Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Phoenix Coyotes (11-3-2, 24 points) and Anaheim Ducks (12-3-1, 25 points) faceoff for the second of five meetings this season live from the Honda Center in Anaheim. The game can be live streamed here. Phoenix fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action by turning their dials to 92.3 KTAR FM while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA-AM 830.
Phoenix enters play in third place in the Pacific Division, just one point behind their opponents tonight while they rank fourth in the Western Conference while Anaheim is on top of the division and the entire conference. The Ducks defeated the Coyotes 3-2 in a shootout at the Honda Center on Oct. 18.
The Ducks enter as one of the hottest teams in the NHL after going 5-2-1 on an eight-game road trip and the team will have Teemu Selanne (3-4-7) back in the lineup for the first time since he took a stick to the mouth on Oct. 29 against the Philadelphia Flyers.
"I was lucky," Selanne told the Ducks' website Tuesday. "All of the four teeth I lost were fake ones. I already have all new ones. I was very lucky. My mouth guard really saved me in this case. I'm feeling good now."
Anaheim is coming off of a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday that closed out their successful road trip on a high note Monday.
The Coyotes defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 at home in a shootout Tuesday to bring their current winning streak to five games.
Goaltender Mike Smith stopped 31 saves through regulation and the extra frame and turned away five of six shooters in the shootout to earn Phoenix the victory.
"It was kind of a chess match and the chances weren't the highest," said Smith per NHL.com. "I think we learned a lot from the last game and we got another big two points."
Smith is 8-0-2 in his last 10 starts and has stopped 120 of 125 shots in his last three games. Smith is 9-2-2 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage thus far this season. Jonas Hiller got the day off Monday in New York, so he'll likely backstop the Ducks tonight. Hiller is 6-2-1 on the season with a 2.52 GAA and a .907 save percentage.
Hiller will look to stop a Phoenix offense led by Radim Vrbata, who paces the team with 13 points off of six goals and seven assists while Martin Hanzal (five goals, seven assists) and Keith Yandle (one tally, 11 helpers) each have 12 points and captain Shane Doan (5-4-9) has three goals and two assists over the last five games.
Anaheim counters with an offense boasted by Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Perry has four goals and an assist in his last five games for a total of nine goals and seven assists for 16 points while Getzlaf also has 16 points off of six tallies and a team-high 10 helpers. Mathieu Perreault has lit the lamp five times and added eight assists for 13 points for the Ducks.
The Coyotes look to extend their winning streak to six games while the Ducks return home after a very successful road trip and look to mirror their road success when the puck drops at Honda Center tonight in Anaheim.
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