Flames at Coyotes preview

FLAMES (35-28-10) at COYOTES (23-37-11)
10 p.m. ET; FS-A, SNW, NHL.TV

The Flames have lost three of their past four games (1-3-0) and are four points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild card from the Western Conference into the playoffs, and six points behind the Anaheim Ducks for third place in the Pacific Division.
The Flames, who were defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Sunday, are 3-6-1 in their past 10 games and have scored two goals or fewer in four of their past five games
Arizona has lost two straight but is 10-5-1 in its past 16 games. The Coyotes have scored two goals or fewer in 10 of their past 13 games.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.
Coyotes forward Clayton Keller has four points (two goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"They need the win badly. Our job is to put the effort there to get a win and deny them that."-- Coyotes assistant coach Jon MacLean
"The season is not over so there is still time left but we all think we should be further up in the standings and in a playoff spot and we're not so there's disappointment to this point. I think we have underachieved to a certain extent this year." -- Flames goalie Mike Smith

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Mikael Backlund -- Troy Brouwer
Micheal Ferland -- Mark Jankowski -- Chris Stewart
Garnet Hathaway -- Matt Stajan -- Curtis Lazar
Dougie Hamilton -- Mark Giordano
Michael Stone -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak --
Rasmus Andersson
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched:Kris Versteeg, Nicholas Shore, Tanner Glass, Matt Bartkowski
Injured:Matthew Tkachuk (upper body), Marek Hrivik (upper body) TJ Brodie (upper body)

Coyotes projected lineup

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

Status report

Brodie left the game against Vegas in the second period on Sunday after taking a hit from Ryan Reaves. He was evaluated Monday but there was no further update. … The Flames recalled Andersson from Stockton of the American Hockey League. … Tkachuk did not travel with the team. ... Arizona coach Rick Tocchet will miss the game to attend his mother's funeral. Assistant John MacLean will coach in his absence.

Stat pack

Monahan has three points (three assists) in his past four games. … Keller needs two goals and two points to tie the team rookie record of 22 goals and 54 points, set by Peter Mueller in 2007-08.