Pre-Game Capsule: Coyotes at Bruins

GAME 31:
Coyotes (7-18-5) at Bruins (12-9-4)
Arizona will begin a road trip that will feature three games in four nights on Thursday when they play at Boston, looking to snap an 11-game losing streak vs. the Bruins.

WHERE: TD Garden
WHEN: 5 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona
RADIO:ESPN 620 AM

KEY FACTS:
• Arizona is 0-10-1 vs. the Bruins in the past 11 games played between the teams. The Coyotes last defeated Boston on Oct. 9, 2010, when the teams played in Prague, Czech Republic. Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who made his NHL debut in that game, is the only player left on Arizona's roster from that victory.
• Goalie Scott Wedgewood will start his seventh game in a row, and Antti Raanta will be the backup. Raanta will dress for a game for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury on Nov. 22 when he collided with San Jose's Logan Couture. Wedgewood is 3-4-3 with a 2.67 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage in 11 games played this season.
"He's played well," Tocchet said of Wedgewood. "(Raanta) is not quite ready. He's been cleared, but Scott's been playing really well so we'll go with him tonight. The last couple games, he's given us a chance to win."
• Rookie defenseman Kyle Capobianco will make his NHL debut, paired with Luke Schenn. The Coyotes recalled Capobianco from the American Hockey League on Monday. He notched two goals and 12 assists in 17 AHL games this season before joining the NHL club this week. The Coyotes drafted Capobianco, who grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, as good pals with Dylan Strome, 63rd overall in 2015.
• Rookie Clayton Keller will enter the game looking to snap a 14-game goal-scoring drought. Keller is playing his first NHL game in Boston, not far from where he played collegiately for one season at Boston University. Keller, who leads the team with 11 goals, has not scored since Nov. 6 at Washington.

• Derek Stepan has produced at least one point in nine of his past 12 games and has scored a goal in consecutive games for the first time this season.
• Schenn is tied for second in the NHL with 96 hits and is one of just three NHL players with at least 90 hits and 40 blocked shots this season.
• The Coyotes have killed off 44 of their opponents' past 49 power plays, and own the best penalty-kill percentage (90.0%) in the NHL since Oct. 31.
• The Bruins have won six of their past eight games, but have scored just 69 goals in 25 games this season, which ranks second-to-last in the Eastern Conference. They scored six vs. Arizona in a 6-2 victory at Gila River Arena on Oct. 14. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 14 goals and 24 points. He has notched four goals and three assists during a six-game point streak he will bring into this game. Tuukka Rask is expected to start in goal. He is 9-1-0 with a 1.60 goals-against average and .941 save percentage vs. the Coyotes over the years.

COYOTE BITES
• "It's a special feeling. I'm really excited. Hopefully, we'll get a win tonight. I'm just trying to keep it all cool and calm. I just want to get the first couple of shifts under my belt, get pucks in and keep it a simple game and move my feet. That's the big thing. I've got to move my feet and get back for pucks fast ... I'm the type of player that I have to play my game to be successful, so that's what I'm going to try to do. I think that's when I find more success, when I play my game." -- Kyle Capobianco on making his NHL debut
• "I thought it helped us out. I think in this league rest is a weapon. Any time you can just recover and get your legs back underneath you it's always beneficial. We had a pretty good practice yesterday. Practice is huge. We got to work on our power play, penalty kill, 5-on-5 systems, everything really. You don't get to practice too much in this league, so it was nice." -- Christian Fischer on team's three-day break between games
• "Obviously I didn't like that game, but we're a different team, for sure. But still, Boston is a soild team. You've got to match their work ethic because they have a hard-working team ... We've worked on some stuff (in practice) that we wanted to help us, and the only way you can do that is with reps and to feel it on the ice. You can do as much video as you want, but it's got to be on the ice." -- Rick Tocchet on 6-2 loss to Boston on Oct. 12 and getting two practices this week