ARI-MIN

COYOTES (12-32-9) at WILD (29-19-5)
8 p.m. ET; FS-A, FS-N, NHL.TV

Antti Raanta will start for Arizona, which is 2-5-4 in its past 11 games and has been outscored 16-5 in its past four. Raanta will make his second straight start since returning from an undisclosed injury sustained in a car accident Feb. 1. He made 19 saves in a 4-3 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
The Wild, who are 7-2-1 in their past 10 games and have points in 10 consecutive home games (8-0-2), will be without defenseman Jonas Brodin who is expected to miss 3-4 weeks after having hand surgery Wednesday.
Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk will start his 400th career NHL game. He is 6-1-1 with a 2.38 goals-against average in his past nine games (eight starts).

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Players to watch

Coyotes forward Christian Dvorak has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past six games.
Minnesota forward Mikael Granlund has 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) in his past 17 games.

They said it

"Starts are big, and it's never easy to go into tough buildings and win, but if you stick with your system, apply the right things, you're going to give yourself the best chance. I think when we talk about our group, we are looking to try and play those complete games. We want to make sure we continue to learn and make sure we're doing the right things."-- Coyotes forward Derek Stepan
"When a team that you're playing is sort of out of the playoffs and they're loosey-goosy, they've got nothing to lose, they play really hard. And I've watched a lot of games and that's what [Arizona does], they play really hard. If they get a couple early goals, then they're very difficult to beat." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Coyotes projected lineup
Wild projected lineup
Status report

Stewart missed practice Wednesday with an illness but is a healthy scratch

Stat pack

Keller has two assists in his past eight games. … Staal has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past eight games. ... Zucker has 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in his past 10 games.