Oilers at Lightning preview

OILERS (8-5-1) at LIGHTNING (10-3-1)
7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SNW, NHL.TV

The Oilers center has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in an eight-game point streak. With 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists) this season, he's second in the NHL in scoring, two points behind Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen.
Edmonton, 5-2-0 in its past seven games, has scored at least four goals in five of its past eight games.
The Lightning look to win their third straight game. Defenseman Victor Hedman (upper body) and forward Ondrej Palat (lower body) each will miss his sixth consecutive game for Tampa Bay, which is 6-2-0 in its past eight games.
Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will start in goal for the Lightning, and Mikko Koskinen is expected to make his fourth start of the season for the Oilers.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Lightning forward Yanni Gourde, who scored in overtime in a 4-3 win against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"You always try and find some positives in a game you don't win. You have to look at the whole picture. We found ways to make mistakes early and they capitalized. We've got to put this one away and get ready for another stiff test in Tampa." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan after a 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday
"I don't know, when you start at the top it's tough to go anywhere. He's one of a handful of players in the league that when he has the puck you almost expect something to go well." -- Lightning center Steven Stamkos on Oilers center Connor McDavid

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, Kevin Gravel
Injured: Andrej Sekera (Achilles)

Lightning projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde -- Brayden Point -- Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Ryan McDonagh -- Anton Stralman
Slater Koekkoek -- Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Danick Martel, Cameron Gaunce
Injured: Victor Hedman (upper body), Ondrej Palat (lower body)

Status report

The Oilers did not hold a morning skate. ...Hedman is likely to be out until next week.

Stat pack

Caggiula has three goals in his past three games. … Point has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past four games. ...Vasilevskiy is 4-1-0 with a 1.80 goals-against average and .936 save percentage with one shutout in his past five starts. ... Koskinen is 3-0-0 with a 2.02 GAA and .935 save percentage this season.