Preview: Coyotes vs. Flames

GAME 22:
Coyotes (9-10-2) vs. Flames (13-9-1)
Arizona will attempt to win the finale of a five-game homestand when it hosts Calgary in a rare matinee home game on Sunday.

WHERE: Gila River Arena | WHEN: 1 p.m. (AZ time) | TV:FOX Sports Arizona | RADIO:KTAR News 92.3 FM

ABOUT THE 'YOTES:
• The Coyotes are looking to emerge from a goal-scoring funk, in which they've tallied just seven goals in the past five games.
"As coaches, you've got to be careful when you're not scoring because you magnify everything," Head Coach Rick Tocchet said Saturday. "You want to loosen guys up, but at the same time there's got to be urgency by some players. We don't have the type of team that can only have 13, 14 people going."
• Antti Raanta will start in goal after stopping 34 of 39 shots in a 5-1 loss to Colorado on Friday night. Raanta has earned more victories (five) vs. Calgary than any other NHL team in his six-year NHL career. In his final two starts vs. Calgary last season, Raanta stopped 84 of 87 shots and notched two wins. Overall, he owns a 5-1-1 record with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage in eight career appearances vs. the Flames.
• The Coyotes recalled goalie Adin Hill from the American Hockey League on Saturday because backup goalie Darcy Kuemper is nursing a minor lower-body injury. Kuemper, who practiced on Saturday, recently started eight games in a row. He is considered day-to-day. Hill will serve as Raanta's backup vs. the Flames.

• Arizona allowed a rare power-play goal vs. Colorado on Friday, but still leads the NHL in penalty-killing success at 91.0 percent. Opponents have tallied just six power-play goals vs. the Coyotes over 21 games. Every other team in the League has allowed at least 11 power-play goals this season, except San Jose (eight).
• Derek Stepan and Brad Richardson are co-leading the Coyotes with six goals apiece. Oliver Ekman-Larsson has dished a team-high 10 assists.
• Dylan Strome has won 58.2 percent of his face-offs this season. That mark leads the Coyotes and ranked fifth in the NHL heading into Saturday's games. Strome also leads Arizona with three power-play goals.
• Nick Cousins is expected to skate in his 200th NHL game on Sunday. If he does, Cousins will become just the 11th player selected in the third round or later of the 2011 NHL Draft to skate in 200 games. Philadelphia drafted Cousins 68th overall.
• Per a request from the Flames, the Coyotes will wear their road white uniforms for this game.
ABOUT THE FLAMES:
• Calgary has won three of its past four games and rank second in the Pacific Division with 27 points, one point behind first-place San Jose ... The Flames rank fourth in the NHL in shots per game (33.6) and ninth in goals scored (75) ... Matthew Tkachuk, son of former Coyotes captain Keith Tkachuk, leads Calgary with 27 points and co-leads with 12 goals ... Former Coyotes goalie Mike Smith practiced in the starter's net on Saturday, but the Flames did not announce whether Smith or David Rittich would start vs. Arizona. Smith recently lost his starting job to Rittich and hasn't played since Nov. 15 ... Rookie Juuso Valimaki is nursing a minor lower-body injury and did not practice on Saturday.

'YOTES QUOTES:
• "They have some high-skilled guys. They play hard, and they play an offensive game. We're aware of that. For us, it's getting back to our game and being real stingy defensively, and getting to their net and throwing a ton of pucks on them. That's kind of what we're concentrating on." -- Alex Goligoski
• "We can't give teams freebies and I think we've been doing that. We're all guilty of it and we all know it. We need to get back to using our speed and putting the pucks in behind their 'D' and working them, getting the other team tired and taking advantage of their mistakes." -- Jakob Chychrun
• "I don't mind (day games). I think it's actually good. Each player prepares differently. As a coach, the day before you try to give a good intense practice but nothing too taxing ... You just adjust to it. It's just 60 minutes of hockey whether you play at 8 o'clock or 1 o'clock. It's a mental thing. It's on the player to be ready." -- Rick Tocchet