Calgary has taken the first two games of the season series, 3-2 on Dec. 5 and 6-3 on Feb. 22, and is six points out of the Western Conference's second-and-final playoff spot.
"Calgary's a team we have struggled against," head coach André Tourigny said. "We take that as a challenge tonight."
Forward Clayton Keller continues to dazzle this season, and he was named the NHL's First Star of the Week after posting four goals and five assists last week. He's in the midst of a career season with personal bests in goals (29) and points (69), and is just three assists shy of setting a personal best in that category as well.
The 24-year-old has 10 points over his last five games, continues to anchor the team's top line, and is the first Coyotes player since Mike Smith in 2012 to be named the league's first star.
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"It's just been about staying patient, because there's a lot of ups and downs throughout the course of the season," Keller said. "We lost a lot of guys at the trade deadline, we regrouped after that because we want to finish strong no matter what."
The Coyotes enter Tuesday's game with three wins in their last four games, having earned at least one point in five straight.
Player to Watch:Keller has 12 points in 26 career games against the Flames, and seeing as how he's just a point shy of joining some of the most prolific names in Coyotes history, it's impossible to not keep your eye on No. 9.
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The Flames have won three of their last four games, most recently a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
Tyler Toffoli leads the team in both points (56) and goals (26), while Elias Lindholm's 36 assists are tops on the team. Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar have split time in net this season, with Markstrom posting an 18-18-8 record with a 2.83 goals-against average and .895 save percentage, while Vladar is 12-6-5 with a 2.95 GAA and .895 SV%.
Markstrom has started the team's last eight games.
The Flames are second in the league in total shots, and fans can expect more of the same tonight after Calgary recorded 51 shots the last time the teams played.
"That's their style," Tourigny said. "We look for quality over quantity, they look for quantity over quality. They will win the shot clock tonight, for sure. We want to win the scoreboard."
Player to Watch: Lindholm has one goal and two assists over his last three games, and the 28-year-old center has recorded 21 points in as many games against the Coyotes in his career.
