Game Day: Stars at Coyotes

Stars (40-30-11) at Coyotes (36-30-15)

Puck drop: 6 p.m.

TV/Radio: FSAZ and NBCSN/ KTAR-AM (620) and KPKX-FM (98.7)..

Possible Coyotes lines:

Boedker-Vermette-Doan

Erat-Chipchura-Vrbata

Korpikoski-Ribeiro-Moss

Bissonnette-Halpern-McMillan

Ekman-Larsson-Murphy

Yandle-Stone

Gormley-Summers

Greiss

Potential scratches: Klinkhammer, Hanzal, Morris, Schlemko, Michalek and Smith.

Injury update: Center Martin Hanzal (lower-body), defenseman David Schlemko (lower-body) and goalie Mike Smith (lower-body) are out.

Possible Stars lines:

Horcoff-Seguin-Nichushkin

Roussel-Eakin-Garbutt

Cole-Fiddler-Chiasson

Mueller-Jeffrey-Sceviour

Jordie Benn-Goligoski

Rome-Gonchar

Nemeth-Connauton

Thomas

Potential scratches: Dillon, Daley, Whitney and Jamie Benn.

Injury update: Defenseman Brenden Dillon (lower body) left the game Friday night and should be out. Forwards Ray Whitney (lower body) hasn't played since April 3, and Rich Peverley (heart) has been out since March 10.

On tonight's season finale:

"It's going to be the last game, and you want to finish with a win," center Mike Ribeiro said. "Guys will come to win, and hopefully we can pull one out."

"You get a privilege to play in an NHL game," captain Shane Doan said. "They run through quickly, and they're over quicker than you wan them to be and when you get a chance to play in one, you better make it count. You don't 'want to feel like you wasted one."

On playing the Dallas Stars, who eliminated the Coyotes, who have lost seven straight"

"We want to beat everybody and just end this stupid streak," Doan said.

-Tonight is winger Lauri Korpikoski's 400th career game.

-The Coyotes are 10-2-4 in season finales all-time and 2-1-1 in season finales under coach Dave Tippett.

-Goalie Thomas Greiss is 1-0- with a 3.21 goals-against average and an .860 save percentage in three career games against the Stars.

-This will be Doan's 100th career game against the Stars.

-Stars goalie Tim Thomas is 2-2 with a 1.76 goals-against average, a .942 save percentage and one shutout in four career appearances against the Coyotes.

-The Stars are playoff bound for the first time since 2008.

-Twelve players on the Stars will be making their playoffs debut.

-They're 2-0 against the Coyotes this season.