- Jujhar Khaira -- Zack Kassian
Drake Caggiula -- Ryan Strome -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Evan Bouchard -- Kris Russell
Darnell Nurse -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Kyle Brodziak, Alex Chiasson, Jason Garrison
Injured: Andrej Sekera (Achilles)

Bruins projected lineup

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

Status report

Nugent-Hopkins was a full participant at the morning skate and is expected to play after missing practice Tuesday with an undisclosed injury. He practiced Wednesday. ... Nordstrom will play after he was a healthy scratch Monday. He replaces Donato in the lineup.

Stat pack

Draisaitl has six points (two goals, four assists) in seven career games against the Bruins. He had a goal and an assist against the Devils. ... The Oilers have won three straight games in Boston, dating to Dec. 14, 2015. ... Krejci is three assists from 400 in the NHL.