Coyotes at Predators preview

COYOTES (23-24-5) at PREDATORS (31-19-4)
8 p.m. ET; FS-A, FS-TN, NHL.TV

Turris has missed the past 16 games with a lower-body injury. He practiced Monday and participated in the morning skate Tuesday.
The Predators are 3-1-0 in their past four games and are 9-5-2 since Turris was injured Dec. 27.
The Coyotes will play the second half of back-to-back games. They lost 5-4 to the Dallas Stars on Monday, their third straight defeat (0-2-1).
Arizona defenseman Alex Goligoski left the game in the second period and did not return. Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said Goligoski did not pass the concussion protocol.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Alex Galchenyuk has two goals in his past eight games.
Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson has nine goals in his past 10 games.

They said it

"Yeah and [Coyotes defenseman Kevin Connauton] was out. We had four defensemen (Monday) for about fifteen minutes, so a couple of the guys were gassed. I was proud of the guys, we had four defensemen and had a chance to tie it." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet
"He's been great. Obviously he came in and played unbelievable right from the get-go, and I think he's been really consistent. You've been able to tell that he's one of the good players in this League. Just the skill set that he has, especially on the power play, is something that we've been missing. We're looking forward to having him back, whenever that is." -- Predators forward Filip Forsberg on Kyle Turris

Coyotes projected lineup

Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Cousins -- Clayton Keller
Richard Panik -- Derek Stepan -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Conor Garland -- Jordan Weal -- Christian Fischer
Lawson Crouse -- Mario Kempe -- Josh Archibald
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Jordan Oesterle
Kyle Capobianco -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Calvin Pickard
Adin Hill
Scratched:Dakota Mermis
Injured: Christian Dvorak (pectoral), Jason Demers (knee), Antti Raanta (lower body), Michael Grabner (eye), Nick Schmaltz (knee), Brad Richardson (hand), Jakob Chychrun (lower body), Alex Goligoski (concussion), Darcy Kuemper (upper body)

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Ryan Hartman -- Nick Bonino -- Calle Jarnkrok
Colin Blackwell -- Colton Sissons -- Rocco Grimaldi
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- P.K. Subban
Dan Hamhuis -- Yannick Weber
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Frederick Gaudreau
Injured: Miikka Salomaki (upper body), Zac Rinaldo (undisclosed)
Suspended: Austin Watson

Status report

The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate. … The Predators held an optional morning skate. ... Arizona recalled Hill and Mermis from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and reassigned forward
Michael Bunting
. Hill will be the back up in place of Kuemper, who was injured on Monday.

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Stat pack

Ekman-Larsson has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 27 games against the Predators. … Johansen has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past eight games.