Coyotes at Oilers preview

COYOTES (20-34-10) at OILERS (27-34-4)
7 p.m. ET; SNOL, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

The Coyotes are 8-2-1 in their past 11 games and are eighth in the Pacific Division, 27 points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoff from the Western Conference.
Edmonton is on a three-game losing streak (0-3-0). They are sixth in the Pacific Division, 19 points behind Los Angeles for the second wild card from the West.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past 11 games, and leads the team with 46 points (17 goals, 29 assists).
Oilers center Connor McDavid has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a four-game point streak, and 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"I think especially with the learning curve we had this year, it speaks volumes to the group, the character we have to keep pushing through the tough times. Now that we're through that, we have to keep it positive, keep it fun and that will 100-percent carry over to next year." -- Coyotes forward Max Domi on winning eight of the past 11 games
"You want to finish strong no matter what's been going on. I think you want to finish proud and you want to finish strong and we're looking to do that." -- Oilers captain Connor McDavid

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Christian Fischer
Richard Panik -- Freddie Hamilton -- Josh Archibald
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Antti Raanta
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Laurent Dauphin, Andrew Campbell
Injured: Zac Rinaldo (upper body), Alex Goligoski (personal)

Oilers projected lineup

Milan Lucic -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Michael Cammalleri -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Pontus Aberg
Jesse Puljujarvi -- Ryan Strome -- Anton Slepyshev
Iiro Pakarinen -- Jujhar Khaira -- Drake Caggiula
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Andrej Sekera --
Ethan Bear
Oscar Klefbom -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Al Montoya
Scratched: Yohann Auvitu, Zack Kassian, Adam Larsson
Injured:None

Status report

Goligoski stayed in Arizona with his wife, who is expecting the birth of their second child. … Larsson has returned from his father's funeral in Sweden, but will not play.

Stat pack

Ekman-Larsson has seven points (one goal, six assists) in his past seven games. Raanta is 6-1-0 with a 1.64 goals-against average, .952 save percentage and two shutouts in his past eight games. … Draisaitl has 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in his past 22 games.