EDMONTON, Alberta - The Wild will roll out a different lineup Tuesday against the Oilers at Rogers Place than the one that started this stretch of seven straight road games with a letdown Monday in Vancouver, but the objective for the group is the same: be ready right from the drop of the puck.

"Another topic today in meetings is starting on time," backup Alex Stalock said. "We've tried different things. As a group, we're 10 games in. It's still early, but we gotta figure it out for sure and try something else tonight and try to get going right off the bat and take it to them the first period."

A slow start contributed to the 5-2 loss to the Canucks, as the Wild seemed to be continually chasing the play – even after it tied the score at 1. And with phenom Connor McDavid on the ice, playing catch-up against him and the rest of the Oilers isn't a strategy for success.

"We'll put our best foot forward, and we know how good he is and how fast he is," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Hopefully we can contain him. I don't think anyone's ever going to stop him completely."

Aside from Stalock taking over the crease from Devan Dubnyk, the Wild will also sub winger J.T. Brown in for winger Matt Read.

Perhaps those changes give the Wild enough of a fresh look to have energy to not only be engaged in the first period but also have the speed to keep up with the Oilers.

"We know they'll be ready to play," Boudreau said. "The question is are we going to wait until the middle of the second period to start playing or are we going to start from the beginning of the game."

Projected lineup:

Jason Zucker-Eric Staal-Nino Niederreiter

Zach Parise-Mikko Koivu-Mikael Granlund

Jordan Greenway-Charlie Coyle-Joel Eriksson Ek

Marcus Foligno-Eric Fehr-J.T. Brown

Ryan Suter- Matt Dumba

Jonas Brodin-Jared Spurgeon

Nick Seeler-Greg Pateryn

Alex Stalock

Key numbers:

20: Penalty kills for the Wild in its last 22 shorthanded situations.

1-3: The Wild's record on the road.

2-0: How the Wild has fared in the second half of a back-to-back.

4: Points in three games against the Wild last season for McDavid.

2: Wins for Edmonton in 2017-18 in three games vs. the Wild.

About the Oilers:

Edmonton is one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now, as it's won three in a row and has collected at least a point in four straight. McDavid has been the catalyst, landing on the scoresheet in all but one of the Oilers' games so far. His 17 points rank fifth in the NHL. McDavid is the first Oiler since Mark Messier in 1989-90 to tally 17 or more points in the team's first 10 games. Goalie Cam Talbot has had a save percentage better than .925 in four of his last five starts.