ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes enter tonight 2-2-1 in their last five games and are coming off a 3-2 victory over WSH
• Arizona is second in the NHL in scoring by rookies (behind Buffalo) with 16 pts. Matias Maccelli (7, T-2nd) and Dylan Guenther (6, T-9th) are both in the top-10 from an individual standpoint
• Arizona is in the midst of 14 consecutive road games, a stretch that’s tied for the longest in NHL history (VAN from 1/30/10 – 3/10/10)
LAST GAME
Coyotes 3, Capitals 2 – November 5, 2022 – Capital One Arena
ARI Goals: Brown (2), Ritchie (5, 6)
WSH Goals: Ovechkin (7), Mantha (4)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 34 svs on 36 shots
WSH Goalie: Kuemper (L) – 23 svs on 26 shots
PP: 0-3 PK: 2-3
Notes: The Coyotes came back from a 2-0 third period deficit to beat WSH 3-2…It was the first third-period deficit the team overcame to win since 4/29/22 vs NSH and the first on the road since 4/27/22 at DAL…Nick Ritchie registered two goals, including the game-winner with 36 seconds remaining in regulation… Ritchie’s GWG is the 8th-latest a Coyote has tallied since 1996-97 and the 2nd-latest since then on the road…Saturday was Ritchie’s 5th career multigoal game…Josh Brown scored in the 3rd period to kick-start the comeback…Shayne Gostisbehere chipped in two assists for his fourth multi-point game of the season…Clayton Keller got back on the scoresheet by assisting on the GWG…Barrett Hayton picked up his first point of the season with an assist…Jack McBain also logged an assist to boost ARI’s team rookie point total
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Zack Kassian…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (3 / 10/30)
Conor Timmins…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (9 / 10/17)
Nick Schmaltz…IR…Upper-Body (10 / 10/13)
Jakob Chychrun…IR…Upper-Body (11 / -)
Total man games lost: 42 games
Andrew Ladd (6), Ben McCartney (3)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-11/5 – Placed F Nick Schmaltz on Injured Reserve
-11/5 – Recalled F Laurent Dauphin from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Thur, Nov 10 5:30pm at NYI UBS Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Sat, Nov 12 5pm at NJD Prudential
Center
Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Sun, Nov 13 5pm at NYR Madison Square
Garden
Bally Sports Arizona TBD
YOTES & SWORDS
- Tonight is the first of two ARI-BUF games this season. The teams will go head-to-head in Tempe on 12/17
- ARI took the Sabres to shootout the last time they played in Buffalo. The Yotes have taken at least a point in 3 of the last 4 meetings in BUF (2-1-1)
- Shayne Gostisbehere scored in the last ARI-BUF matchup (1/29/22) and leads current Coyotes defensemen in career goals and points vs BUF
- Gostisbehere’s 6 career goals vs BUF are tied for the most he’s registered against an NHL club (DAL/TOR)
- Karel Vejmelka holds a 0-1-1 record over the two times he’s faced BUF but has delivered a .941 SV% and a 1.98 GAA over those starts
- Vejmelka’s NHL debut came in Buffalo on 10/16/21 where he made 32 svs in a shootout loss
-Coyotes franchise vs Sabres:
• All-Time: 27-47-7-3
• Home: 16-22-2-1
• Road: 11-25-5-2
• L10: 4-5-1
• STRK: L1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE SABRES
Nick Bjugstad…9-11-20..27 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…6-3-9…18 career GP
Nick Ritchie…5-3-8…17 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-4-6…8 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 9)… Assists (Bjugstad, 11)…Points (Bjugstad, 20)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 6)… Assists (Stecher, 4)…Points (Gostisbehere, 9)
GET RITCHIE OR DIE TRYIN
- Nick Ritchie recorded his fifth career multi-goal game on Saturday, tallies that went down as the game-tying and game-winning goals…It was the second time in his career he scored two such goals of that kind in the same game -The 2-goal performance propelled Ritchie to the top of the Coyotes’ goal scorer leaderboard since his acquisition date of 2/19/22 (Ritchie, 16; Schmaltz, 15; Keller/Crouse; 13)
- In 35 career games with the Coyotes, Ritchie has recorded 22 pts (16-6-22) in 35 games. If he can reach 20 goals within his next 5 appearances, he’d be the fourth player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to record 20+ goals within his first 40 regular-season games with the club (NHL debut or otherwise), following Teemu Selanne (27 GP), Lee Stempniak (39 GP) and Dale Hawerchuk (39 GP)
KELLER INSTINCT
- Clayton Keller enters tonight leading Arizona in assists (8) and points (11) in 2022-23
- On Saturday Keller assisted on the GWG. It ensured he would not go two consecutive games without a point, something he is yet to do in 2022-23
- Keller took off in mid-Nov of 2021 by compiling 57 points (25-32-57) in 51 GP from 11/18 until his last game on 3/30 when he suffered a season-ending leg injury…Since 11/18/21, Keller has registered 28-39-67 in 61 GP…His 1.10 points per game in that span ranks T-6th among RW (Min. 50 GP)
- Now 24 yrs old, Keller enters tonight one goal shy of 100 in his career. Among players to debut with the Coyotes/Jets franchise, six have reached the mark before their 25th birthday: Dale Hawerchuk (20 years, 263 days), Teemu Selanne (23 years, 193 days), Keith Tkachuk (23 years, 213 days), Brian Mullen (23 years, 358 days), Andrew McBain (24 years, 34 days) and Pat Elynuik (24 years, 62 days).
- Below is a complete list of the fewest games played with the franchise (NHL debut or otherwise) to reach 100 goals with the club
NAME DATE OF 100TH
GOAL AGE AT 100TH GOAL GP G A P
Teemu Selanne 1/12/1994 23-193 130 100 85 185
Dale Hawerchuk 12/23/1983 20-263 194 100 131 231
Paul MacLean 2/27/1984 25-355 216 101 90 191
Alexei Zhamnov 2/1/1996 25-123 218 100 155 255
Morris Lukowich 3/7/1982 25-279 223 101 116 217
Keith Tkachuk 10/27/1995 23-213 239 101 106 207
Pat Elynuik 12/31/1991 24-062 258 100 111 211
Laurie Boschman 1/4/1987 26-214 269 100 149 249
Jeremy Roenick 1/28/2000 30-011 274 100 153 253
Brian Mullen 3/9/1986 23-358 292 100 134 234
Radim Vrbata 2/21/2012 30-253 297 100 99 199
Thomas Steen 1/14/1986 25-220 348 100 188 288
Doug Smail 12/17/1985 28-106 354 100 115 215
Andrew McBain 3/24/1989 24-034 403 100 126 226
Italics represent players who did not make NHL debut with Coyotes/Jets franchise
-Note: Keller enters tonight with 371 career games (all with Coyotes)
POWER PLAY PROWESS
-Thru 11 games, the Coyotes power play has operated at 29.0% (11-for-38), which enters tonight 5th in the NHL
PP rankings (NHL)
- COL (38.2%)
- EDM (31.3%)
- VAN (30.2%)
- DAL (29.3%)
- ARI (29.0%)
Coyotes players ranking near the top of League power-play statistics
- Nick Ritchie – 4 PPG are T-9th among all skaters
- Matias Maccelli – Ranks among NHL rookies in power-play points (5, T-1st) and power-play assists (5, T-1st)
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 5 PPP are T-5th in the League among defensemen
- JJ Moser – 4 power-play assists rank T-7th among NHL d-men
- Dylan Guenther – 2 PPG are tied-most among NHL rookies (Shane Pinto)
- Dylan Guenther – 4 PPP are the third-most among NHL rookies
TOP GUEN
- Coyotes rookie Dylan Guenther (1st rd, 9th overall in 2021) enters tonight with 2-4-6 in 10 GP, including 3 assists over his last four games
- The 6 pts rank T-9th among NHL rookies and his 4 assists share the sixth-most in that criteria
- In Coyotes/Jets franchise history, Guenther is the sixth player to tally his first 2 career NHL goals on the man-advantage, joining Bill Thomas (2005-07 seasons), Boris Mironov (1993-94), Keith Tkachuk (1991-92), Luciano Borsato (1991-92) and Craig Norwich (1979-80)
- Among the aforementioned players, Craig Norwich (first 6 goals), Bill Thomas (first 4 goals), Boris Mironov (first 4 goals) and Luciano Borsato (first 3 goals) have scored a higher amount of their first career goals on the power play
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Coyotes are in a stretch of 14 consecutive road games for the purposes of the Mullett Arena annex construction being completed (on schedule). This stretch from 11/5 – 12/7 is tied for the longest a team has had in NHL history
Rank Team Consecutive Road Games Dates Record
T1 Vancouver 14 straight road games 1/30/10 – 3/10/10 8-5-1
T1 Arizona 14 straight road games 11/5/22 – 12/7/22 TBD
3 NY Islanders 13 straight road games 10/14/21 – 11/16/21 5-6-2
4 San Jose 12 straight road games 1/14/21 – 2/11/21 5-6-1
T5 Philadelphia 11 straight road games 12/23/05 – 1/12/06 8-2-1
T5 Calgary 11 straight road games 2/3/88 – 2/28/88 5-5-1
Note: The Coyotes’ stretch includes 4 different road trips (11/5 – 11/13; 11/17; 11/21–11/27; 12/1–12/7)
2022-23 REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS
Blocked shots: Brown (29)
Hits: O’Brien (39)
Takeaways: Keller (10)
Shots: Gostisbehere (29)
TOI/G: Moser (23:18)
YOTES COACH’S CHALLENGE
2022-23: 0-for-0, -%
Interference Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-%)
Offsides Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-)
Miscellaneous Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-%)
Last Team Challenge: (W) March 27, 2022 – Original Call Overturned; ARI requested a Coach’s Challenge for a missed stoppage of play. The Situation Room determined that the puck hit the protective netting behind ARI’s net prior to WPG’s Adam Lowry’s goal and, therefore, was out of play
Last Situation Room-Initiated Challenge: (Overturned) Oct. 17, 2022 – Original Call Overturned; The situation room called to review if Morgan Rielly batted the puck with his hand inside the attacking zone before Mitch Marner subsequently gained possession and control. It was deemed that Marner was the first player to gain possession and control of the puck after Rielly batted it with his hand and, therefore, no goal
2022-23 OVERTIME RESULTS: (0-1-0)
Last overtime win: 4/27/22 at DAL (W, 4-3, GWG – T. Boyd)
Last overtime loss: 10/28/22 vs WPG (L, 3-2, GWG – B. Wheeler)
Last overtime that led to shootout: 2/1/22 at COL
2022-23 SHOOTOUT RESULTS: (0-0)
Last shootout win: 2/1/22 at COL (W, 3-2, SDG – A. Galchenyuk)
Last shootout loss: 1/14/22 at COL (L, 4-3, SDG – N. Kadri)
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 3-4-0
2-Days Rest: 1-1-1
3+ Days Rest: 0-1-0
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 0-0-0
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 0-0-0
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 0-0-0
When completing a back-to-back where opponent is not: 0-0-0
When ARI is not completing a back-to-back but opponent is: 0-1-1
BUFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Saturday, Nov. 5
Buffalo 3 at Tampa Bay 5
Goals: Girgensons, Mittelstadt, Skinner
Goalie: Comrie (25 saves/29 shots; 1 ENG)
PP: 1/3; PK: 1/2; Shots: Tampa Bay 30 – Buffalo 24
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 23)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Henri Jokiharju (Upper body, Oct. 22; IR) – 7 games
Mattias Samuelsson (Lower body, Oct. 25; IR) – 6 games
Rasmus Dahlin (Upper body, Nov. 5) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Nov. 10: Vegas at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15: Vancouver at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19: Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
COYOTES at SABRES
• This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Coyotes this season.
• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Arizona 3-1 in Arizona on Jan. 29, 2022.
• Next meeting: Saturday, Dec. 17 in Arizona
• The Sabres are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games against the Coyotes; 6-2-2 at home.
• This is the 85th game all-time between Buffalo and Arizona; Buffalo has a 50-24-10 series record.
• The Sabres are 27-8-8 at home against the Coyotes all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• A win tonight would give the Sabres a win in each of their last three games against Arizona for the first time since March 30, 2015 to Jan. 18, 2016.
• The Sabres have won three straight games on home ice and are looking for four straight in the same season for the first time since Feb. 11 to 23, 2020.
• Buffalo has recorded a power-play goal in each of its last six games.
• A goal tonight with give the Sabres a power-play goal in seven consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 14, 2008 to Jan. 6, 2009.
• Five Sabres skaters have recorded at least one point per home game played this season (Tage Thompson, 1.83; Rasmus Dahlin, 1.33, Jeff Skinner, 1.33; Kyle Okposo, 1.00; Victor Olofsson, 1.00).
• Thompson is T-5th in home points among all NHL skaters (11).
• Olofsson and Thompson are both T-3rd in home goals scored among all NHL skaters (6).
• Jeff Skinner has recorded 11 points (6+5) in his last eleven games against the Coyotes, including nine (6+3) in his last seven.
• Skinner owns 11 points (3+8) in his last 10 games.
• Kyle Okposo has recorded six points (1+5) in his last five games.
• Owen Power has recorded five assists in his last four games.
• Victor Olofsson has recorded eight points (7+1) in his last eight games.
• On Jan. 29, 2022, in their only game against the Coyotes as members of the Sabres, Alex Tuch (1+1) and Peyton Krebs (1+1) both recorded two points.
• Tage Thompson has tallied 12 points (6+6) in his last five games.
• Kale Clague has recorded three points (0+3) in three career games against the Coyotes.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
• Owen Power skated a career-high 28:14 and recorded two assists in Buffalo’s last game at Tampa Bay on Nov. 5.
• Entering play on Monday, Power led all rookie defensemen in time on ice per game (23:09), with the next closest rookie at 20:56 (Kaiden Guhle).
• Through Buffalo’s first 12 games, Power has recorded multiple points on three separate occasions (Oct. 20, 0+2; Nov. 2, 0+2; Nov. 5, 0+2), more than any other rookie defenseman entering play on Monday.
• Entering play on Monday, Power was tied for the most points among rookie defensemen in the NHL (7), tied for the league lead among rookie defensemen in even-strength points (5) and ranked third among rookie defensemen in plus/minus (+4).
SHOOTERS SHOOT
• Entering play on Monday, Victor Olofsson (25.71) and Alex Tuch (25.00) ranked 16th and T-18th, respectively, in shooting percentage among players who have played five or more games this season.
• Entering play on Monday, Olofsson was tied for fourth in goals (6), tied for first in multi-goal games (4) and tied for second in even-strength goals (7) among NHL skaters.
• Entering play on Monday, Olofsson was one of 25 NHL skaters who had recorded at least one overtime goal this season.
• Four Buffalo skaters have tallied 35 or more shots through the team’s first 12 games (Tage Thompson, 47; Rasmus Dahlin, 44; Olofsson, 35; Jeff Skinner, 35).
• Entering play on Monday, four of the 28 NHL skaters who have tallied seven or more goals were Buffalo skaters (Olofsson, 9; Dahlin, 7; Thompson, 7; Tuch , 7).
• Entering play on Monday, Tuch was tied for first place among NHL skaters in game-winning goals (3).
THE FRONT LINE
• After being placed on the same line during Buffalo’s game on Nov. 5, the trio of Dylan Cozens, Jeff Skinner and Alex Tuch created five scoring chances and Skinner notched a goal at 4:25 of the third period, according to Natural Stat Trick.
• The trio created five scoring chances for Buffalo in 4:45 of ice time together at Tampa Bay on Nov. 5.
• Cozens, Skinner and Tuch have recorded a combined 14 points (4+10) in Buffalo’s last five games.
• Cozens and Tuch have not gone consecutive games without recording a point this season.
• Skinner has not gone consecutive games without recording a point in Buffalo’s last 10 games.
SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres’ league rankings before 11/7 games)
• Buffalo Sabres: 7 W (T-6th), 49 GF (2nd), 4.08 GF/GP (2nd)
• Rasmus Dahlin: +10 (T-5th), 4 PPG (T-8th), 25:54 TOI/GP (5th)
• Vinnie Hinostroza: 1 SHP (T-9th)
• Casey Mittelstadt: 1 SHG (T-4th), 1 SHP (T-9th)
• Victor Olofsson: 9 G (T-4th), 7 EVG (T-2nd), 1 OTG (T-2nd)
• Owen Power: 1 SHP (T-9th)
• Alex Tuch: 6 EVG (T-6th), 3 GWG (T-1st)
SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS
Hits: Lyubushkin (22), Dahlin (18), Okposo (14)
Blocked Shots: Dahlin (25), Bryson (19), Power (14)
Shots: Thompson (47), Dahlin (44), Olofsson/Skinner (35)
SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK]
1-10: 7-3-0 (14), 43/28, 9/38, 25/32
11-20: 0-2-0 (0), 6/10, 2-8, 4/6
OVERTIME RESULTS (1-0; 131-146 all-time)
Oct. 29 vs. CHI: W, 4-3 (GWG-Olofsson)
SHOOTOUT RESULTS (0-0; 84-77 all-time)
N/A
