At the Rink: Coyotes at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Goaltender Devan Dubnyk will make his first start in three games for the Minnesota Wild when they face the Arizona Coyotes at Xcel Energy Center on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET; FS-A, FS-WI, FS-N+).

Dubnyk backed up Darcy Kuemper in each of the past two games after losing four straight decisions. Dubnyk gave up eight goals in the span and had a .919 save percentage.

The Wild (23-17-8) have lost four straight games on home ice and won't play here again until Feb. 9. Minnesota has lost six of its past seven games overall.

"There's a lot [of value to this game]," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "The way things have gone lately, we can try and point to some positives with a good result tonight. Or certainly, it could steer back towards the negatives."

Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue will make his fourth straight start.

Each team was forced to adjust its game-day routines while the arena continued to take shape after the 2016 U.S. Figure Skating Championships concluded here Sunday. The event, which spanned nine days, has required almost a full makeover of the ice sheet.

Neither the Wild nor Coyotes held a morning skate. Selected players from each team changed at the arena then took a 10-minute bus ride to an arena off site. Arizona had four players take part, and Minnesota sent about a third of its roster.

Boisterous games of hallway soccer were popular among players left behind.

"Isn't this how all morning skates should be?" Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said with a grin. "I think we've done better without morning skates, so I don't mind it."

The extra rest might do the Coyotes (23-19-5) some good. Arizona begins a difficult set of back-to-back games on the road before the All-Star break. After the game Monday, the Coyotes will travel to Manitoba for a game against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre on Tuesday.

Minnesota is playing its final game before the break and first at home since Jan. 15, when the Wild concluded a three-game homestand with a 1-0 loss to the Jets.

Here are the projected lineups:

COYOTES

Max Domi - Antoine Vermette - Mikkel Boedker

Tobias Rieder - Martin Hanzal - Viktor Tikhonov

Jordan Martinook - Brad Richardson - Shane Doan

Kyle Chipchura - Boyd Gordon - Anthony Duclair

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Connor Murphy

Klas Dahlbeck - Zbynek Michalek

Nicklas Grossmann - Michael Stone

Louis Domingue

Anders Lindback

Injured: Mike Smith (abdominal surgery), Joe Vitale (fractured orbital bone)

Scratched: Kevin Connauton, Christian Thomas, Jarred Tinordi

WILD

Zach Parise - Mikael Granlund - Jason Pominville

Nino Niederreiter - Mikko Koivu - Charlie Coyle

Thomas Vanek - Jarret Stoll - Jason Zucker

Chris Porter - Erik Haula - Jordan Schroeder

Ryan Suter - Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin - Matt Dumba

Marco Scandella - Nate Prosser

Devan Dubnyk

Darcy Kuemper

Injured: Ryan Carter (hand)

Scratched: Justin Fontaine, Tyson Strachan, Niklas Backstrom

Status report: Grossmann could be back in the lineup after missing the game against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday because of an illness. … Carter, who will miss his sixth game, is expected to be ready to rejoin the lineup after the All-Star break.

Who's hot: Despite a 1-2-0 record, Domingue has allowed two goals or fewer in each of the past three games. … Coyle has a goal in each of the past two games and his 12 goals this season have already tied a career-high.