Coyotes at Avalanche preview

COYOTES (8-25-5) at AVALANCHE (17-15-3)
9 p.m. ET; ALT2, FS-A, NHL.TV

Barrie, who is tied for second among NHL defensemen with 27 points (four goals, 23 assists) in 34 games, will have surgery Thursday and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. He was injured blocking a shot in the Avalanche's 6-2 win at Arizona on Saturday.
Goalie Antti Raanta will start for the Coyotes, who are 1-7-1 in their past nine games and 0-4-2 in their past six road games.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller has two goals and four assists during a five-game point streak.
Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen has one goal and six assists during a six-game point streak.

They said it

"It's mental toughness for me. You can't think of all the built-in excuses; that's the last thing I want this team to do. You can win games on mental toughness, it doesn't always have to be physical. Guys are used to it, you play back-to-backs and stuff. " -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on traveling Wednesday morning from Arizona and flying back after the game to host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday
"Any time someone goes down, someone has to step up. It'll be no different with Tyson (Barrie), he's a key part of our offense. He's definitely a big loss for us, the best offensive guy we have back here. Other guys will have to fill the void." -- Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson

Coyotes projected lineup

Anthony Duclair -- Derek Stepan -- Tobias Rieder
Clayton Keller -- Max Domi -- Christian Fischer
Lawson Crouse -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Archibald
Jordan Martinook -- Brendan Perlini -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Antti Raanta
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Andrew Campbell
Injured: Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body), Brad Richardson (upper body)
Suspended: Zac Rinaldo

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Sven Andrighetto -- J.T. Compher -- Colin Wilson
Matt Nieto -- Carl Soderberg -- Blake Comeau
Tyson Jost -- Alex Kerfoot -- Nail Yakupov
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Johnson
Patrik Nemeth -- Mark Barberio
Samuel Girard -- Anton Lindholm
Semyon Varlamov
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: Gabriel Bourque](Gabriel%20Bourque)
Injured: Tyson Barrie (broken hand),Vladislav Kamenev](https://www.nhl.com/player/vladislav-kamenev-8477973) (broken arm)

Status report

Crouse was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. Richardson was injured Saturday against Colorado and didn't make the trip.

Stat pack

Ekman-Larsson's 34 power-play goals since the start of the 2014-15 season are the most by an NHL defenseman ... The Avalanche have killed 23 consecutive penalties in their past eight games.