Coyotes at Stars

COYOTES (23-50-27) at STARS (45-30-5)

Coyotes projected lineup
Nick Schmaltz -- Barrett Hayton -- Travis Boyd
Michael Carcone -- Nate Smith -- Phil Kessel
Antoine Roussel -- Jack McBain -- Loui Eriksson
Liam O'Brien -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Jan Jenik
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Anton Stralman
Kyle Capobianco -- J.J. Moser
Cam Dineen -- Victor Soderstrom
Harri Sateri
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Bokondji Imama
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (lower body), Lawson Crouse (hand), Christian Fischer (lower body), Vladislav Kolyachonok (upper body), Andrew Ladd (lower body), Dysin Mayo (upper body), Nick Ritchie (upper body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Michael Raffl -- Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin
Joel Kiviranta -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Fredrik Karlstrom -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Denis Gurianov
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Thomas Harley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Scott Wedgewood
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Joel Hanley, Jacob Peterson, Alexander Radulov, Andrej Sekera, Marián Studenič
Injured: Braden Holtby (lower body)
Status report
The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 5-3 win at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. ... O'Brien will return after missing 28 games with an upper-body injury. ... The Stars did not conduct a morning skate Wednesday following a 3-2 shootout win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. ... Coach Rick Bowness indicated there would be some changes to the lineup but was not specific; Forwards Radulov, Peterson, and Studenic each has been a healthy scratch the past two games and could return.