The Coyotes, who have lost three straight (0-2-1) after going 10-2-0 in their previous 12 games, trail the Minnesota Wild by one point for the second wild card. The Devils, who have lost three in a row and are 2-9-1 in their past 12 games, have been eliminated from playoff contention.
Players to watch
Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper is 11-4-1 with a 1.93 goals-against average, .937 save percentage and two shutouts in his past 16 starts. Devils forward Kenny Agostino has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past seven games.
They said it
"We've done a lot of good things to get in this position; now you've got to knock the door down. We're knocking on it, but now the hard part starts. It's easy to finish in second place; it's hard to win. We've got to make sure we've got to be prepared to play." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet "We stay in games because of how hard we work and how hard we compete. It's not because of our skill. When we do get offensive zone time, we have a habit of when we get good sustained pressure, we throw it away a bit and let them off and then regroup. That's an area we can do a better job." -- Devils defenseman Andy Greene
