Oilers at Flames preview

OILERS (9-8-1) at FLAMES (10-8-1)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, SN1, NHL.TV

The Oilers acquired Spooner, who has two points (one goal, one assist) in 16 games, in a trade with the New York Rangers for forward Ryan Strome on Friday. Spooner will play pending his travel to Calgary.
Goalie Mikko Koskinen will make his second straight start for Edmonton, 1-4-0 in its past five games after going 5-1-0 in its previous six games. Koskinen is 4-1-0 with a 2.52 goals-against average and .918 save percentage in six games this season (five starts).
Goalie David Rittich will start for the Flames, 1-3-0 in their past four games following a four-game winning streak. Rittich is 3-0-0 with a 1.33 GAA and .938 save percentage with one shutout in his past three starts.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in his past 10 games, and leads Edmonton with 11 goals this season.
Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past seven games, and leads Calgary with 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) this season.

They said it

"We're definitely looking forward to playing some division games. The intensity is always a lot higher, especially when you're playing your rival just down the road. It should be a good one. There should be a lot of energy and the atmosphere in these games is always a good one." -- Oilers forward Drake Caggiula
"Against Edmonton, Battle of Alberta, everyone wants to win. You can feel it in our locker room. It's going to be a great crowd here. There's lots of fans from Edmonton and Calgary here. It's going to be fun." -- Flames goalie David Rittich

Oilers projected lineup

Drake Caggiula -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Ryan Spooner -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Ty Rattie
Milan Lucic -- Cooper Marody -- Alex Chiasson
Patrick Russell -- Jujhar Khaira -- Zack Kassian
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Matt Benning
Kris Russell -- Kevin Gravel
Mikko Koskinen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Kyle Brodziak, Jason Garrison
Injured: Tobias Rieder (upper body), Andrej Sekera (Achilles)

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Dillon Dube -- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Michael Frolik -- Derek Ryan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Juuso Valimaki -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Michael Stone, Dalton Prout
Injured: None

Status report

Brodziak is ill and will not play. … Russell will make his NHL debut. … Dube will play his first game since sustaining a concussion on Nov. 3.

Stat pack

McDavid has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his past 12 games. … Gaudreau has no points in his past four games after having seven points (one goal, six assists) in a five-game point streak. … Monahan has one goal in his past four games after having 10 points (four goals, six assists) in a six-game point streak.