Ducks at Coyotes preview

DUCKS (43-25-13) at COYOTES (29-40-12)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A PLUS, PRIME, NHL.TV

The Ducks are in third place in the Pacific Division, one point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings and one point behind the San Jose Sharks with one game remaining for each team.
Anaheim will finish second in the Pacific if it defeats Arizona in any fashion and San Jose loses to Minnesota in regulation.
Anaheim will finish third if they defeat Arizona in any fashion and San Jose gets at least one point against the Minnesota Wild; or if they get one point and Los Angeles loses to the Dallas Stars in any fashion; or if they win in regulation and Los Angeles loses to Dallas in regulation.
Anaheim will finish as the first wild card from the Western Conference if they get one point and Los Angeles defeats Dallas in any fashion, or if they lose in regulation and Los Angeles gets at least one point against Dallas.
The Ducks have won four straight games and are 9-1-1 in their past 11; the Coyotes are 4-2-0 in their past six games and 11-6-2 in their past 19.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has six points (one goal, five assists) in a three-game point streak.
Coyotes forward Max Domi has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"It's always nice to have home ice, but I don't think it's paramount in any series. If we're going to play the deciding game, we want to play in our building before we play in anybody else's building."-- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle to the Orange County Register on what could be at stake Saturday
"We have to be emotionally invested. I don't care if it's your last game." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Jason Chimera -- Derek Grant -- JT Brown
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Francois Beauchemin -- Brandon Montour
Marcus Pettersson -- Andy Welinski
Ryan Miller
Reto Berra
Scratched: Antoine Vermette, Korbinian Holzer, Chris Kelly, Troy Terry
Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness), Kevin Bieksa (hand), Cam Fowler (shoulder), John Gibson (lower body)

Coyotes projected lineup

Richard Panik -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Max Domi -- Dylan Strome -- Zac Rinaldo
Brendan Perlini -- Josh Archibald -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Luke Schenn
Dakota Mermis -- Alex Goligoski
Trevor Murphy -- Joel Hanley
Antti Raanta
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Freddie Hamilton
Injured:Laurent Dauphin (lower body), Niklas Hjalmarsson (lower body), Jason Demers (upper body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (lower body), Kevin Connauton (head)

Status report

Dvorak will miss his fourth straight game. … Connauton was injured against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday and will not play. … Gibson did not travel with the team.

Stat pack

Cogliano has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Miller is one win from passing Tom Barrasso (369) for sole possession of 18th place on the NHL's all-time list. … Perry needs one assist for 400. … Keller has 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in his past 14 games. … Panik has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past seven games. … Raanta is 9-1-0 with a 1.30 goals against average, a .959 save percentage and two shutouts in his past 10 starts.