Oilers at Blue Jackets preview

OILERS (27-30-7) at BLUE JACKETS (36-24-3)
1 p.m. ET; FS-O, SNW, NHL.TV

The Blue Jackets, 8-4-0 in their past 12 games, hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. They will play the third of four straight at home, where they are 17-14-2.
The Oilers are 3-1-1 in their past five games after a five-game losing streak. They are 4-9-4 in their past 17 games and seven points behind the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) during a nine-game point streak and has 22 points (15 goals, seven assists) in his past 16 games.
Blue Jackets forward Oliver Bjorkstrand has four points (two goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak to match his NHL career high (April 2-8, 2016).

They said it

"We've got another tough test coming up. We've got to find a way to build some momentum and build on that game and see if we can get a win." -- Oilers forward Sam Gagner after a 4-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday
"He's a dangerous player. You can see year in and year out what he can do with the puck and what he can for his team every night." -- Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones on Oilers center Connor McDavid

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zack Kassian
Milan Lucic -- Leon Draisaitl -- Alex Chiasson
Tobias Rieder -- Colby Cave -- Josh Currie
Ty Rattie -- Brad Malone -- Sam Gagner
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Andrej Sekera -- Matt Benning
Mikko Koskinen
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched:Kevin Gravel, Alexander Petrovic, Kyle Brodziak
Injured: Jesse Puljujarvi (hip), Jujhar Khaira (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Eric Robinson -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Riley Nash
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Adam McQuaid
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Lukas Sedlak, Alex Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Keith Kinkaid
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body)

Status report

Murray will miss his sixth straight game.

Stat pack

The Oilers have scored two or fewer goals in eight of their past 10 games. … Panarin has four points (goal, three assists) during a three-game point streak and 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) in his past 15 games. … Werenski has an assist in four straight games. … Duchene has three points (goal, two assists) in the past three games. … Dzingel has two assists in two games since being acquired in a trade from the Senators on Feb. 23.