Pre-Game Capsule: Coyotes vs. Sharks

GAME 46:
Coyotes (10-28-7) vs. Sharks (23-13-6)
Arizona will host San Jose on Tuesday night looking to avenge a 6-5 overtime loss to the Sharks last Saturday at SAP Center.

WHERE: Gila River Arena
WHEN: 7 p.m. (AZ time)
TV: FOX Sports Arizona Plus
RADIO:Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

KEY FACTS:
• Arizona, which scored a season-high five goals vs. San Jose last Saturday, has earned at least one point in three of its past four games (1-1-2).
• The Coyotes rank 18th in the NHL in penalty-killing efficiency at 80.5 percent. A closer look reveals they rank third in the League since Oct. 31 at 85.5 percent.
• Antti Raanta will start in goal. Raanta is 2-1-0 in five career games vs. San Jose with a 1.46 goals-against average and a .942 save percentage.
• Derek Stepan, who is averaging a point per game in 10 career games vs. San Jose, ranks second on the Coyotes with 28 points, six behind rookie Clayton Keller.

• Josh Archibald will enter the game with a two-game goal-scoring streak, the first of his 23-game NHL career.
• Defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson is averaging 2.5 blocks per game, which ranks tied for seventh in the NHL.
• The Sharks have earned a point in 13 of their past 15 games (9-2-4) and sit in fourth place in the Pacific Division standings with 52 points, nine behind first-place Vegas. San Jose ranks fifth in the NHL in power-play efficiency at 22.6 percent and ranks fourth in the NHL in penalty-kill efficiency at 84.2 percent. Logan Couture is the team's top goal scorer with 17. Brent Burns leads San Jose, and ranks fourth among NHL defensemen, with 33 points. Martin Jones made 35 saves on Monday to key San Jose's 4-1 win over Los Angeles at Staples Center.

COYOTE BITES
• "That was a really sloppy game for both teams. It looked like two teams that had just come out of their bye weeks. The mental focus really wasn't there from us, and probably from them, too. It was pretty ugly. When we looked at the video we saw a lot of things we need to clean up. I'm expecting us to be a completely different team (on Tuesday)." -- Alex Goligoski on rematch vs. Sharks after 6-5 OT loss
• "They play a pretty fast style. They turn pucks up quick and they're going the other way if there's a turnover so you really have to watch where you turn the puck over against them. Getting the puck down low against their 'D' is what we want to do, and spending a lot of time possessing the puck in their zone is important." -- Brendan Perlini on Sharks
• "I told the players we had seven or eight guys who had really good games. The problem is we had six or seven guys play terrible games. We need to find that consistency as a team where everyone can play well. Even some guys can be average, but when you have a discrepancy like we had last game, it's hard to win those games." -- Rick Tocchet on rematch vs. Sharks after 6-5 OT loss