Coyotes at Sharks

COYOTES (6-21-2) at SHARKS (15-14-1)

Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Phil Kessel
Lawson Crouse -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Antoine Roussel -- Johan Larsson -- Loui Eriksson
Matias Maccelli -- Jan Jenik -- Andrew Ladd
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
J.J. Moser -- Anton Stralman
Cam Dineen -- Kyle Capobianco
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Josef Korenar , Alex Galchenyuk
Injured: Ryan Dzingel (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (upper body), Jay Beagle (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Christian Fischer, Liam O'Brien, Ilya Lyubushkin
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Jayden Halbgewachs -- Nick Bonino -- Noah Gregor
Andrew Cogliano -- Lane Pederson -- Matt Nieto
Jeffrey Viel --
Nick Merkley
-- Jonah Gadjovich
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Jake Middleton -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Radim Simek
James Reimer
Zach Sawchenko
Scratched: Nicolas Meloche, Rudolfs Balcers
Injured: Kevin Labanc (upper body), Nikolai Knyzhov (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jonathan Dahlen , Tomas Hertl , Adin Hill
Status report
Maccelli was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and will make his NHL debut... Jenik will play after being recalled from Tucson on Monday. ... Galchenyuk, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Tuesday but did not travel. ... Beagle, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol but remains out. ... Hertl, a forward, will be a game-time decision; he entered COVID-19 protocol Dec. 21. ... Viel will make his season debut if Hertl cannot play. ... Merkley was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Monday and is expected to play. ... Sawchenko was recalled from the AHL on Monday and will back up Reimer.