Oilers at Coyotes preview

OILERS (18-23-3) at COYOTES (10-27-6)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A PLUS, SNW, NHL.TV

The Coyotes acquired Panik and center Laurent Dauphin in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks for forward Anthony Duclair and defenseman Adam Clendening on Wednesday. Panik was skating on Arizona's first line with Derek Stepan and Brendan Perlini at practice Thursday.
Hjalmarsson has been limited to 17 games with upper-body injuries. He last played Nov. 28 at Edmonton.
The Coyotes, 3-9-2 in their past 14 games, have scored two goals or fewer in nine of their past 13 games.
The Oilers look to avoid a four-game losing streak, which would be their longest this season; Edmonton is 1-6-1 in its past eight games after going 5-1-0 in its previous six games.

Players to watch

Oilers forward Michael Cammalleri has 41 points (19 goals, 22 assists) in 50 games against Arizona.
Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta is 2-1-1 in his past four starts with a .930 save percentage.

They said it

"You've got to create volume chances and the shooting percentage has to go up on those volume chances. We have had a lot of really good looks, sometimes at empty nets." -- Oilers coach Todd McLellan
"We feel like some of it this year has just been some unluckiness. We still think he's playing a well-rounded game." -- Coyotes general manager John Chayka on forward Richard Panik, who has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in 37 games this season

Oilers projected lineup

Pat Maroon -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Jujhar Khaira -- Ryan Strome -- Michael Cammalleri
Drake Caggiula -- Mark Letestu -- Zack Kassian
Andrej Sekera -- Kris Russell
Darnell Nurse -- Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom -- Matt Benning
Cam Talbot
Al Montoya
Scratched: Yohann Auvitu, Brandon Davidson, Anton Slepyshev
Injured: None

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Tobias Rieder -- Max Domi -- Christian Fischer
Clayton Keller -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Archibald
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Alex Goligoski
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Jason Demers
Antti Raanta
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched:Freddie Hamilton, Luke Schenn
Injured:None
Suspended:Zac Rinaldo

Status report

Rinaldo will serve the final game of his six-game suspension for an unsuspecting punch on Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard on Dec. 23.

Stat pack

Draisaitl has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past six games after having 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in his previous six. … McDavid has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past seven games after having 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his previous seven games. … Keller has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past 10 games. … Stepan has four points (four assists) in a four-game point streak.