Rangers at Coyotes preview

RANGERS (17-16-7) at COYOTES (17-21-3)
4 p.m. ET; FS-A, MSG, NHL.TV

Arizona won its previous game against New York this season 4-3 at Madison Square Garden when former Rangers center Derek Stepan scored in overtime. Th Coyotes trailed 3-0 in their largest comeback victory of the season. They have gone 3-6-1 since that game and are 0-2-1 during the losing streak. Arizona has lost 11 of its past 15 games (4-10-1).
Henrik Lundqvist is expected to be in goal for the Rangers after Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves during a 6-1 loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. New York has been outscored 13-3 in losing its past two games and has lost 11 of its past 15 (4-6-5).

Players to watch

Rangers forward Chris Kreider has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past seven games and seven goals in eight games against the Coyotes.
Coyotes center Derek Stepan has three points (one goal, two assists) in three games against the Rangers, the team he played for from 2010-17.

They said it

"We talked about a lot of things, and I don't know so much if it was about one particular thing. It was much more about our mentality. … It was much more about a mindset. We've got to come with a different mindset tomorrow." -- Rangers coach David Quinn
"When we were healthy, we were playing well. We've had this rash of injuries and all of a sudden guys get played in different positions. The first few weeks (of the season), we were two or three games over .500, we had continuity and people in the right places. Now we're overplaying people, and you've got to take your lumps." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on playing without six injured players

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jesper Fast
Jimmy Vesey -- Brett Howden -- Pavel Buchnevich
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Filip Chytil -- Mats Zuccarello
Boo Nieves -- Ryan Strome -- Cody McLeod
Brady Skjei -- Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal -- Neal Pionk
Fredrik Claesson -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched:Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Smith
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body)

Coyotes projected lineup

Alex Galchenyuk -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Richard Panik -- Brad Richardson -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Cousins -- Josh Archibald
Conor Garland -- Mario Kempe -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Alex Goligoski -- Jordan Oesterle
Darcy Kuemper
Adin Hill
Scratched: Laurent Dauphin
Injured: Kevin Connauton (lower body), Nick Schmaltz (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Jason Demers (lower body), Antti Raanta (lower body), Michael Grabner (upper body)

Status report

Hayes did not practice Saturday and is day to day. … Schmaltz has missed the past two games and is week to week. … Connauton will sit out a second straight game.

Stat pack

Lundqvist needs two wins to tie Terry Sawchuk (445) for sixth on the NHL list. … Strome has scored one goal in each of his past two games. … The Rangers killed seven of 10 penalties against the Avalanche. … The Coyotes have lost seven of their past eight (1-6-1) at home. … Arizona has scored one goal or fewer in seven of its past 12 games.