ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona begins its third phase of the 14-game road stretch, a four-game trip that kicks off in Nashville
• Clayton Keller enters tonight with a trio of notable streaks: goal streak (3 games), point streak (6 games) and road point streak (11 games)
• Tonight is the first time the Coyotes and Predators have met since the Yotes’ 4-goal comeback on 4/29/22
LAST GAME
Golden Knights 4, Coyotes 1 – November 17, 2022 – T-Mobile Arena
ARI Goals: Keller (7)
VGK Goals: Pietrangelo (2), Carrier (4), Stone (5), Smith (9)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 35 svs on 39 shots
VGK Goalie: Thompson (W) – 25 svs on 26 shots
PP: 0-4 PK: 4-5
Notes: Thursday marked the first time this season that Arizona has lost 3 consecutive games… Clayton Keller scored for the third consecutive game and extended his point streak to 6 games (4-4-8 in that span)… Keller’s 6-game point streak is the longest by a Coyote this season while his 3-game goal streak is tied for the longest (Crouse, 10/30 – 11/3)…Keller also extended his road point streak to 11 games…JJ Moser picked up the lone assist on the tally and is one point shy of the team lead among defensemen…Liam O’Brien recorded his third fighting major of the
season
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Zack Kassian…Week-to-Week…Lower-Body (8 / 10/30)
Nick Schmaltz…IR (Week-to-Week)…Upper-Body (15 / 10/13)
Jakob Chychrun…IR (Week-to-Week)…Upper-Body (16 / -)
Total man games lost: 57 games
Connor Timmins (9), Andrew Ladd (6), Ben McCartney (3)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-11/14 – Assigned F Laurent Dauphin to Tucson (AHL)
-11/8 – Assigned D Conor Timmins to Tucson (AHL) for conditioning purposes
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Wed, Nov 23 5pm at CAR PNC Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Fri, Nov 25 6pm at DET Little Caesars Arena
Bally Sports Arizona
Extra ESPN 620
Sun, Nov 27 12pm at MIN Xcel Energy
Center
Bally Sports Arizona
Extra
KTAR 92.3
YOTES & PREDS
-Tonight is the first of four ARI-NSH matchups this season. They’ll play again at Bridgestone Arena (2/13) followed by two contests in Tempe (2/26 and 3/9)
-The last time the Coyotes and Predators played was Game 82 of last season (4/29/22) that saw Arizona erase a four-goal deficit and win 5-4. It was the fourth time in Coyotes/Jets franchise history that the team won a game that it once trailed by four goals in
-Shayne Gostisbehere tallied 2 goals in the last meeting. He also registered an assist the last time the Coyotes were in Nashville (11/13/21)
-Nick Bjugstad, who leads current ARI skaters in career goals vs NSH, will face the Preds for the first time as a Coyote. He scored the last time he saw them on 4/24/22 as a member of the Wild -Facing NSH for the first time since 1/8/22, Clayton Keller has collected 1-3-4 in his last 4 GP vs NSH -Tonight’s game is the first divisional opponent Arizona has played on the road this season
-Coyotes franchise vs Predators:
• All-Time: 36-29-2-11
• Home: 24-11-0-4
• Road: 12-18-2-7
• L10: 4-5-1
• STRK: W1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE PREDATORS
Nick Bjugstad…5-0-5…16 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…3-5-8…11 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-4-6…10 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…2-7-9…10 career GP
Jack McBain…1-0-1…1 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 5)… Assists (Schmaltz, 7)…Points (Schmaltz, 9)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere/Chychrun, 3)…Assists (Gostisbehere, 5)…Points (Gostisbehere, 8)
KELLER INSTINCT
-Clayton Keller enters tonight leading Arizona in goals (7) and assists (11) in 2022-23. He has found the scoresheet in each of his last six games, the longest point streak by a Coyote this season
-Keller has also scored in his last three outings. He has one career 4-game goal streak (2/11/22 – 2/23/22)
-His 11-game road point streak enters tonight as the longest such run in the NHL this season
- Keller’s 11-game road point streak is two shy of the Coyotes/Jets franchise record (13 games done four times, 12 games done twice)
- The last Coyote to tally a 7+ game point streak was when Keller (8 games from 3/3/22 – 3/19/22) and Nick Schmaltz (3/3/22 – 3/15/22) had matching runs that eventually saw Keller best him by one game
-He also enters tonight averaging over a point-per-game this season (7-11-18 in 16 GP)…A mark he’s been well clear of overall since 11/18/21… Keller has registered 32-43-75 in 67 GP since then, with his 1.12 points per game in that span ranking 6th among RW (Min. 50 GP)
-Keller’s 18 pts are the most he’s totaled through the first 16 gms of a season during his career, besting his 2017-18 start (17 pts thru 16 GP)
POWER PLAY PROWESS
-Thru 16 games, the Coyotes power play has operated at 27.6% (16-for-58), which enters tonight 6th in the NHL
PP rankings (NHL)
- COL (36.5%)
- EDM (31.8%)
- DAL (30.2%)
- VAN (29.7%)
- BOS (28.8%)
- ARI (27.6%)
-Thursday’s result snapped a run of four consecutive games ARI has tallied at least one PPG. The team has only gone two consecutive games without a PPG once on the campaign
-Arizona reached 16 PPG in the 15th game of 2022-23. Last season it took the Coyotes until Feb. 20 (50 GP) to reach 16 PPG as a team
-The 16 PPGs are the most the team has posted through the first 16 GP of a season since 2005-06 (23 PPG). Those two seasons are the only teams to notch 16+ PPG within the first 16 GP since the franchise relocated
-ARI has played five games this season where it did not score a PPG…Only 8 NHL teams have had five or fewer games in 2022-23 where they did not post at least one PPG
-The Coyotes finished last season with a 13.9% power play clip. The largest year-over-year improvement upon season’s end in franchise history came at an 8.2% bump from 1986-87 (17.3%) to 1987-88 (25.5%)
ROOKIES MAKING THEIR MARK
-Coyotes rookies Dylan Guenther (1st rd, 9th overall in 2021) and Matias Maccelli (4th rd, 98th overall in 2019) come into tonight among NHL rookie leaders in multiple statistical categories Macceli (1-9-10 in 16 GP)
-Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in assists (T-1st), points (2nd), points per game (1st , 0.63; [min 5 GP]) power-play assists (6, T-1st) and power-play points (7, 1st)
-Became the first NHL rookie to reach 10 points on the season with an assist on 11/12
-Is tied with Gostisbehere and Boyd for the second-most points on the Coyotes Guenther (3-4-7 in 15 GP)
-Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in power-play goals (3, T-1st), power-play points (5, T-3rd) and goals (T-5th)
-Scored on 11/12 for his third goal of the season. All three of his tallies have come on the man-advantage
-Guenther is the fifth player in Coyotes/Jets history to score his first 3 career goals on the power play. He joins Craig Norwich (first 6 goals), Bill Thomas (first 4 goals), Boris Mironov (first 4 goals) and Luciano Borsato (first 3 goals)
-Among players to debut with the Coyotes/Jets franchise history, only four players have recorded 3+ PPGs within his first 13 career games (Teemu Selanne [9 PPG] in 1992-93, Craig Norwich in 1979-80, Luciano Borsato in 1990-91 and Michael Bunting in 2020-21)
-In that criteria, Selanne is the only player in franchise history to record 4+ PPGs within his first 16 career games -With Jack McBain (Trade w/MIN) contributing 2-2-4 in 16 GP, Coyotes rookies have compiled 21 points for the fourth-most cumulative pts by rookies in the NHL (MTL 23, OTT, 22; BUF, 22)
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)
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)
CAREER OT POINT CHART
PLAYER NAME GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
Shayne Gostisbehere 7 9 16
Clayton Keller 4 6 10
Nick Schmaltz 1 6 7
Jakob Chychrun 2 3 5
Christian Fischer 2 1 3
Travis Boyd 1 1 2
Nick Bjugstad 0 1 1
Troy Stecher 0 1 1
Barrett Hayton 0 1 1
Juuso Valimaki 0 1 1
Matias Maccelli 0 1 1
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 4-5-0
2-Days Rest: 2-1-1
3+ Days Rest: 0-2-0
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 0-1-0
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 0-1-0
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 0-1-0
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
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
ALL-TIME vs. ARIZONA
OVERALL (78 GP) 40-30-(2)-6
HOME (39 GP) 25-11-(2)-1
ROAD (39 GP) 15-19-(0)-5
PLAYOFFS (2x) Last: 2020 SCQ (L, 3-1)
− The Predators are 40-30-(2)-6 all-time against the Coyotes, including a 25-11-(2)-1 record at Bridgestone Arena.
− This is the first of four matchups between Nashville and Arizona in 2022-23; it is the first of two at home.
− Nashville went 2-1-0 vs. Arizona last season, scoring four goals in each of the three games.
− The Predators are 3-2-0 in their last five games against the Coyotes; they are 6-4-0 in their last 10; and 4-1-0 in their last five on home ice.
− This is the second season Nashville and Arizona are both part of the Central Division.
− Nashville scored four times in the first 6:57 of the first period on April 29, 2022 at Arizona, including three goals in the opening 2:31, the fastest three goals to begin a game in franchise history.
NOTABLES vs. ARIZONA
− Matt Duchene owns 25 career points (12g-13a) against Arizona, the most among Predators skaters.
− Roman Josi has 12 points (5g-7a) in his last six games vs. the Coyotes, including a four-point effort on Nov. 13, 2021 (2g2a).
− Coyotes goaltender Connor Ingram was claimed on waivers from Nashville on Oct. 10. He made his first three career NHL starts with the Predators and started three of Nashville’s four postseason games in 2022.
− Arizona goaltender Karel Vejmelka was selected by the Predators in the fifth round (145th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
LAST TIME OUT
− Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT) – Nov. 19 (Bridgestone Arena)
− NSH goals: Forsberg – PP (7), Niederreiter (9)
− TBL goals: Kucherov – PP (10), Killorn (6), Stamkos – PP/GWG (10)
− Goaltenders: NSH – Saros (OTL, 36/39); TBL – Vasilevskiy (W, 30/32)
− Power plays: NSH 1-5; TBL 2-5
− Notes: Nashville moved to 5-3-2 at home in 2022-23… The Predators are now 1-2 in overtime/shootouts this season (0-1 in OT; 1-1 in shootout)… Filip Forsberg scored 1:50 into the game to give Nashville a power-play goal in three straight contests and seven of its last nine… Juuso Parssinen assisted on Forsberg’s goal to give him points in three of his first four NHL games… Nino Niederreiter extended his goal streak to three games (3a)… Matt Duchene picked up his 10th assist of the season on Niederreiter’s goal… Juuse Saros made 36 saves, his most since Nov. 5 at Vancouver (42).
INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-Nov. 19 11
Yakov Trenin Lower body – day-to-day Nov. 17-19 2
Mark Jankowski Lower body – day-to-day Nov. 19 1
Total man-games lost: 18
Borowiecki – 12; Trenin – 3; Glass – 1; Jankowski – 1; McCarron – 1
NASHVILLE PREDATORS GAME NOTES
Nov. 21, 2022 vs. Arizona Coyotes
UPCOMING/RECENT BIRTHDAYS
− Colton Sissons, 29 (Nov. 5)
− Zach Sanford, 28 (Nov. 9)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− Nov. 14: Signed forward Nolan Burke to a three-year, entry-level contract.
− Nov. 12: Recalled forward Juuso Parssinen from Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned defenseman Jordan Gross to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Nov. 8: Assigned defenseman Luke Prokop from Norfolk (ECHL) to Seattle (WHL).
− Nov. 3: Recalled forward Mark Jankowski from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned forward Kiefer Sherwood to Milwaukee (AHL).
MR. 100
− John Hynes won his 100th game as Predators head coach on Thursday vs. the Islanders.
− It was also his 250th career NHL win, moving him into a tie with Don Cherry and Milt Schmidt for 64th on the NHL’s alltime list.
− Hynes won his 100th game in his 183rd contest in charge of the Predators. Peter Laviolette hit the 100-win mark as Nashville’s head coach in his 189th game (Dec. 6, 2016); Barry Trotz reached it in his 274th game (Dec. 6, 2011).
DREAM DEBUT
− Forward Juuso Parssinen, 21, who made his NHL debut on Nov. 12 vs. the Rangers, has five points (3g-2a) in his four NHL games after tallying an assist on Saturday vs. Tampa Bay.
− He became the first Predators player to make his NHL debut this season.
− He is the only rookie in Predators history to score three goals in his first four career NHL games.
− He is one of three rookies in team history to record five points in his first four career NHL games, joining Denis Arkhipov (2g-3a in 2000-01) and Marek Zidlicky (2g-3a in 2003-04).
− On Thursday vs. NY Islanders (2g-1a), Parssinen also became the 15th rookie in franchise history to record a three-point game and is one of three to do so within his first three career NHL games, joining Smith, who did so in his second on Oct. 8, 2011 at St. Louis (1g-2a), and Tommy Novak, who did so in his third on Oct. 23, 2021 at Winnipeg (3a).
− Scoring his first career NHL goal on his first shot, Parssinen joined an exclusive group of Predators players. He became the fifth Nashville skater to score in his NHL debut, joining Miikka Salomaki (2014-15), Kevin Henderson (2012-13), Smith (2011-12) and Mikko Lehtonen (2006-07).
− The No. 210 overall pick (seventh round) in the 2019 NHL Draft became the sixth player in the last decade to score in his first career NHL game after being selected in the seventh round.
Nov. 21, 2022 vs. Arizona Coyotes
− Parssinen had nine points (2g-7a) in 10 games with Milwaukee (AHL) prior to his recall.
THE CAPTAIN
− Roman Josi has 13 points (3g-10a) in his last 11 games after tallying four assists on Thursday vs. the NY Islanders.
− It was also Josi’s seventh career four-point game of his NHL career, the most among active NHL defensemen. He led all NHL blueliners with four four-point games in 2021-22.
− On Thursday, he became the ninth different defenseman in NHL history to record three assists in the first 10 minutes of a game. He also became the fourth active defenseman to record three points in the opening 10 minutes of a game.
− He posted a four-game point streak (1g-6a) from Nov. 10-17.
− He tallied four points (2g-2a) during Nashville’s five-game road trip from Nov. 1-10, averaging a team-high 23:56 of ice time.
− Josi leads NHL defensemen in shots on goal (73) and is 14th in average TOI (24:37).
NUMBER NINE
− Filip Forsberg (483) passed Martin Erat (481) and moved into sole possession of third place on the Predators’ all-time points list on Nov. 8 at Seattle. He is 13 points from becoming the third player in team history to reach the 500-point milestone.
− After scoring his seventh goal of the season on Saturday vs. Tampa Bay, he leads Nashville in points with 18 (7g-11a) and has four multi-point outings in his last 11 games. He posted a three-game point streak (1g-2a) from Nov. 8-12.
− Forsberg has 15 points (5g-10a) in his last 11 games dating back to Oct. 22 vs. Philadelphia. He’s recorded two three-point games in that time frame – Oct. 27 vs. St. Louis (3a) and Nov. 1 at Edmonton (1g-2a).
− Nov. 1 at Edmonton was Forsberg’s 32nd career three-point game, the most in Predators history.
EL NINO
− Nino Niederreiter, who signed as a free agent with Nashville in July, has nine goals and 11 points in his first 18 games with the Predators to begin 2022-23.
− He now has a three-game goal streak (3g) after scoring on Saturday vs. Tampa Bay. It’s the first three-game goal streak by a Predators player this season; it is Niederreiter’s first since scoring in three straight from Dec. 7-13, 2018 (4g) with Minnesota.
− Two of his team-leading nine goals have been on the power play, with the most recent coming on Nov. 1 at Edmonton. Niederreiter has scored at least one goal on the man advantage in each of his last 10 seasons.
− He found the back of the net three times in Nashville’s two games against San Jose in Prague, including twice in the second half of the back-to-back.
− Niederreiter became the second player in franchise history to score three or more goals through his first two career games with the Predators, joining Steve Sullivan (4g in 2004). He also became the fourth player in team history to score at least one goal in each of his first two career games with Nashville and the first since Luke Kunin in 2020-21.
GRANNY APPLES
− Mikael Granlund has opened 2022-23 with 12 assists and 13 points in his first 18 games.
− He has six points (6a) in his last nine games.
− Granlund had 11 assists in Nashville’s first 15 games, tied for the sixth-most through the team’s first 15 games of a season in franchise history. He recorded 13 assists in Nashville’s first 15 games of 2021-22, the second-most in team history.
− Granlund recorded a career-high 53 assists last season, also the second-most on the Predators. His 53 assists were the most by a center and the third-most overall in a season in Predators history.
QUICK HITS
− Predators defensemen have taken 383 shot attempts, the eighth-most among all NHL teams.
− Nashville’s 170 shots on goal from blueliners are the ninth-most in the NHL.
− The Predators are fifth in the NHL in face-off percentage (53.5 percent).
− Among NHL players who have taken at least 300 faceoffs, Ryan Johansen is second at 63.8 percent.
− Johansen has won at least 50 percent of his faceoffs in a franchise-record 22 consecutive games. The previous record was held by current Predators Assistant GM Scott Nichol, who did so in 17 straight games during the 2006-07 season.
− Colton Sissons is first in the NHL in shorthanded faceoffs won (39).
− Mark Jankowski was selected by Calgary in the first round (21st overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft. That pick was initially held by Nashville but was traded to Buffalo on Feb. 27, 2012 for Paul Gaustad and a fourth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, with which the Predators used to select Juuse Saros. To close the pick history, Buffalo traded the 21st overall choice in the 2012 NHL Draft to Calgary with a second-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (Patrick Sieloff) for the 14th overall pick (Zemgus Girgensons).
