Blues at Oilers preview

BLUES (12-15-4) at OILERS (18-13-3)
9 p.m. ET; SN1, FS-MW, NHL.TV

The Oilers center, who has 199 assists in the NHL, can become a member of an exclusive club with an assist Tuesday. At 21 years, 339 days, he would join Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 265 days), Sidney Crosby (21 years, 72 days), Mario Lemieux (21 years, 177 days), Dale Hawerchuk (21 years, 251 days) and Ron Francis (21 years, 346 days).
McDavid has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in a nine-game point streak and 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in his past 16 games for the Oilers, who are 8-2-1 in their past 11 games and seek their seventh straight win at home.
Goalie Jake Allen will make his fourth consecutive start for the Blues, 4-3-1 in in their past eight games after going 1-5-0 in their previous six games.

Players to watch

Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko has no points in his past seven games.
Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"I enjoyed my time in Edmonton, I had my best years here and there are a lot of memories in this building, so it's good to be back." -- Blues forward Patrick Maroon on his first game in Edmonton since being traded by the Oilers to the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 26
"They're a big, skilled team and they have a lot of different elements to their game. Maybe things haven't gone the way they want this year, but they're still a very good team and they can do a lot of damage." -- Oilers forward Ty Rattie on the Blues

Blues projected lineup

Alexander Steen -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Robert Thomas
Jordan Nolan -- Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Jay Bouwmeester -- Robert Bortuzzo
Vince Dunn -- Chris Butler
Jake Allen
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Zach Sanford, Jordan Schmaltz
Injured: Alex Pietrangelo (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson (upper body), Robby Fabbri (upper body)

Oilers projected lineup

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

Status report

Sanford was recalled from San Antonio of the American Hockey League on Monday, but will not play. … Rattie will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past three games … Talbot will make his second start in the past six games.

Stat pack

O'Reilly has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past eight games. … Nugent-Hopkins has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past five games.