Anaheim @ Arizona preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 29, 2018 ) Arizona 5, Anaheim 4

The red-hot Arizona Coyotes continue their improbable surge toward a Western Conference playoff berth when they host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. Arizona has won six straight games - its longest winning streak since a similar run in February 2012 - after Saturday's 3-1 victory over Detroit, and is two points out of a playoff spot with Dallas and Minnesota tied for the wild-card positions.

The Coyotes are riding a hot goaltender in Darcy Kuemper, who has won seven straight starts and allowed two or fewer goals six times with one shutout, as they try to make the playoffs for the first time since 2012. "It definitely keeps us motivated, but the playoffs don't start tonight,'' Kuemper told reporters Saturday. "There's still a lot of games left to play. We've just got to keep worrying about our business and we know every point the rest of the way is going to matter." Anaheim is way out of the postseason picture but played the role of spoiler - while helping Arizona - with a 2-1 victory over wild-card contender Colorado on Sunday. "We already had confidence in our system. It was just a matter of time before a game went our way," defenseman Josh Manson told reporters after the Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak.

TV: 9 p.m. ET, Prime Ticket (Anaheim), FS Arizona

ABOUT THE DUCKS (25-32-9): Captain Ryan Getzlaf (team-high 39 points, tied for 118th in the league entering Monday) returned Sunday after missing five games with an upper-body injury and recorded three shots on goal in 21 minutes, 43 seconds of ice time. Jakob Silfverberg, who officially signed a five-year $26.25 million extension Saturday, recorded a goal - his team-leading 17th - and an assist versus Colorado for his first points in five games. John Gibson is 1-1-0 and has stopped 56-of-59 shots in the last two contests since missing nine with a concussion and having his wisdom teeth removed.

ABOUT THE COYOTES (32-28-5): Josh Archibald scored his 10th goal Saturday and has three scores and five of his 18 points in the last six games while giving the club 10 players with 10 or more goals. Vinnie Hinostroza (11 goals) has recorded eight of his 30 points in the last six games - five in his past two - after recording a goal and an assist versus Detroit. Clayton Keller (team-high 41 points) had a goal and two assists in three games before being held off the scoresheet Saturday.

OVERTIME

1. Arizona has killed 19-of-21 penalties in its last eight games and is second in the league at 85.5 percent.

2. Anaheim C Devin Shore was to have an MRI on Monday after taking a knee-to-knee hit from Colorado D Ian Cole on Sunday that drew a match penalty.

3. All three meetings this season have been decided by one goal with Arizona winning the last two encounters after regulation.

PREDICTION: Coyotes 3, Ducks 2