goaltender Mike McKenna will start against the Canadiens. McKenna, 35, has earned three out of four points for the Senators in his past two starts, a win against the Philadelphia Flyers on the road Nov. 27

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks traded Nick Schmaltz to the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday night for Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini in a swap involving three former first-round picks.Schmaltz is off to a slow start with two goals and nine assists in 23 games Authentic Marcus Johansson Jersey , but he is just 22 years old and coming off a breakout season. He was selected by Chicago with the 20th pick in the 2014 draft.“Nick is a dynamic forward with top-line potential,” Coyotes general manager John Chayka said in a release. “We feel he can be a core player of our team now and into the future. He’s a good complement to our evolving forward group and a rare combination of speed, skill and creativity.”Schmaltz goes to a team with plenty of familiar faces.The Blackhawks and Coyotes have been frequent trade partners over the years. Just this past summer, Chicago dealt forward Vinnie Hinostroza and defenseman Jordan Oesterle to Arizona as part of a multiplayer deal that shifted Marian Hossa’s contract to the Coyotes’ salary cap.Schmaltz had 21 goals and 31 assists in 78 games last season. He appeared to be headed for a new deal with Chicago, but the Blackhawks seemed to sour on his potential a bit with his lack of production so far this year. He was a healthy scratch for their 4-0 loss at Edmonton on Nov. 1.Chicago is looking for a spark after missing the playoffs last season for the first time in a decade. Longtime coach Joel Quenneville was fired Nov. 6 with the team on its way to an eight-game slide.The Blackhawks are hoping the 21-year-old Strome will benefit from a change of scenery after a tough start to his NHL career with the Coyotes. He went No. 3 overall in 2015, taken ahead of budding stars Mitch Marner, Mikko Rantanen, Mathew Barzal and Thomas Chabot, but the 6-foot-3 forward has just seven goals and nine assists in 47 career games.Perlini, 22, has two goals and four assists in 22 games this season. He set career highs with 17 goals and 13 assists in 74 games last season. Perlini was the No. 12 pick in the 2014 draft. The Montreal Canadiens will be looking for their third win a row over the Ottawa Senators when the teams conclude their season series Saturday at Bell Centre.After losing their first meeting Oct. 20 in Ottawa 4-3 in overtime Michael Hutchinson Jersey Womens , the Canadiens (16-11-5) defeated the Senators in a home-and-home series Dec. 4-6 by the same 5-2 score.The Canadiens are coming off a 6-4 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at Bell Centre on Thursday and hold the second wild card position in the Eastern Conference. The win came after the Canadiens most lop-sided loss of the season, 7-1 against the Minnesota Wild as they wrapped up a week-long road trip Tuesday.Article continues below ...“We wanted to bounce back from that loss in Minnesota and I think we did that by playing a solid game altogether,” Canadiens goaltender Carey Price told montrealcanadiens.com. “I thought that we played a good game. We skated well. Things opened up a bit in third, but you have to keep in mind that the guys have traveled a lot this week.”The Senators will have to be wary of the offense the Canadiens are getting from their blue line. Veteran Jeff Petry had two goals in the win against the Hurricanes and has seven points in his past six games. Captain Shea Weber, who made his season debut Nov. 27 after off-season ankle and knee surgery, has three goals and three assists in eight games.“I was getting tired of hitting posts,” Petry told the team’s website. “Sometimes you can put too much pressure on yourself to produce, but I knew that eventually they would start going in.”The Senators will be looking to win two games in a row on the road for the first time this season after they defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 in the Motor City on Friday. The win was the Senators fourth on the road this season (4-10-1), one more than the New Jersey Devils, who have the fewest wins on the road in the NHL this season.“This was a good one because it was on the road,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said http://www.officialdevils.com/authentic-adidas-miles-wood-jersey , according to the Senators Twitter account. “It looked a lot like what we do at home. A lot of it is because guys are maturing … tonight we didn’t fade away. They had a pushback, but we had a pushback after that.”Forward Chris Tierney, who had one goal in his previous 27 games, scored twice against the Red Wings. Craig Anderson made 26 saves against the Red Wings.“I thought it was a pretty complete game for us. I thought from start to finish we did an outstanding job in all three zones,” Anderson told the Ottawa Sun. “I thought our D did a great job; the battle in our defensive zone was great just boxing guys out.“That’s what you need to do to have success.”Anderson will get a break Saturday as backup goaltender Mike McKenna will start against the Canadiens. McKenna, 35, has earned three out of four points for the Senators in his past two starts, a win against the Philadelphia Flyers on the road Nov. 27 and an overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in Ottawa last Sunday.The Senators, who have been missing forwards Matt Duchene and Jean-Gabriel Pageau and defensemen Dylan DeMelo, Mark Borowiecki and Christian Jaros, had veteran forward Bobby Ryan back in the lineup against the Red Wings. He missed three games with a concussion he sustained against the Canadiens a week ago Thursday.The Senators could get some more help Saturday against the Canadiens with Jaros close to returning.“I’m praying every day and I’m lighting up all kinds of candles Nico Hischier Jersey ,” Boucher told the Ottawa Sun. “I get ready for the worst, I get ready for, ‘No,’ and if there’s one, two or three (players returning), but three is dreaming a little bit.“If we get one (back), that would be big. We had six regulars missing before Bobby came back. He’s back and now we’ve got five (players out). Getting one less (Saturday) is huge for our lineup and for our situation it’s gigantic, so hopefully we get one back.”