Coyotes at Kings preview

COYOTES (12-30-9) at KINGS (27-19-5)
10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-A, NHL.TV

Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta, who missed his scheduled start against the Dallas Stars on Thursday after being involved in a car accident on his way to Gila River Arena, did not travel with the team. The Coyotes lost to the Stars 4-1 and haven't scored more than two goals in six of their past nine games (2-3-4).
The Kings have been held to two goals or fewer in seven of their past nine games (3-6-0), including a 5-0 loss at the Nashville Predators on Thursday. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper is expected to start; he's 7-1-3 with a 1.90 goals-against average and .939 save percentage this season.

Players to watch

Wedgewood will start consecutive games for the first time since starting seven straight from Nov. 24-Dec. 7 (2-3-2). He made 23 saves in a 3-2 win against the Kings on Nov. 24.
Kings center Anze Kopitar has a point in 10 of his past 12 games, with 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in that span.

They said it

"We went into Dallas (a 3-0 win on Tuesday) and we paid full price to win a hockey game. We went into Nashville (a 5-0 loss on Thursday) expecting a discount, and they weren't giving any discounts. You have to pay a big price to win against anybody." -- Kings coach John Stevens
"He always seems to find a way to get me going a little bit more. He knows how to push the right buttons." -- Coyotes center Derek Stepan on playing in front of his father on Arizona's annual dad's trip

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Zac Rinaldo -- Max Domi -- Christian Fischer
Tobias Rieder -- Christian Dvorak -- Clayton Keller
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Alex Goligoski
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Scott Wedgewood
Adin Hill
Scratched: Freddie Hamilton, Josh Archibald, Kyle Capobianco
Injured: Jason Demers (upper body), Antti Raanta (undisclosed)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson -- Adrian Kempe -- Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford -- Torrey Mitchell -- Trevor Lewis
Andy Andreoff -- Michael Amadio -- Jonny Brodzinski
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Paul LaDue
Kevin Gravel -- Christian Folin
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Marian Gaborik, Nicholas Shore
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body), Jeff Carter (lower body)

Status report

Hill was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Friday and will backup Wedgewood. … Martinez missed the past two days of practice and will not play after being injured against Nashville.

Stat pack

Keller has four assists in his past 10 games after having nine points (three goals, six assists) in his previous eight games. … Doughty has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games.