Coyotes at Red Wings preview

COYOTES (8-7-1) at RED WINGS (7-8-2)
7:30 p.m. EST; FS-D, FS-A, NHL.TV

The Arizona defenseman has not played since having knee surgery after being injuring against the Calgary Flames on April 3. Chychrun had 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in 50 games last season.
The Coyotes, 1-2-1 in their past four games following a five-game winning streak, have scored at least four goals in seven of their past nine games.
The Red Wings, looking for their fourth consecutive victory, can become the second team in NHL history to rally from being down by multiple goals to win four straight regular-season games. The first was the Carolina Hurricanes from Oct. 24-29, 2005.
Detroit is 6-1-0 in its past seven games after beginning the season 1-7-2.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Alex Galchenyuk has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past eight games) and has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in 20 games against the Red Wings.
Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"When we're taking away a team's rushes, we're pretty stingy, pretty hard to play against." -- Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper on the Arizona's 2.44 goals against per game, ranked third in the NHL
"It's one thing to score [shorthanded goals], but they haven't given up much at all. We're to have to be ready to execute, for sure. They have a real confidence and swagger to them right now and we're going to do what we can to try and dent that." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on the Coyotes' penalty-killing unit, which has scored an NHL-leading nine shorthanded goals and allowed a league-low five power-play goals

Coyotes projected lineup

Richard Panik -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Clayton Keller
Nick Cousins -- Derek Stepan -- Christian Fischer
Michael Grabner -- Brad Richardson -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome -- Brendan Perlini
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Jordan Oesterle
Darcy Kuemper
Hunter Miska
Scratched: Josh Archibald, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured: Christian Dvorak (torn pectoral), Alex Goligoski (lower body), Antti Raanta (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Darren Helm -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha
Gustav Nyquist -- Frans Nielsen -- Andreas Athanasiou
Justin Abdelkader -- Luke Glendening -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Martin Frk -- Wade Megan -- Michael Rasmussen
Trevor Daley -- Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall -- Dennis Cholowski
Danny DeKeyser -- Nick Jensen
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Luke Witkowski
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Jonathan Ericsson (lower body), Thomas Vanek (lower body), Jacob de la Rose (upper body)

Status report

Raanta's return remains uncertain. He has missed the past four games. ... de la Rose, Ericsson and Vanek each participated in the Red Wings' optional morning skate. ... Goligoski remains day to day.

Stat pack

Richardson is playing in his 700th NHL game. … Detroit is the eighth NHL team to win three consecutive games in regulation after trailing by multiple goals. … Howard is 4-0-0 with a 2.40 goals-against average in his past four starts. … Grabner has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past eight games. ... Nyquist has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a seven-game point streak.