Coyotes at Canucks

COYOTES (7-11-3) at CANUCKS (9-12-3)

Coyotes projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Travis Boyd
Liam O'Brien -- Christian Fischer -- Jack McBain
Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jakob Chychrun
Patrik Nemeth -- Troy Stecher
Josh Brown -- J.J. Moser
Juuso Valimaki
Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram
Scratched: Dysin Mayo, Nick Ritchie, Zack Kassian
Injured: Andrew Ladd (knee)
Canucks projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Brock Boeser -- Sheldon Dries -- Conor Garland
Curtis Lazar -- Nils Aman -- Jack Studnicka
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ethan Bear
Riley Stillman -- Tyler Myers
Spencer Martin
Collin Delia
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (undisclosed) Tanner Pearson (hand), Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Boeser was slated to be a healthy scratch for the first time since his rookie season in 2017-18 but will play in place of Joshua, a forward who sustained a minor injury during the morning skate on Saturday. ... Crouse returns after missing one game because of illness, but the Coyotes will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Vejmelka will make his fourth start in five games. ... Studnicka returns after missing eight games with an undisclosed injury.