Coyotes at Oilers preview

COYOTES (6-17-3) at OILERS (9-13-2)
9 p.m. ET; SNOL, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

Coyotes forward Dylan Strome will play his third game of the season for Arizona, 4-2-0 in its past six games after a five-game losing streak (0-3-2), and first since Oct. 7 following his recall from Tuscon of the American Hockey League on Sunday.
Strome, who was second in the AHL in scoring with 26 points (eight goals, 18 assists) in 15 games, will face his older brother, Oilers forward Ryan Strome, for the second time in the NHL.
The Oilers are 2-1-0 in their past three games after a three-game losing streak.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist in his first game at center in a 4-2 win at the Boston Bruins on Sunday, and has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past seven games.
Coyotes forward Brendan Perlini has scored a goal in four straight games. He has 10 points (eight goals, two assists) in 20 games this season.;

They said it;

"It's pretty weird how it all works out. It's going to be my 10th [NHL] game now and two have been against my brother. It should be fun. It's always a rivalry going against your brother, and you don't want to lose." -- Coyotes forward Dylan Strome on playing against Oilers forward Ryan Strome
"He's probably one of my favorite teammates that I've ever had. He's a guy that cares about his team, works hard. You look what he did in the American League. You get sent down after being the third-overall pick, and it's easy to hang your head, but he worked hard and put a run together like that and gets rewarded getting called up." -- Oilers center Connor McDavid on former junior teammate and Coyotes forward Dylan Strome;

Coyotes projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Brad Richardson -- Dylan Strome
Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Tobias Rieder
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Christian Fischer
Jordan Martinook -- Nick Cousins -- Anthony Duclair
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Alex Goligoski -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Scott Wedgewood
Marek Langhamer
Scratched: Zac Rinaldo, Joel Hanley
Injured: Jakob Chychrun (knee), Antti Raanta (upper body)

Oilers projected lineup

Milan Lucic -- Connor McDavid - Michael Cammalleri
Patrick Maroon -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Anton Slepyshev
Drake Caggiula -- Leon Draisaitl -- Ryan Strome
Iiro Pakarinen -- Mark Letestu -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom -- Matt Benning
Yohann Auvitu -- Kris Russell
Cam Talbot
Laurent Brossoit;
Scratched: Jujhar Khaira, Eric Gryba, Jesse Puljujarvi
Injured: Andrej Sekera (knee);

Status report

Wedgewood will start after being pulled at 9:05 of the second period in a 4-2 loss against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Wedgewood gave up three goals on 17 shots.

Stat pack

McDavid has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past seven games … Ekman-Larsson has six points (three goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak.