Oilers at Jets preview

OILERS (1-2-0) at JETS (3-2-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNOL, NHL.TV

McDavid, the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, has been involved on all five Oilers goals this season (five points; two goals, three assists). Four others in NHL history have factored on more than five consecutive team goals to begin a season: Adam Oates (seven, 1986-87 Detroit Red Wings), Aurel Joliat (six, 1929-30 Montreal Canadiens), Bill Cowley (six, 1938-39 Boston Bruins) and Andre Boudrias (six, 1973-74 Vancouver Canucks).
McDavid has eight assists and is minus-1 against Laine and the Jets, with three assists coming when Laine was on the ice.
Laine, the No. 2 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, has three points (two goals, one assist) and is minus-7 against McDavid and the Oilers.
The Oilers are 3-3-0 against the Jets since Laine entered the NHL in 2016-17.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past three games and has nine (four goals, five assists) in 10 games against the Jets.
Jets forward Kyle Connor has five points (four goals, one assist) in his past five games.

They said it

"It's going to be a good test for us. They're obviously one of the better teams in the league. It will be a really, really good test for us and we're going to have to be ready to go." -- Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl
"Take it shift by shift, minute by minutes. I have two highly-skilled linemates that I'm excited about playing with so it should be fun." -- Jets forward Brendan Lemieux

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Ty Rattie
Milan Lucic -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Drake Caggiula -- Ryan Strome -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Tobias Rieder -- Kyle Brodziak -- Jujhar Khaira
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Matt Benning
Jason Garrison -- Kris Russell
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian, Evan Bouchard
Injured: Andrej Sekera (Achilles)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Jack Roslovic -- Mathieu Perreault
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dmitry Kulikov
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Nic Petan, Kristian Vesalainen
Injured: Dustin Byfuglien (upper body)

Status report

Kulikov will play his second consecutive game in place of Byfuglien. … Kassian will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game. … Petan was moved to the active roster on Monday.

Stat pack

Morrissey has four assists in his past four games. … The Jets have won 11 straight at home.