COYOTES (1-3-0) at RANGERS (3-2-0)
7 p.m. ET; MSG, FS-A, NHLN, NHL.TV
Coyotes team scope
The Arizona Coyotes are 0-3-0 halfway through a season-high six-game road trip and coming off a 3-2 loss against the New York Islanders at Barclays Center on Friday. Goalie Louis Domingue will start for the third straight game despite allowing seven goals on 50 shots in his past two starts and 10 goals on 61 shots since replacing injured goalie Mike Smith in the third period of a 7-4 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. "Talking with Jon Elkin, our goaltender coach, he feels like he's making some strides, pushing forward, so hopefully build on some of that momentum," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said of Domingue. Tippett said Domingue's struggles mirror the struggles of the entire team, which has been outscored 15-8 since a season-opening 4-3 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers. "We'll go in stretches where we actually are pretty solid, do some things well, and then we have a couple of hiccups where the consistency and ability to do the right things time after time after time again is not what it should be," Tippett said. "We'll continue to work away at that."
Rangers team scope
Goalie Antti Raanta is expected to start for the New York Rangers and defenseman Dan Girardi will likely his return to the lineup after he injured his groin in the season opener against the New York Islanders on Oct. 13. Girardi has missed the past four games, but coach Alain Vigneault said Saturday that if he responded well to his latest treatment he could be in the lineup against the Coyotes. A good sign came Sunday, when the Rangers' had only their extra skaters and Raanta participate in a morning skate at Madison Square Garden. Girardi was not among them, but Adam Clendening was, which means Girardi will likely take his spot in the lineup. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves in a 4-2 win against the Washington Capitals at Verizon Center on Saturday. Raanta made 27 saves on 31 shots in a 7-4 win against the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 17.
Coyotes projected lineup
Tobias Rieder -- Martin Hanzal -- Radim Vrbata
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Anthony Duclair
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Shane Doan
Lawson Crouse -- Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan White
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Connor Murphy
Alex Goligoski -- Michael Stone
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Dylan Strome, Kevin Connauton, Jamie McBain
Injured: Mike Smith (lower body), Jamie McGinn (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey -- Derek Stepan -- Rick Nash
Michael Grabner -- Kevin Hayes -- J.T. Miller
Brandon Pirri -- Josh Jooris -- Jesper Fast
Brady Skjei -- Dan Girardi
Antti Raanta
Henrik Lundqvist
Scratched: Adam Clendening, Dylan McIlrath
Injured: Pavel Buchnevich (back spasms), Oscar Lindberg (hip)
Status report
The Rangers will conclude their first of 16 sets of back-to-back games this season. They were 9-5-3 in the second game of a back-to-back set last season. … The Rangers are generating 32.4 shots per game and allowing 24.6. They are first in shots against and sixth in shots on goal per game. Meanwhile, the Coyotes are allowing 36.5 shots on goal per game, the most in the NHL. … Buchnevich is expected to miss his third straight game.
Who's hot
Vesey had two goals and Nash had a goal and an assist in New York's win at Washington on Saturday. Vesey has three goals in his past three games and Nash has three points, including two goals, in his past three games. … Chychrun (1-2-3) is the first rookie in franchise history to get a point in his first three career NHL games. Richardson carries a four-game point scoring streak into the game (2-2-4).
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