Coyotes at Oilers preview

COYOTES (19-21-3) at OILERS (21-20-3)
10 p.m. ET; SN, FS-A, NHL.TV

Center Jordan Weal is expected to make his debut for the Coyotes. He was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday in a trade for defenseman Jacob Graves and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
Darcy Kuemper will start in goal for the Coyotes.
The Oilers are 3-8-0 in their past 11 games after being 5-0-1 in their previous six games. They won 4-3 in a shootout against the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
Goalie Cam Talbot will make his fourth consecutive start.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Alex Galchenyuk has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past nine games. He has 22 points (seven goals, 15 assists) in 33 games this season.
Oilers center Connor McDavid had two goals, an assist, and scored in the shootout against Florida. He has 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"It's going to be tough on us, but at the same time, it's going to be a good challenge for us and somebody else needs to step up and go to work and show they are good NHL players," -- Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson on losing center Brad Richardson to an upper-body injury
"I think we can get better on the second and third chances. I think that's where you can put more shots up on the shot clock. Getting a shot from the point, then we have to find a way to get that puck back and bang away on a couple other opportunities." -- Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on Edmonton being outshot in its past seven games

Coyotes projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Christian Fischer
Richard Panik -- Jordan Weal -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Cousins -- Conor Garland
Lawson Crouse -- Laurent Dauphin -- Josh Archibald
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jordan Oesterle -- Alex Goligoski
Darcy Kuemper
Adin Hill
Scratched:Mario Kempe, Kevin Connauton, Michael Bunting
Injured: Christian Dvorak (upper body), Jason Demers (upper body), Antti Raanta (lower body), Michael Grabner (upper body), Nick Schmaltz (lower body), Brad Richardson (upper body)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Ty Rattie
Milan Lucic -- Leon Draisaitl -- Alex Chiasson
Ryan Spooner -- Jujhar Khaira -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Tobias Rieder -- Kyle Brodziak -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Caleb Jones -- Adam Larsson
Kevin Gravel -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Joseph Gambardella, Brandon Manning
Injured:Andrej Sekera (Achilles), Oscar Klefbom (hand), Alexander Petrovic (concussion), Kailer Yamamoto (upper body)

Status report

Richardson was injured blocking a shot in a 4-3 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday and is listed week-to-week. … Weal did not arrive in time to partake in morning skate but will be in the lineup. … Manning will be a healthy scratch for the fourth straight game.

Stat pack

Panik had two goals and an assist in the win at Vancouver. … Draisaitl has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in his past nine games. … Chiasson has a goal and assist in four games since returning from a lower-body injury.