Coyotes at Wild preview

COYOTES (1-3-0) at WILD (1-2-2)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

Darcy Kuemper will start in goal for the Coyotes, who have been outscored 9-2 in four games this season, including being shut out three times.
Devan Dubnyk will start in goal for the Wild, who are playing the second half of a back-to-back; they lost 4-2 to the Nashville Predators on Monday.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Dylan Strome ranks third in the NHL in face-offs (66.7 percent), behind Ryan O'Reilly of the St. Louis Blues (67.3) and Travis Zajac of the New Jersey Devils (67.9)
Wild forward Zach Parise has six assists in a three-game point streak.

They said it

"[Minnesota is] a fast, skilled team. You look at their lineup, they've got a lot of players that can skate. I think it's going to be a good challenge for us. We've got to come out strong, and if we do that, we'll be fine. When we're playing our way, we're a hard team to play against." -- Coyotes forward Clayton Keller
"I call [tonight against Arizona] a very important game for us. If you look at our schedule, we have to get to .500 quick, and then you have to start moving above .500 if you want to stay in this race." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Coyotes projected lineup

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

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Jordan Greenway
Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter -- Eric Fehr -- Charlie Coyle
Marcus Foligno -- Matt Hendricks -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Mathew Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Nick Seeler -- Greg Pateryn
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched:Nate Prosser
Injured:Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Status report

Archibald returns after missing the first four games of the season with an upper-body injury. … Galchenyuk and Chychrun each practiced in a non-contact jersey on Monday and skated Tuesday. … Dvorak did not make the trip. … Minnesota did not hold a morning skate. … Eriksson Ek is expected to miss at least one week.

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Stat pack

Arizona has yet to score a goal at even strength (one power-play goal, one shorthanded goal). … No Coyotes player has more than one point. ... Koivu has three points (one goal, two assists) in the past two games. … Zucker has four points (three goals, one assist) in the past three games. … Suter has four points (one goal, three assists) in the past three games.