Preview: Coyotes vs. Red Wings

GAME 65:
Coyotes (31-28-5) vs. Red Wings (23-32-9)
Arizona will try to stretch its winning streak to a season-high six games when it skates vs. Detroit on Saturday night in Glendale.

WHERE:Gila River Arena | WHEN: 6 p.m. (AZ time) | TV:FOX Sports Arizona Plus | RADIO:ESPN 620 AM

ABOUT THE 'YOTES:
• Arizona will enter the game with 67 points, one behind Minnesota for the second wildcard spot in the Western Conference standings, with 18 games to play.
• The Coyotes have won five games in a row twice this season. The last time the team strung six wins together was in February of the 2011-12 season.
• Darcy Kuemper is expected to start in goal looking to extend his winning streak to seven games. He stopped 182 of 192 shots in consecutive victories over Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Florida and Vancouver (a .948 save percentage).
• Arizona will play minus Derek Stepan, who suffered a lower-body injury in Thursday's game vs. Vancouver. Stepan, an alternate captain, ranks third on the team with 13 goals, fourth with 32 points and is a key defender/penalty killer. Look for Christian Dvorak to replace him on a line with wingers Lawson Crouse and Josh Archibald.
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• Crouse, who leads the team and ranks sixth in the NHL with 216 hits, is riding a career-high four-game point streak.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who also will enter the game with a four-game point streak, is expected to play in his 640th game and move into a tie for sixth place with former captain Keith Tkachuk for most games played in franchise history.

• Alex Galchenyuk, who is averaging a point per game over his past 10 games (six goals, four assists), has notched more points vs. Detroit (18) than he has against any other NHL team, except Buffalo (also 18).
•The Coyotes on Friday recalled forward Hudson Fasching from the Tucson Roadrunners, their top affiliate in the American Hockey League. Fasching, who has 22 games on his NHL resume, all with Buffalo, notched 12 goals and 13 assists in 48 games with Tucson this season. He'll wear sweater No. 24.
• Arizona will be looking to avenge a 6-1 loss to Detroit on Nov. 13 at Little Caesars Arena. Thirteen Red Wings notched at least one point in that game.
ABOUT THE RED WINGS:
• Detroit has lost six games in a row (0-4-2) and sits in second-to-last place in the Eastern Conference standings with 55 points ... The Red Wings haven't played since Tuesday when they lost to Montreal, 8-1, on home ice ... Detroit is struggling on special teams; it ranks 25th in the League in both power-play percentage (16.1) and penalty-killing percentage (77.5) ... Dylan Larkin leads the team in ice time per game (21:54), goals (26), assists (35) and points (61). He also ranks first with 243 shots on goal, seventh most in the NHL ... Anthony Mantha has notched seven points (two goals, five assists) during a four-game point streak ... Jimmy Howard is 12-4-3 with a 2.43 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage vs. the Coyotes in 19 career games.
'YOTES QUOTES:
• "They've got high-end talent. They're fast. They're at a point where people want to impress people. We were like that last year (at this time). So, it's a dangerous game. I don't care who we play, we can't take anybody for granted." -- Rick Tocchet
• "Every game is so important right now for us. Hopefully we can just keep playing the way that we are. I mean, we know why we're being successful, and that's hard work and sticking to the system that we're playing. That's what we're going to have to do (vs. Detroit)." -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
• "Things haven't been going great for Detroit, but we know that they're still a tough team and they play with speed, so we've got to be ready to go. We owe them from a game earlier this year in their building. We learned a lot from that game and are better because of it." -- Darcy Kuemper