Maple Leafs at Oilers preview

MAPLE LEAFS (41-21-5) at OILERS (30-30-7)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, NHLN, NHL.TV

The Oilers are on a season-long four game winning streak and are seven points behind the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card. A five-game winning streak would be Edmonton's longest since winning five straight from March 23-April 1, 2017.
Anthony Stolarz will start in goal for the Oilers; Mikko Koskinen won't play because of illness, and there will be an emergency backup goalie in the building.
Center Nazem Kadri will return to the lineup for Toronto after missing the past eight games with a concussion.
The Maple Leafs are 5-1-1 in their past seven games after a three-game losing streak (0-2-1). They lost 3-2 in overtime at the Vancouver Canucks in the second of a three-game Western Canada road trip on Wednesday.
Toronto is four points behind the Boston Bruins for second place in the Atlantic Division.
Goalie Frederik Andersen will start for the Maple Leafs.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in a five-game point streak.
Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) in a 12-game point streak, the longest active streak in the NHL.

They said it

"I'm just going to try to get into the game early, get involved and engaged and I think just banging that first shift right off the bat, and after that it just feels just like a regular hockey game."-- Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri on his return to the lineup
"The way that he's producing, scoring, he's bearing down on everything right now, he's creating a lot of plays and at this point we need that. It's been huge for the team."-- Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on Leon Draisaitl

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Andreas Johnsson -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Muzzin -- Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin -- Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl, Trevor Moore, Nic Petan
Injured: Jake Gardiner (back), Travis Dermott (shoulder)

Oilers projected lineup

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

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate Saturday … Gauthier was ill and sat out practice Friday but is expected to play against Edmonton … Koskinen will make his 13th consecutive start.

Stat pack

Ennis has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past six games … Matthews has one assist in his past four games after 12 points (six goals, six assists) in his previous eight games … McDavid has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in a personal seven-game point streak.