Stars at Coyotes

STARS (9-7-2) at COYOTES (4-14-2)

Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Michael Raffl -- Jamie Benn -- Denis Gurianov
Joel Kiviranta -- Tyler Seguin -- Luke Glendening
Jacob Peterson -- Radek Faksa -- Alexander Radulov
Ryan Suter -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Braden Holtby
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Andrej Sekera, Tanner Kero, Jake Oettinger
Injured: None
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Phil Kessel
Antoine Roussel -- Barrett Hayton -- Loui Eriksson
Lawson Crouse -- Johan Larsson -- Alex Galchenyuk
Andrew Ladd -- Ryan Dzingel -- Liam O'Brien
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
Kyle Capobianco -- Anton Stralman
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Hudson Fasching
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Christian Fischer (upper body), Nick Schmaltz (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Carter Hutton
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. … Holtby could start for the first time since Nov. 10; he missed five games with a lower-body injury before playing 7:22 in mid-game relief of Oettinger (concussion protocol) in a 3-1 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. … Ladd and Larsson each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Friday and is expected to play. Ladd has been out since Nov. 12, Larsson since Nov. 13.