Coyotes at Jets preview

COYOTES (12-31-9) at JETS (31-13-9)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

Raanta returns after missing two games because of an undisclosed injury sustained in a car accident Feb. 1. He'll try to help the Coyotes end a three-game losing streak (0-3-0) and a 2-4-4 slide. Arizona has scored two goals in its past three games and two or fewer in seven of its past 10.
Winnipeg will be without forwards Matt Hendricks and Brandon Tanev because of upper-body injuries sustained in a 3-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
The Jets are 5-0-2 in their past seven games and 11-2-3 in their past 16. They're 8-0-0 against the Coyotes at home, outscoring them 29-14.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck is likely to start for the Jets. He's 9-2-3 with a 2.03 goals-against average, .935 save percentage and three shutouts in his past 14 starts.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Christian Fischer has four points (goal, three assists) in his past five games.
Jets forward Blake Wheeler has 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in his past 15 games.

They said it

"They're a good hockey team, a really good hockey team. If they get something going early on, they're going to ride that wave and play a full 60, so keep those guys quiet by playing a simple game, get pucks deep, testing their goaltending and staying out of the box." -- Coyotes forward Max Domi
"We've had injuries this season and the guys that have come up have stepped up and it hasn't seemed like we've missed anyone. Hopefully they can do that again tonight." -- Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Zac Rinaldo -- Max Domi -- Christian Fischer
Tobias Rieder -- Christian Dvorak -- Clayton Keller
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Alex Goligoski
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Antti Raanta
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched:Freddie Hamilton, Josh Archibald, Kyle Capobianco
Injured:Jason Demers (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Jack Roslovic -- Blake Wheeler -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Bryan Little -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Kyle Connor -- Andrew Copp -- Joel Armia
Brendan Lemieux -- Nic Petan -- Marko Dano
Josh Morrissey -- Tyler Myers

Toby Enstrom -- Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Dmitry Kulikov
Connor Hellebuyck
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched:Tucker Poolman
Injured: Mark Scheifele (upper body), Shawn Matthias (upper body), Steve Mason (concussion), Jacob Trouba (lower body), Adam Lowry (upper body), Matt Hendricks (upper body), Brandon Tanev (upper body)

Status report

Scheifele is likely to return against the St. Louis Blues on Friday. … Lemieux and Petan were recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday.

Stat pack

Perlini has four goals in his past six games. … Laine has three goals in his past four games.