Coyotes at Sharks (preseason)
GLENDALE – The Coyotes will play at the San Jose Sharks tonight in their fourth preseason game of the 2011-12 season. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Tonight's game is an important one as General Manager Don Maloney and the coaching staff turn a keen eye to the "bubble players" in the lineup.
"The guys who are on the bubble really need to start ratcheting it up tonight," Maloney said. "We have three or four roster positions that are up for grabs and it could go a lot of different ways... There are several guys in tonight's game who are bucking for those spots, so we'll be watching closely. It's an important time for them."
Here is Phoenix's roster for tonight's game at HP Pavilion:
FORWARDS:
Paul Bissonnette,
Mikkel Boedker,
Kyle Chipchura,
Daymond Langkow,
Brett MacLean,
Andy Miele,
Petteri Nokelainen,
Patrick O'Sullivan,
Marc-Antoine Pouliot,
Taylor Pyatt,
Viktor Tikhonov,
Raffi Torres,
Radim Vrbata.
DEFENSEMEN:
Maxim Goncharov,
Oliver Ekman-Larsson,
Rostislav Klesla,
Nathan Oystrick,
Michal Rozsival,
David Schlemko,
Chris Summers.
GOALIES:
Jason LaBarbera,
Curtis McElhinney.
LaBarbera is expected to play the full 60 minutes in goal.
EDITOR'S NOTE: There are no TV or radio broadcasts of tonight's game. Follow @coyotesgameday on Twitter for in-game updates, and check in with phoenixcoyotes.com after the game for post-game coverage.
