Coyotes at Flames preview

COYOTES (28-40-11) at FLAMES (36-33-10)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

Arizona is 3-1-0 in its past four games and 10-6-1 in its past 17. Goaltender Antti Raanta, the NHL's second star for the week ending April 1, is 8-1-0 with a 1.34 goals-against average and .956 save percentage with two shutouts in his past nine starts.
The Flames are 1-7-0 in their past eight games, and have allowed at least four goals in six of them.
Arizona and Calgary each have been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller, who led all rookies with 13 assists and 19 points in 17 games in March, was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month on Monday. He has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in his past 12 games.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has one assist in his past five games after having eight points (three goals, five assists) in his previous six games.

They said it

"We're trying to build something for the future coming into next season. We know we've been playing really good the last couple months here and taking some steps in the right direction." -- Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson
"We want to finish on a good note here. We all have something to play for. We're professionals. We have a job to do. We want to finish on a good note here in front of our fans. It's been a tough year for us at home." -- Flames forward Mikael Backlund

Coyotes projected lineup

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

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sam Bennett -- Spencer Foo
Michael Frolik -- Mikael Backlund -- Troy Brouwer
Micheal Ferland -- Mark Jankowski -- Curtis Lazar
Tanner Glass -- Nicholas Shore -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- Dougie Hamilton
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
Matt Bartkowski -- Rasmus Andersson
Jon Gillies
Mike Smith
Scratched: Matt Stajan, Chris Stewart, Oliver Kylington
Injured:Sean Monahan (wrist, hip), Kris Versteeg (hip), Matthew Tkachuk (upper body), Marek Hrivik (upper body), TJ Brodie (upper body), Travis Hamonic (upper body)

Status report

Dvorak did not travel. … Gillies will make his seventh start of the season and second in the past three games.

Stat pack

Domi has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past two games. … Stepan has 10 points (one goal, nine assists) in his past eight games.