Oilers at Red Wings preview

OILERS (7-4-1) at RED WINGS (4-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; SN, FS-D, NHL.TV

McDavid, who has a point in all but one of Edmonton's 12 games, has eight points (five goals, three assists) as the Oilers have gone 4-1-1 in their past six. He has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) for the season.
The Red Wings will be trying for a fourth straight win after a 4-3 victory against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Players to watch

Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen will start after making 40 saves for his first NHL shutout in a 4-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
Detroit center Dylan Larkin has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the Red Wings' three-game winning streak and leads them with 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 13 games.

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They said it

"Mikko will get back-to-back starts -- he earned that opportunity and we have a lot of confidence in him right now. The same thing can be said for the lineup. They played a pretty darn good game against Chicago the other night." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan on using the same lineup for a second straight game
"What we face with Connor McDavid is similar to what we faced last time with Taylor Hall -- guys that can create something out of nothing. That's the reality of what elite players do, creating space and opportunities, and McDavid is obviously as elite as they come." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Drake Caggiula
Tobias Rieder -- Leon Draisaitl -- Alex Chiasson
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Strome -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Jujhar Khaira -- Kyle Brodziak -- Zack Kassian
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Jason Garrison -- Matt Benning
Mikko Koskinen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Ty Rattie, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: None

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Dylan Larkin -- Darren Helm
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Luke Glendening -- Justin Abdelkader
Michael Rasmussen -- Jacob de la Rose -- Gustav Nyquist
Martin Frk --
Wade Megan
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Luke Witkowski
Dennis Cholowski -- Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:None
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Jonathan Ericsson (undisclosed), Andreas Athanasiou (leg), Frans Nielsen (undisclosed), Thomas Vanek (lower body)

Status report

Edmonton activated Rattie (upper body) off injured reserve. He hasn't played since Oct. 18. … DeKeyser returns after missing eight games with a hand injury. He replaces Ericsson, who was injured late in the win against New Jersey.

Stat pack

Edmonton has outscored its opponents 18-9 in its past five games. … Detroit has scored at least four goals in three straight games.