Pre-Game Capsule: Coyotes vs. Oilers

GAME 59:
Coyotes (16-32-10) vs. Oilers (23-29-4)
Arizona will try to stretch its winning streak to a season-high four games when it hosts Edmonton for a rare Saturday matinee in Glendale.

WHERE: Gila River Arena
WHEN: 2 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona
RADIO:Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

KEY FACTS:
• The Coyotes have won three games in a row and are 4-0-1 in their past five games. During that five-game stretch, Arizona outscored opponents 20-11.
• Arizona is 27-6-5 in its past 38 games against the Oilers. However, Edmonton has won the past five matches played between the teams, including two this season.
• Antti Raanta will start in goal. Raanta has helped the Coyotes earn at least one point in 10 of his past 13 starts (6-3-4) and has posted the second best goals-against average (2.12) among NHL goalies who have played at least nine games since Jan. 4.

• Clayton Keller, who notched a career-high four points vs. Montreal on Thursday, ranks first on the team and third among NHL rookies with 44 points.
• Tobias Rieder has produced two goals and three assists during a three-game point streak.
• Richard Panik, who has been a healthy scratch the past two games, is expected to be back in the lineup. Panik has produced four points (all assists) in 14 games since coming to Arizona from Chicago via trade in January, but none in his past eight games.
• The Oilers have lost five games in a row and were outscored 25-14 in those games. Edmonton is 14-4-2 when it scores first, but is 9-25-2 when they allow the first goal. Connor McDavid leads the team and ranks sixth in the NHL with 66 points (23 goals, 43 assists) in 56 games. Edmonton's power play is struggling; 0-for-7 in its past four games and 3-for-31 in the past 14. Al Montoya was supposed to start in goal vs. the Coyotes, for whom he once played, but he took a shot off his mask during Friday's practice and his status for the game is now unclear.

COYOTE BITES
• "It's not one specific thing. I think we're just doing everything the right way and we're playing the system the way we should. When you do that enough times, you start to get some bounces your way and you create your own luck." -- Jason Demers on three-game winning streak
• "He was pretty good the last time they were in here. When he wants to tear it up he can, so we've got to really pay close attention to him, and double team him, if we can, in certain situations. It's tough because he's that skilled and he can take over a game." -- Brad Richardson on Oilers captain Connor McDavid
• "You've got to be careful. I like when teams have swagger and juice, but we can't get cocky. I thought when we went up 3-0 vs. Montreal (on Thursday) we had a little cockiness to us, and I thought we got away from our game ... I love the fact that we're loose and I love a confident team, but you've got to find that line, that focus, and we're always learning every day what that focus level is." -- Rick Tocchet on team's psyche after three wins in a row