Flyers at Oilers preview

FLYERS (12-13-4) at OILERS (17-12-3)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, NBCSP+, NHL.TV

The Oilers, 4-0-1 in their past five games and 7-1-1 in their past nine, are 8-2-2 under coach Ken Hitchcock and have won five consecutive home games.
Edmonton center Connor McDavid will look to extend his point streak to eight games; he has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in a seven-game point streak, 22 points (seven goals, 15 assists) in his past 14 games and needs three assists for 200 in his NHL career.
Goalie Anthony Stolarz will start for the Flyers, who have lost two straight (0-1-1) and are 3-6-3 in their past 12 games.

Players to watch

Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a six-game point streak, and is three points shy of 600 in the NHL.
Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen, who will start, is 5-1-0 with a 1.66 goals-against average and .945 save percentage with two shutouts in his past six starts, and is 6-0-0 at Rogers Place this season.

They said it

"We have to make sure we make them skate, we make them make some tough plays and follow our game plan." -- Flyers center Claude Giroux on the Oilers playing the second game of a back-to-back following a 5-4 ovetime loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday
"It's an unbelievable feeling, it's something you work for your entire life. When I got the call, I was shocked. I have some family coming, and hopefully I can just settle into my game and play hockey." -- Oilers defenseman Caleb Jones, who will make his NHL debut

Flyers projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk -- Claude Giroux -- Travis Konecny
Michael Raffl -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Oskar Lindblom --
Phil Varone
-- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Andrew MacDonald
Travis Sanheim -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Radko Gudas
Anthony Stolarz
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Jori Lehtera, Christian Folin, Jordan Weal, Michal Neuvirth
Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body)

Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Alex Chiasson
Jujhar Khaira -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Milan Lucic -- Kyle Brodziak -- Zack Kassian
Drake Caggiula -- Ryan Spooner -- Tobias Rieder
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Jason Garrison -- Matt Benning
Kevin Gravel --
Caleb Jones
Mikko Koskinen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Chris Wideman, Valentin Zykov, Ty Rattie
Injured: Andrej Sekera (Achilles), Oscar Klefbom (hand), Kris Russell (undisclosed)

Status report

Lyon was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. ... Neuvirth returned to Philadelphia for the expected birth of his child. … Elliott also returned home for a scheduled medical appointment. … Russell will miss his second straight game.

Stat pack

Giroux has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in his past 10 games. … Draisaitl has nine points (three goals, six assists) in a four-game point streak.