Oilers at Kings preview

OILERS (19-18-3) at KINGS (16-23-3)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, SN360, CITY, FS-W, NHL.TV

McDavid has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past five games, scoring twice in a 3-1 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday to help end the Oilers' six-game losing streak.
The Kings lost 6-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Los Angeles has lost two straight and three of its past four games.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has scored in five consecutive games and has nine points (six goals, three assists) in that span.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is 4-2-0 with a 2.48 goals-against average in his past six starts. Quick's next win will be the 300th of his NHL career.

They said it

"He'll do something and the other guys will be sitting there like, 'Oh yeah, that was good.' It's kind of nothing to them, the guys that have played with him for a while. I still have a couple moments where I went 'Whoa, that's pretty good.' He's going to do something pretty spectacular every night." -- Oilers defenseman Caleb Jones on Connor McDavid
"To see the skill and what they are going to bring every night, you got to go out there every night and step up and be able to play against those guys. It's definitely a learning curve, but at the end of the day that's what you want to be able to do." -- Kings defenseman Sean Walker on playing against Connor McDavid for the first time

Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zack Kassian
Tobias Rieder -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Alex Chiasson
Milan Lucic -- Jujhar Khaira -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Ryan Spooner -- Kyle Brodziak -- Ty Rattie
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Caleb Jones -- Alexander Petrovic
Kevin Gravel -- Brandon Manning
Mikko Koskinen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Joseph Gambardella, Matt Benning
Injured: Kailer Yamamoto (upper body), Kris Russell (undisclosed), Oscar Klefbom (hand), Andrej Sekera (Achilles)

Kings projected lineup

Ilya Kovalchuk -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Alex Iafallo -- Jeff Carter -- Brendan Leipsic
Carl Hagelin -- Adrian Kempe -- Tyler Toffoli
Austin Wagner -- Nate Thompson -- Kyle Clifford
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Sean Walker
Dion Phaneuf -- Oscar Fantenberg
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Paul LaDue, Nikita Scherbak, Matt Luff
Injured: Alec Martinez (upper body), Trevor Lewis (foot), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)

Status report

Hagelin is set to return after missing 20 games because of a sprained knee. … Chiasson will play after missing three games because of a lower-body injury. … Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock expects Russell to return against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday or the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.

Stat pack

The Oilers have allowed 40 goals in their past 10 games (3-6-1), giving up at least four goals in eight games. … Doughty has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past six games. … The Kings have scored six goals in their past four games (1-3-0).