Pre-Game Capsule: Coyotes vs. Ducks

GAME 82:
Coyotes (29-40-12) vs. Ducks (43-25-13)
Arizona will play its final game of the season on Saturday night when it hosts Anaheim in Glendale on
Fan Appreciation Night
.

WHERE: Gila River Arena
WHEN: 6 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona
RADIO:Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

KEY FACTS:
• The Coyotes will enter tonight's game having won six of their past eight home games and seeking their 30th victory of the season.
• Antti Raanta, who signed a three-year contract on Friday, will start in goal. Raanta has won six consecutive games, and has helped the Coyotes earn at least one point in 20 of his past 25 starts (16-5-4). He's 9-1-0 with a 1.30 goals-against average and a .959 save percentage in his past 10 appearances.
• Clayton Keller will enter the season finale leading Arizona in goals (23) and points (65), and co-leading in assists (42) along with Derek Stepan. Keller will become the first rookie in Coyotes history to lead the team in scoring for the season.

• Max Domi has produced one goal and seven assists during a four-game point streak. With one game left in the season, Domi needs one more assist to reach 100 for his three-year NHL career. In 10 games vs. Anaheim, Domi has tallied 11 points.
• Dylan Strome and Christian Fischer both are riding a two-game goal-scoring streak. Strome has tallied three goals and five assists in nine games since being recalled from the American Hockey League on March 20. That's the fifth highest point total among NHL rookies during that time span. With 15 goals, Fischer ranks 12th among NHL freshmen.
• Christian Dvorak will miss a fourth consecutive game because of a lower-body injury, and Kevin Connauton will not play the finale because of an upper-body injury. Joel Hanley, whom Arizona recalled from the American Hockey League on Saturday morning, will replace Connauton in the lineup.

• Playoff-bound Anaheim has won four games in a row, including a 5-3 victory over Dallas at Honda Center on Friday night. The Ducks, who are 16-5-2 in their past 23 games, will enter their season finale in third place in the Pacific Division standings, one point ahead of Los Angeles, which also is playing its season finale tonight vs. Dallas. Rickard Rakell leads Anaheim in points (67) and goals (33). He needs one more goal to set a career-high. Ryan Getzlaf ranks first on the team with 49 assists, despite missing 26 games because of injury. Antoine Vermette wins 59.9 percent of his face-offs. With John Gibson injured, Ryan Miller, who stopped 23 of 26 shots in Friday's win over Dallas, is expected to start again vs. Arizona. He's 11-4-0 with a 1.60 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage vs. the Coyotes in 15 career games.
COYOTE BITES
• "It's the same motivation as it's been since the start of the year. You want to continue to get better. Guys want to improve ... We don't want to show up for the last home game and not play the right way." -- Luke Schenn on motivation for season finale
• "It's the last game of the year, and obviously we're in the position we're in, but at the end of the day it's still a pride thing. I think everybody in this room has a lot of pride, and whenever you're playing Anaheim, who's a rival of us, you want to beat them ... You never want to lose the last one of the year, especially when you're going into the summer. You want to have a good feeling for the next couple days." Jordan Martinook on season finale
• "We have to be emotionally invested. I don't care if it's the last game of the year or not ... I think we owe it to the fans to leave it on the ice." -- Rick Tocchet on season finale