Senators at Oilers preview

SENATORS (2-0-2) at OILERS (1-2-0)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, NHL.TV

Goaltender Cam Talbot will start for Edmonton, which has lost two straight since a 3-0 win against the Calgary Flames in their season opener on Oct. 4.
The Senators are playing the second half of a back-to-back, following a 6-0 win at the Calgary Flames on Friday. Goaltender Mike Condon will make his first start of the season for Ottawa, which is trying to sweep its three-game road trip through western Canada; the Senators began the trip with a 3-2 overtime win at the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Players to watch

McDavid has one assist in his past two games after opening the season with a hat trick against the Flames.
Senators center Derick Brassard had a goal and assist in the win against Calgary. He leads Ottawa in scoring with five points (two goals, three assists).

They said it

"He has an eye injury, the eye is swollen shut, and obviously, the eye is attached to the head, which leads to concussion-type symptoms now. So that's what we're dealing with, so he won't play tonight." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan on the status of Draisaitl
"Those ones are always tough, back-to-back and the end of a road trip. At the same time, with the lead [in Calgary] some guys maybe didn't have to play as much as they needed to towards the end of the game. They were trying to rest guys up a little bit and get ready for [Saturday]." -- Senators defenceman Cody Ceci following a 6-0 win at Calgary

Senators projected lineup

Zack Smith -- Kyle Turris -- Ryan Dzingel
Bobby Ryan -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Tom Pyatt -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Mike Hoffman
Nate Thompson -- Logan Brown -- Alexandre Burrows
Dion Phaneuf -- Chris Wideman
Mark Borowiecki -- Thomas Chabot
Fredrik Claesson -- Cody Ceci
Mike Condon
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Alex Formenton, Christian Jaros
Injured:Erik Karlsson (foot surgery), Jonny Oduya (lower body), Colin White (wrist), Ben Harpur (shoulder)

Oilers projected lineup

Pat Maroon -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zack Kassian
Jussi Jokinen -- Ryan Strome -- Anton Slepyshev
Jujhar Khaira -- Mark Letestu -- Iiro Pakarinen
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Yohann Auvitu -- Eric Gryba
Cam Talbot
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Matt Benning
Injured: Drake Caggiula (undisclosed), Leon Draisaitl (eye), Andrej Sekera (knee)

Status report

Auvitu will make his Oilers debut. He had four points (two goals, two assists) in 25 games with the New Jersey Devils last season … Karlsson, who has not played this season because of surgery to repair torn tendons in his left foot on June 14, did not make the trip. The Senators hope he can return to the lineup sometime next week. … Ottawa did not conduct a morning skate.

Stat pack

Lucic has 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in 42 career games against Ottawa. … Maroon has three assists in his first three games … Ryan has four assists in his first four games … Dzingel has scored in back-to-back games.