Coyotes at Kings preview

COYOTES (27-39-11) at KINGS (42-28-7)
10:30 p.m. ET; FS-A PLUS, PRIME, NHL.TV

The Kings and Anaheim Ducks are tied with 91 points, but Los Angeles will fall behind Anaheim if it loses in regulation because the idle Ducks will have played one fewer game.
Los Angeles is also tied with the St. Louis Blues, who hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
The Coyotes are seeking to win 10 games in March for the fifth time in franchise history. They've won two straight games, four of six (4-2-0) and 14 of 22 (14-7-1), and play the second of a back to back after a 3-2 win at the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) during a 10-game point streak.
Kings center Jeff Carter will play his 900th NHL game. He has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past three.

They said it

"We have five-game segments. We started 25 games ago and we've won every one so far." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet
"They're a team that plays hard. They got a lot of young guys, they play with speed. If you look at the past 15, 20 games, they're one of the top teams in the League." -- Kings defenseman Alec Martinez

Coyotes projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Zac Rinaldo
Brendan Perlini -- Dylan Strome -- Christian Fischer
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Luke Schenn
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton -- Trevor Murphy
Darcy Kuemper
Antti Raanta
Scratched:Freddie Hamilton, Josh Archibald
Injured:Niklas Hjalmarsson (lower body), Jason Demers (upper body), Laurent Dauphin (lower body)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tobias Rieder -- Jeff Carter -- Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford -- Nate Thompson -- Torrey Mitchell

Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Alec Martinez -- Dion Phaneuf
Kevin Gravel -- Christian Folin
Jack Campbell
Jonathan Quick
Scratched:Andy Andreoff, Paul LaDue, Michael Amadio
Injured:Jake Muzzin (upper body)

Status report

Muzzin is week to week after he was injured against the Calgary Flames on Monday when he fell awkwardly into the corner on a hit by Micheal Ferland. … Gravel will see his first action since Feb. 7 after being a healthy scratch for 24 games.

Stat pack

Stepan has 11 points (goal, 10 assists) in his past 10 games. … Brown has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past seven games.