Game Day Preview: Ducks Head to Arizona For First of Back-to-Back

It will be a battle of back-to-back third-overall picks and should be an exciting one to watch.

In the first game of their weekend back-to-back, the Anaheim Ducks take on the Arizona Coyotes in Arizona.

Young defenseman Jamie Drysdale is still out with a lower-body injury and isn't expected to play either game this weekend.

There will be an interesting matchup of centers in this game, with Mason McTavish and Logan Cooley both listed as their respective team's second-line centers.

It will be a battle of back-to-back third-overall picks and should be an exciting one to watch.

Cooley has truly elite skill but will have a difficult time dealing with the far more physical McTavish.

Watching two potential future stars duke it out is always fun and I'm expecting Saturday to be more of the same.

It will also be game two for second-overall pick Leo Carlsson who got off to a good start Thursday night against the Dallas Stars.

Adam Henrique is also expected to return for the Ducks, moving onto the third line with Benoit Olivier-Groulx and Jakub Silfverberg.

I would expect John Gibson in for Saturday's game and Lukas Dostal for Sunday's.

Here are the Ducks projected lines per Derek Lee:

Forwards:

Trevor Zegras - Leo Carlsson - Troy Terry

Frank Vatrano - Mason McTavish - Ryan Strome

Adam Henrique - Benoit Olivier-Groulx - Jakub Silfverberg

Max Jones/Ross Johnston - Sam Carrick - Brett Leason

Defense:

Cam Fowler - Tristan Luneau/Urho Vaakanainen

Jackson LaCombe - Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov - Lyubushkin

Goalies:

John Gibson

Lukas Dostal

Here are the Coyote's projected lines per Dailyfaceoff.com:

Forwards:

Clayton Keller - Barrett Hayton - Nick Schmaltz 

Jason Zucker - Logan Cooley - Matias Maccelli

Lawson Crouse - Nick Bjugstad - Michael Carcone

Alexander Kerfoot - Jack McBain - Liam O'Brien

Defense:

J.J. Moser - Sean Durzi 

Travis Dermott - Mathew Dumba

Juuso Valimaki - Troy Stecher 

Goalies:

Connor Ingram

Karel Vejmelka