The Arizona Coyotes continued success over Edmonton is one reason why they remain just in front of the last-place Oilers in the Western Conference. The visiting Coyotes will try to push further ahead of their Pacific Division rivals, losers of nine in a row, while avoiding a season-high fourth consecutive defeat Monday night. Its two wins over Edmonton this season has helped Arizona (9-12-3) hold a five-point cushion over the lowly Oilers (6-14-4). A 2-1 victory in Edmonton on Nov. 16 pushed the Coyotes to 17-1-3 in the last 21 meetings, and they won 7-4 in a matchup in Arizona on Oct. 15. The Oilers look far from primed to end that dominance as theyre mired in one of the longest losing streaks in franchise history, an 0-6-3 skid that began Nov. 11. Another defeat Monday would mark Edmontons longest skid since a 12-game slide from Feb. 25-March 21, 2007. The Oilers two latest defeats both came in overtime, 1-0 on Thursday against Nashville and 4-3 on Friday to St. Louis. They blew a pair of one-goal leads against the Blues. This is an extremely hard and tough situation for everybody in our organization, from the players to the coaches to the managers, coach Dallas Eakins said. It is hard and it is painful, and somewhere you have to believe that this is going to make you extremely resilient and tough down the road. Eakins club has been outscored 31-16 in its last nine games and 27-12 while going 0-6-1 in its last seven in Edmonton. The Oilers last lost eight in a row at home Jan 5-28, 2010. The Coyotes, however, have produced just four goals during a three-game skid and have scored nine while going 1-3-2 in their last six. A 3-0 loss to Calgary on Saturday was their fifth straight at home. Its not fun when youre losing games, and weve got to start finding some ways to squeak out some wins here, forward Brandon McMillan said. We have to try to score some ugly goals and hopefully get some confidence going that way. Arizona has totaled 30 goals in seven games against Edmonton since the start of 2013-14, with Mikkel Boedker tallying seven scores along with four assists. He had his first career hat trick and an assist in the October matchup, but has two assists in his last six overall contests. Edmontons Taylor Hall has three goals and seven assists during a six-game point streak in the series, and six goals and 11 assists in 14 career matchups. Hall will face the struggling Mike Smith in the Arizona net. Smith, 4-11-2 with a 3.26 GAA and winless in seven games since Nov. 7, is 9-0-1 with a 2.46 GAA in his last 11 matchups with the Oilers. 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