Sharks at Coyotes preview

SHARKS (23-13-6) at COYOTES (10-28-7)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A PLUS, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

The Sharks, 6-2-2 in their past 10 games, will play their third game in four days, including a 6-5 overtime win against the Coyotes at SAP Center on Saturday. San Jose has earned a point in 13 of its past 16 games (9-3-4).
The Coyotes, 3-10-3 in their past 16 games, will try to avoid their fourth consecutive loss. Arizona has scored two goals or fewer in 11 of those 16.

Players to watch

Sharks center Joe Thornton has 86 points (23 goals, 63 assists) in 83 games against the Coyotes, and needs three points to tie Bryan Trottier (1,425) for 16th place on the NHL's all-time list.
Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta is 2-1-0 with five goals allowed and a .942 save percentage in five games against San Jose.

They said it

"We have to be a four-line team. … We've got some very high-end players and some really good players, but we're going to win games with our depth." -- Sharks coach Peter DeBoer
"Seven or eight guys had really good games. The problem was, six guys had terrible games. We need to find that consistency." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on a 6-5 overtime loss against San Jose on Saturday

Sharks projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Joe Thornton -- Joe Pavelski
Tomas Hertl -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Mikkel Boedker -- Chris Tierney -- Joonas Donskoi
Marcus Sorensen
-- Barclay Goodrow -- Melker Karlsson
Brenden Dillon -- Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Joakim Ryan -- Tim Heed
Aaron Dell
Martin Jones
Scratched: Jannik Hansen, Joel Ward
Injured: None

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Tobias Rieder -- Max Domi -- Christian Fischer
Clayton Keller -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Archibald
Zac Rinaldo -- Brad Richardson -- Jordan Martinook
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Alex Goligoski -- Luke Schenn
Antti Raanta
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Freddie Hamilton, Nick Cousins, Kevin Connauton
Injured: None

Status report

Martin cleared waivers Tuesday and will report to the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Burns has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past six games and 21 points (six goals, 15 assists) in his past 16 games. … Pavelski has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games and 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past 12 games. … Keller has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past 12 games. … Stepan has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past eight games.