Oilers at Golden Knights preview

OILERS (19-23-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-10-2)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights, which will play their first game since a five-day break, are 14-1-1 in their past 16 games and have not lost at home since Dec. 12, a 2-1 shootout loss against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Oilers are playing the second game of a back-to-back set; they defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Friday. Cam Talbot is expected to start although he was pulled 3:17 into the game after allowing two first-period goals. Al Montoya made 19 saves in relief.

Players to watch

Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse scored twice against Arizona and has three goals in his past three games.
Golden Knights forward David Perron has a seven-game point streak (two goals, five assists), tying him with Winnipeg
Jets forward Blake Wheeler for the longest active streak in the League.

They said it

"Bounces didn't go our way out of the gate but a lot of character on this team. The way we hung in there, battled back, got the two points. It goes a long way." -- Oilers goalie Al Montoya on the win Friday
"The first half of the season was outstanding for us, but it means nothing if we don't do well in the second half. It's a good hockey team we got."-- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Oilers projected lineup

Pat Maroon -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Jujhar Khaira -- Ryan Strome -- Michael Cammalleri
Drake Caggiula -- Mark Letestu -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom -- Matt Benning
Andrej Sekera -- Kris Russell
Cam Talbot
Al Montoya
Scratched: Yohann Auvitu, Brandon Davidson, Anton Slepyshev
Injured: None

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Brendan Leipsic -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Tomas Nosek
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Brad Hunt -- Colin Miller
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Ryan Carpenter
Injured: Oscar Dansk (lower body), Jon Merrill (undisclosed), Luca Sbisa (hand)

Status report

Sbisa will miss 6-8 weeks after having surgery on his hand Jan. 10.

Stat pack

Marchessault has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games and 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) in his past 22 games. ... Karlsson has five goals in his past five games. … McDavid had two assists against the Coyotes and has 50 points this season. Prior to Friday, Edmonton scored one goal or fewer in six straight games.