Coyotes at Blues preview

COYOTES (10-6-2) at BLUES (12-3-3)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

The Blues, who have won five overtime wins during their streak, have outscored their opponents 25-16. It is their longest winning streak since a Blues-record 11 straight wins Jan. 23-Feb. 19, 2019.
Goalie Jordan Binnington will start for St. Louis. He is 7-1-0 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .933 save percentage in his past eight games.
The Coyotes ended a three-game winless streak (0-2-1) with a 4-3 shootout win against the Washington Capitals on Monday. Darcy Kuemper will start for the Coyotes after Antti Raanta played against the Capitals.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Michael Grabner has five points (three goals, two assists) during a five-game point streak.
Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in his past seven games and needs one goal for 100 in the NHL.

They said it

"The schedule is not going to be easy. It gets harder and harder. It's going to be a tough one, but you've just got to be scrappy." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on facing the past two Stanley Cup champions on back-to-back nights
"You can't be complaining when you've won seen in a row, but there's going to be ups and downs throughout a game, no doubt about it. But I think we can be a little more consistent, especially in the third period when we've got these leads and we're kind of letting these teams back into it. I think that's one area of our game where we can touch up a little bit." -- Blues center Brayden Schenn

Coyotes projected lineup

Christian Dvorak -- Nick Schmaltz -- Phil Kessel
Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Conor Garland
Michael Grabner -- Brad Richardson -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Carl Soderberg -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Aaron Ness -- Jordan Oesterle
Darcy Kuemper
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Barrett Hayton, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured: Niklas Hjalmarsson (lower body)

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas
Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Jacob de la Rose -- Tyler Bozak -- Sammy Blais
Mackenzie MacEachern -- Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist
Vince Dunn -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson -- Justin Faulk
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo
Injured:Vladimir Tarasenko (shoulder), Alexander Steen (ankle)

Status report

The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate. ... Blues coach Craig Berube called Bortuzzo, who has been scratched the past six games, a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Hinostroza has four points (two goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak after he had two assists in 14 games to start the season. ... Kuemper is 7-3-0 with a 2.09 GAA, .927 save percentage and one shutout in his past 10 games. ... O'Reilly has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past seven games. ... Perron has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past seven games.