Preview: Coyotes vs. Hurricanes

GAME 12:
Coyotes (6-5-0) vs. Hurricanes (6-5-1)
Arizona will attempt to extend its winning streak to five games, a first since 2013-14, when it hosts Carolina in Glendale on Friday night.

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

ABOUT THE 'YOTES:
• The Coyotes have won four consecutive games and have outscored opponents, 20-4, during that streak.
• Five members of the Coyotes will enter the game vs. Carolina riding a three-game point streak. They are: Alex Galchenyuk (one goal, three assists), Clayton Keller (two goals, one assist), Michael Grabner (two goals, two assists), Brad Richardson (two goals, two assists), and Alex Goligoski (one goal, three assists).
• Antti Raanta will start in goal and play in his 150th NHL game. Raanta, who has stopped 199 of 215 shots this season, is leading the NHL in goals-against average (1.99) among goalies who have played at least eight games.

• Keller is leading the Coyotes with five goals and eight points. His career point total of 28-47-75 ranks as the second-highest in Coyotes history by a player before his 21st birthday behind Peter Mueller (35-55-90).
• After missing the first seven games because of a lower-body injury, Galchenyuk is averaging a point per game in his first four games with the Coyotes. Arizona is 4-0-0 with Galchenyuk in the lineup.

• Arizona ranks second in the NHL in penalty-killing efficiency at 90.6 percent. Opponents have scored just three power-play goals vs. the Coyotes. On the flip side, Arizona has tallied a League-leading six short-handed goals in 11 games. The franchise record for short-handed goals in one season is 15, scored by the 1988-89 Winnipeg Jets. Should the Coyotes score a short-handed goal tonight, they would become just the sixth team in NHL history to score a "shortie" in four consecutive games. The last team to do so was New Jersey from Jan. 6-11, 2012.
• Kevin Connauton, who missed Tuesday's game vs. Ottawa because of illness, did not practice on Thursday and is considered "questionable" for tonight's game.
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ABOUT THE HURRICANES:
• Carolina has lost five of its past seven games (2-5-0) after starting the season 4-0-1 ... The Hurricanes are leading the NHL in shots per game (41.7) and are out-shooting opponents by a league-high margin of 17.2 shots per game ... Sebastian Aho is just the third player in NHL history to record an assist in each of his team's first 12 games, joining Wayne Gretzky (1982-83 with Edmonton) and Ken Linseman (1985-86 with Boston). No player in League history has ever notched an assist in each of his team's first 13 games ... Dougie Hamilton ranks first among NHL defensemen and ninth among NHL skaters in shots on goal this season (52), and he has recorded at least one shot on goal in 177 consecutive games, which is the longest active streak in the NHL ... Jordan Martinook, who played the first 247 games of his NHL career for the Coyotes, has produced three goals and one assist in his first 12 games with Carolina ... Petr Mrazek, who is 3-0-0 with a 2.25 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage against the Coyotes in his career, is expected to start in net.
'YOTES QUOTES:
• "We're doing what the coaches have asked and we're getting the results. We've been working hard and we've pretty much outplayed almost every team we played. We've got to keep up what we've been doing. We're going to the net more and getting rewarded. The bounces are finally going our way." -- Dylan Strome
• "Things are going good and we want to keep this winning streak going. I think it's good we've got Carolina coming in here. They've had a good start to the season, and they play a really fast and really hard game. We'd better be ready to go." -- Alex Goligoski
• "It's about managing the puck and managing the neutral zone. If we're sloppy with the puck and (commit) turnovers, these guys will counteract very fast. If we're going to let them go through the neutral zone and don't have our angles properly done, or we're diving, we're in trouble against this team. I don't think they need a lot of chances. They've got some high-quality players and they're not afraid to put the puck on net. We're going to have to box out with our defense and have our forwards get them on their backs. We've got to make sure we're between them and the net and the puck." -- Rick Tocchet