Ducks at Coyotes preview

DUCKS (25-32-9) at COYOTES (32-28-5)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A, PRIME, NHL.TV

The Coyotes enter the game two points behind the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference
Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper is 7-0-0 with a 1.53 goals-against average in his past seven starts.
The Ducks ended a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday and are 4-13-0 in their past 17 games. They trail the Wild by 12 points. Anaheim center Ryan Kesler is expected to play in his 1,000th NHL game.

Players to watch

Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf has three assists in his past three games. He has 64 points (19 goals, 45 assists) in 67 games against Arizona.
Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson has two goals and five assists during a five-game point streak.

They said it

"You've got to have luck and you've got to stay healthy. Luckily, I was able to do it. One of my goals this summer …. was to hit this benchmark. It means a lot." -- Ducks forward Ryan Kesler on playing in his 1,000th NHL game
"I don't think we've had a bad practice in a long time, and I'm a practice guy. I harp on these guys about it. They come in every day with energy and that's contagious." -- Arizona coach Rick Tocchet on the Coyotes' 4-0-0 record during their seven-game homestand

Ducks projected lines

Kevin Roy -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Max Jones -- Ryan Kesler -- Carter Rowney
Daniel Sprong -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Rickard Rakell -- Devin Shore -- Jakob Silfverberg
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Brendan Guhle - Cam Fowler
Jaycob Megna -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:None
Injured:Chad Johnson (upper body), Nick Ritchie (lower body), Derek Grant (upper body)

Coyotes projected lines

Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Cousins -- Clayton Keller
Lawson Crouse -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Archibald
Richard Panik -- Brad Richardson -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Conor Garland -- Mario Kempe -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton -- Jason Demers
Darcy Kuemper
Calvin Pickard
Scratched:Hudson Fasching, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured:Derek Stepan (lower body), Antti Raanta (lower body), Michael Grabner (eye), Nick Schmaltz (lower body), Kyle Capobianco (lower body), Jordan Oesterle (upper body)

Status report

Shore (lower body) practiced Monday and is expected to play. … Demers (lower body) will play for the first time since Nov. 15. Oesterle won't play.

Stat pack

The Ducks have scored one goal or fewer in four of their past six games. … Rakell has no goals and two assists in his past 13 games but has four goals in his past six games against Arizona. … The Coyotes have allowed two goals or fewer in eight of their past 11 games.