WHERE: Gila River Arena
WHEN: 6 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona
RADIO:ESPN 620 AM
KEY FACTS:
• The Coyotes have posted a 4-1-0 record in their past five games and have allowed just 10 goals during that stretch.
• Arizona is 0-1-1 vs. Vegas this season, including an overtime loss to their new rival in the home opener on Oct. 7. The Golden Knights outscored the Coyotes, 7-3, in the two games. James Neal scored the game-winning goal for Vegas in both games.
• Scott Wedgewood will start in goal for the Coyotes. Wedgewood stopped 23 of the 25 shots he faced in a 3-2 overtime win over Los Angeles on Friday night. Wedgewood played back-to-back games for the Coyotes once before, on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, and stopped 63 of 70 shots in the two games - a win at Philadelphia and a loss at Detroit. Marek Langhamer will again be Wedgewood's backup as Antti Raanta recovers from an upper-body injury suffered on Wednesday vs. San Jose.
• Brendan Perlini has scored a goal in three consecutive games and ranks second on the team with seven goals in 19 games. His 17.9 shooting percentage leads the Coyotes.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has notched at least one point in four consecutive games and has tallied two power-play goals this week alone. With 92 career goals, OEL needs just three to tie Dave Ellett for second place on the franchise's list for goals scored by a defenseman. Teppo Numminen tops that list with 108.
• Derek Stepan will enter the game with a season-high five-game point streak. Stepan's career-high point streak is seven games, set in 2014-15 with the New York Rangers.
• The expansion Golden Knights have won four games in a row and are in first place in the Pacific Division with 29 points, two more than second-place Los Angeles. Like Arizona, Vegas played Friday night on home ice and won in overtime; the Golden Knights beat San Jose 5-4. Vegas has lost just six of 21 games in regulation, but five of those losses came on the road. William Karlsson and James Neal co-lead the team with 12 goals each.
