Pre-Game Capsule: Coyotes vs. Islanders

GAME 49:
Coyotes (11-28-9) vs. Islanders (24-20-4)
After earning three points on a two-game road trip, Arizona will start a three-game homestand on Monday night by hosting New York in Glendale.

WHERE: Gila River Arena
WHEN: 7 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona Plus
RADIO:ESPN 620 AM

KEY FACTS:
• The Coyotes will enter the game with a season-long four-game point streak and have earned points in six of their past seven games. Arizona took a season-high 44 shots in a 5-2 triumph at St. Louis on Saturday.
• Antti Raanta will start in goal after earning the win on Saturday at St. Louis. If he plays, Raanta will be seeking his first victory vs. the Islanders; he's 0-2-0 with a 3.51 goals-against average vs. New York in his career. Raanta is 2-1-3 with a 1.91 goals-against average and .932 save percentage in his past six starts. He has held opponents to two goals or fewer in five of his past six.

• Rookies Clayton Keller and Christian Fischer rank fourth and eighth among NHL freshmen in goals with 14 and 13, respectively. They've teamed to score 23.7 percent of Arizona's 114 goals.
• Brendan Perlini will enter the game having scored a goal in consecutive games for the fourth time this season.
• With two goals in Saturday's win, Christian Dvorak jumped to third place on the team in points with 23. He trails only Keller (36) and Derek Stepan (29).
• The Islanders snapped a two-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory at Chicago on Saturday. Rookie defenseman Ryan Pulock tallied five points in that win. New York has allowed 175 goals this season, the most of any NHL team. Captain John Tavares leads New York and ranks third in the League with 57 points. Anders Lee has scored 27 goals, second only to Alex Ovechkin (29) league-wide. Mathew Barzal leads all NHL rookies with 49 points in 48 games.

COYOTE BITES
• "We've kind of turned the corner here in the last five or six games, even though we lost in overtime a couple times. We're happy with how things are going. We're progressing in the right direction." -- Christian Fischer
• "It's been lots of fun to play. Everybody is into the games. There's no passengers anymore so that's why we are so close to getting the wins... If we just keep on playing the same way how we've been playing lately I think we're going to give ourselves a chance to win the game. Hopefully we can find the net again like on Saturday." -- Antti Raanta
• "I've liked the last eight games. I know there's some (bad) periods here and there, and I know we lost some shootouts, but I thought, for the most part, it's been a pretty good eight-, nine-game stretch." -- Rick Tocchet