Ducks at Coyotes preview

DUCKS (28-34-9) at COYOTES (35-30-5)
10 p.m. ET; * FS-A, PRIME, NHL.TV*

The Coyotes, looking for their 10th win in 12 games, are one point ahead of the Minnesota Wild and two points behind the Dallas Stars for the first wild card. The Wild host the Stars on Tuesday.
The Ducks have won four of their past six games, including a 3-2 victory against the Nashville Predators at Honda Center on Tuesday. Anaheim ended Arizona's six-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory at Gila River Arena on March 5, the only loss by the Coyotes in their past eight home games.
Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper made 39 saves in a 3-1 road win against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. He has started Arizona's past 11 games, going 9-2-0.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has four goals and four assists during a NHL career-high six-game point streak.
Coyotes forward Richard Panik has a goal in each of his past two games and seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past seven.

They said it

"We seem to be finding a good foundation for our team game. We're continuing to play for one another, which is the No. 1 makeup of a team, and now we're starting to get results." -- Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler
"It's cool to see ourselves in that (playoff) position. But we want to keep moving forward and worry about the next game and worry about our team, and if we do that we'll be fine."-- Coyotes forward Clayton Keller

Ducks projected lineup

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

Coyotes projected lineup

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

Status report

Stepan, who was injured on Feb. 28 and hasn't played since, hopes to return this season.

Stat pack

Sprong has a goal in three consecutive games. … Getzlaf needs one assist for his 13th consecutive season with at least 30, which would be the longest active streak in the NHL. … Grabner leads the NHL with five shorthanded goals despite missing 41 games with an eye injury.