Sharks at Coyotes preview

SHARKS (14-11-5) at COYOTES (13-12-2)
8 p.m. ET; FS-A, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

Thornton, who has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past four games for the Sharks, is tied with Steve Yzerman for 18th place.
Thornton also is two assists from tying Marcel Dionne (1,040) for 10th place on the NHL all-time list.
San Jose is 2-1-0 in its past three games following a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).
Rookie goalie Adin Hill will make his fifth consecutive start for the Coyotes; he's 4-1-0 with a 1.16 goals-against average and .956 save percentage in his past five games (four starts).
Arizona will try to win for the fifth time in six games after a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).

Players to watch

Sharks forward Joe Pavelski has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his six games.
Coyotes center Nick Schmaltz has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"We're getting too relaxed. One-goal leads, two-goal leads. Teams are coming back on us because we're not finishing, finishing them off. I think we need to start playing for each other a little bit more. I think we're a little too relaxed. We need to ramp up the intensity." -- Sharks forward Evander Kane
"Obviously they've got [defenseman Erik] Karlsson and [defenseman Brent] Burns on the back end who can skate and make plays. … We've got to be ready for a high-speed game and making sure we're ready from the start." -- Coyotes center Nick Schmaltz

Sharks projected lineup

Tomas Hertl -- Logan Couture -- Joe Pavelski
Timo Meier -- Joe Thornton -- Marcus Sorensen
Evander Kane -- Antti Suomela -- Joonas Donskoi
Melker Karlsson -- Barclay Goodrow -- Kevin Labanc
Radim Simek -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Aaron Dell
Martin Jones
Scratched: Tim Heed, Lukas Radil, Joakim Ryan
Injured:None

Coyotes projected lineup

Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Schmaltz -- Clayton Keller
Conor Garland -- Derek Stepan -- Christian Fischer
Richard Panik -- Brad Richardson -- Josh Archibald
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Cousins -- Mario Kempe
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Kevin Connauton
Jakob Chychrun -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Alex Goligoski -- Jordan Oesterle
Adin Hill
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Ilya Lyubushkin, Michael Bunting
Injured: Michael Grabner (eye), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Antti Raanta (lower body), Darcy Kuemper (lower body), Jason Demers (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body)

Status report

Hinostroza is week to week after being injured in a 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals on Thursday. … Garland is expected to make his NHL debut.

Stat pack

Couture has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games. … Keller has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games. The Coyotes have scored two goals or fewer in eight of their past 11 games.