March 28, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. AZ time | Rogers Square
Television: Bally Sports Arizona | Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

The Coyotes wrap up their three-game road trip with a Monday night game against Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers. This is the Coyotes’ first game in Edmonton since the 2020 NHL Playoff bubble, and their first regular season game since Jan. 18, 2020 (7-3 L). The puck drop with the Oilers is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

PACK INFORMATION
Monday is the third and final time the Coyotes and Oilers will meet this season. Edmonton has won previous games at Arizona, both of which took place before American Thanksgiving.

Clayton Keller, Travis Boyd and Shayne Gostisbehere each scored in the last Arizona-Edmonton meeting on November 24 (5-3 L). Keller also had two assists, which marked his first of four games over three points this season. Keller had an assist in the last Coyotes-Oilers game in Edmonton.

The Coyotes have taken at least one point in five of the last six times they’ve faced the Oilers in Edmonton, going 3-1-2 since Nov. 28, 2017. They’ve also scored exactly three goals in each of the last five. regular season meetings at Rogers Place.

Nick Schmaltz put together a three-game point streak and is at 20 points (8-12-20) in March. He is one of 12 NHL players to achieve the record this month. With two Coyotes games remaining in March 2022, the franchise record for points in a regular season calendar month is 27, achieved twice by Teemu Selanne.

The Coyotes franchise is 85-100-11-12 all-time against the Oilers, but 3-1-0 in the last four against them at Rogers Place.

A LOOK AT OILERS
Edmonton (36-25-5, 77 points) is coming off a 9-5 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday and holds a one-point lead over Vegas for the third seed in the Pacific Division. The Oilers have the two best point guards in the entire NHL with Connor McDavid (35-62-97) and Leon Draisaitl (47-47-94), with Draisaitl just one goal behind Auston Matthews in the Rocket Richard race . The Oilers start Monday with a six-game winning streak at home.

MILESTONES TO WATCH
Alex Galchenyuk: One point out of 350 NHL career points.

Phil Kessel: Two goals out of 400 NHL career goals.
Phil Kessel: One game with multiple assists in 100 NHL career multiple assist games.

KEY CONNECTIONS
Ex-Coyotes
• Mike Smith (2011-17)
• Josh Archibald (2017-19)
• Derick Brassard (2020-21)

Former Oilers
• Any

Lawson Crouse skated with Warren Foegele with the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL in 2015-16… Won a gold medal with Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse representing Team Canada at the 2015 World Junior Championship.

Phil Houley coached Evander Kane at Buffalo for part of the 2017-18 season.

Josef Korenar was teammate with Evander Kane in San Jose for part of the 2020-21 season.

Nick Ritchie played with Devin Shore in Anaheim from 2018-2020… Won a gold medal with Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse on Team Canada at the 2015 World Junior Championship… Also played with Nurse on the OHL Soo Greyhounds for one game of the 2014-15 season.

Corey Schwab and Jay Woodcroft were both on the same coaching staff at San Jose from 2008 to 2015.

Anton Stralman was teammate with Kris Russell in Columbus from 2009 to 2011.

André Tourigny was an assistant coach at Colorado while Tyson Barrie was on the team (2013-15) and at Ottawa while Cody Ceci was on the team (2015-16).