Preview: Coyotes at Red Wings

GAME 17:
Coyotes (8-7-1) at Red Wings (7-8-2)
Arizona, which beat Washington on Sunday, will attempt to conclude a four-game road trip with back-to-back wins when it takes on Detroit on Tuesday night.

WHERE: Little Caesars Arena | WHEN: 5:30 p.m. (AZ time) | TV:FOX Sports Arizona | RADIO:ESPN 620 AM

ABOUT THE 'YOTES:
• Arizona has earned at least one point in seven of its past nine games (6-2-1), and has climbed into fifth place in the Pacific Division standings, just five points behind first-place Vancouver.
• The Coyotes are the NHL's best penalty-killing team with a 91.8 percent success rate. Arizona, which has allowed just one power-play goal in nine road games this season, killed all eight of its opponents' power plays in the first three games of this four-game road trip.
• Backup Darcy Kuemper will again start in goal in place of Antti Raanta, who is nursing a lower-body injury. Kuemper has started the past four games, including a 4-1 victory at Washington on Sunday in which he made 38 saves. Kuemper is 1-1-1 vs. Detroit in his career with a 1.93 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage.
• Defenseman Jakob Chychrun will make his season debut after missing the first 16 games of the season due to a knee injury he suffered late last season. Chychrun underwent surgery in the off-season and rehabbed hard to limit his time on the sideline. Chychrun will enter the game having played 118 NHL games, including two vs. the Red Wings. He has averaged 18:11 of ice time per game and has produced 11 goals and 23 assists. He will be paired with Niklas Hjalmarsson.
"It's been a long road and he's itching to get in there," Head Coach Rick Tocchet said. "I told him today, be a first-pass guy tonight, let the plays develop ... especially now since he hasn't been out there and hasn't had a training camp. I'd like to see him be just real simple."

• Alex Galchenyuk, who has notched at least one point in all but one of his nine games this season, is averaging nearly a point per game vs. Detroit. In 20 games vs. the Red Wings, Galchenyuk has tallied six goals and 12 assists.
• Brad Richardson, who co-leads the Coyotes with five goals and three short-handed goals, is expected to skate in his 700th NHL game. Richardson has played 190 games for Arizona, his fourth NHL team.
• Arizona will again play minus Alex Goligoski, who is nursing a lower-body injury. Goligoski ranks second among Arizona defensemen with seven points (one goal, six assists) and is a key penalty killer.
ABOUT THE RED WINGS:
•Detroit has won six of its past seven games, including the past three, in which the Red Wings trailed by two goals in each game ... Dylan Larkin is leading the team with seven goals and 17 points ... Gustav Nyquist, who has a team-high 13 assists, will enter the game with a seven-game point streak ... Detroit has allowed 60 goals in 17 games; only three other NHL teams have given up more ... Goalie Jimmy Howard, who has won his past four decisions, is 11-4-3 vs. the Coyotes with a 2.50 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage in 18 appearances ... The Red Wings rank ninth in the NHL in power-play efficiency at 24.0 percent ... Forwards Jacob de la Rose and Thomas Vanek, and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson are not expected to play because of injuries.
'YOTES QUOTES:
• "I think they're one of the hottest teams in the League right now. It's a little bit different lineup than they had a couple years ago, or five or six years ago, but they're a really hardworking group of guys and they're not going to give us anything for free. So, we definitely have to be on top of our game today if we're going to have success." -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
• "It's been an OK trip. We could actually end up leaving here with five (out of eight possible) points if we win this game. We came out flying the last game and played the way we wanted to, so if we just stick to our game plan I think we're going to have success tonight." -- Vinnie Hinostroza
• "They play a tight game and they're pretty difficult to play against. Looking at their lineup, they have a lot of speedy guys out there, but at the same time we can't focus too much on them. We've got to focus on our game and what we've got to do." -- Alex Galchenyuk