Sharks at Coyotes

SHARKS (13-14-4) at COYOTES (14-14-5)

Sharks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Patrick Marleau -- Tomas Hertl -- Timo Meier
Rudolfs Balcers -- Dylan Gambrell -- Marcus Sorensen
John Leonard -- Ryan Donato --
Antti Suomela
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Nikolai Knyzhov -- Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek -- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Martin Jones
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Frederik Claesson , Kurtis Gabriel
Injured: Matt Nieto (lower body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Johan Larsson -- Phil Kessel
Dryden Hunt -- Christian Dvorak -- Conor Garland
Lawson Crouse -- Derick Brassard -- Christian Fischer
Drake Caggiula -- Nick Schmaltz -- John Hayden
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jason Demers -- Jordan Oesterle
Adin Hill
Ivan Prosvetov
Scratched: Lane Pederson , Jordan Gross
Injured: Darcy Kuemper (lower body), Antti Raanta (lower body), Tyler Pitlick (lower body), Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body)
Status report
Couture, who took a hard hit from Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter late in the third period of the Sharks' 4-2 win Wednesday, took part in the morning skate and is expected to play. … Nieto, a forward, will miss his fourth straight game, but could return Saturday against the Coyotes. ... Kuemper and Raanta, the Coyotes' top two goalies, are week to week, as is Pitlick, a forward. ... Pederson, a forward, would make his NHL debut if he plays, though it's more likely he could play Saturday, coach Rick Tocchet said.