Devils at Oilers preview

DEVILS (25-36-9) at OILERS (31-31-7)
9:30 p.m. ET; SN1, NBCSN, NHL.TV

The Oilers are 7-2-1 in their past 10 games and six points behind the idle Arizona Coyotes for the second wild card.
The Devils are on a season-long seven-game losing streak (0-6-1), including a 9-4 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. It's their longest since they lost 10 straight (0-8-2) from Feb. 19 to March 11, 2017.
A loss would eliminate New Jersey from playoff contention.

Players to watch

Devils goalie Cory Schneider is 4-3-1 with a 1.97 goals-against average and .934 save percentage in his past eight games.
Oilers center Leon Draisaitl has 23 points (10 goals, 13 assists) during a 14-game point streak, the longest active streak in the NHL.

They said it

"It doesn't matter who's hurt, who's in, who's out, we have to play extremely hard for each other, back each other up in this locker room. For the last whatever it's been, two weeks here, we have been." -- Devils defenseman Andy Greene, following a 9-4 loss at the Calgary Flames on Tuesday
"It would have been easy to roll over and die a couple of weeks ago or a month ago with all the negativity around our team from fans and from media. We always believed we can put together a run. We've been able to do that a little bit, give ourselves a little bit of a chance, but obviously we still have lots of work to do and have a long way to go." -- Oilers captain Connor McDavid

Devils projected lineup

Blake Coleman -- Travis Zajac -- Kyle Palmieri
Kenny Agostino -- Kevin Rooney -- Drew Stafford
Eric Tangradi -- Michael McLeod -- Joey Anderson
Stefan Noesen -- Blake Pietila -- Nick Lappin
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Connor Carrick
Egor Yakovlev -- Steven Santini
Cory Schneider
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched:Kurtis Gabriel, Sami Vatanen, Colton White
Injured: Taylor Hall (lower body), Nathan Bastian (upper body), Nico Hischier (upper body), Miles Wood (lower body), Mirco Mueller (upper body), Pavel Zacha (upper body), John Quenneville (upper body), Jesper Bratt (lower body)

Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zack Kassian
Jujhar Khaira -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Sam Gagner
Tobias Rieder -- Colby Cave -- Alex Chiasson
Milan Lucic -- Kyle Brodziak -- Josh Currie
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Andrej Sekera -- Matt Benning
Mikko Koskinen
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched:Kevin Gravel, Ty Rattie, Alexander Petrovic, Brad Malone
Injured:Jesse Puljujarvi (lower body)

Status report

New Jersey did not have a morning skate Wednesday. … Lucic will return to the lineup after missing the past two games with an undisclosed injury. … Klefbom will play after being hit in the groin with a shot and missing the final two periods of a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Monday.

Stat pack

Coleman has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games … McDavid has 16 points (three goals, 13 assists) in his past nine games. … Koskinen is 5-0-0 with a 1.80 GAA and .948 save percentage and one shutout in his past five games.