ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes are 0-3-2 in their last 5 games, 1-6-3 in their last 10 GP and 4-6-3 thru 13 games of this road stretch
• Matias Maccelli comes into tonight on a 4-game point/assist streak, collecting 1-5-6 in that span. He leads all rookies in assists this season (2-15-17) and trails only SEA’s Matty Beniers in points
• Tonight is the final game of the Coyotes’ 14-game road stretch. They’ll play at home on Friday
LAST GAME
Flames 3, Coyotes 2 – December 5, 2022 – Scotiabank Saddledome
ARI Goals: Gostisbehere (5), Chychrun (3)
CGY Goals: Dube (5), Lindholm (9), Kadri (9)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 24 svs on 27 shots
CGY Goalie: Vladar (W) – 18 svs on 20 shots
PP: 0-2 PK: 1-3
Notes: ARI erased a two-goal deficit to tie the game at 2-2 but ended up dropping Monday’s game after a late Calgary GWG…Shayne Gostisbehere and Jakob Chychrun recorded 1-1-2 apiece…The performance was Gostisbehere and Chychrun’s sixth and second multi-point games of the season, respectively…Chychrun has tallied 6 pts (3-3-6) and 29 shots in his last 6 GP and leads NHL d-men in goals (tied) and shots in that span (since 11/23)…Matias Maccelli picked up an assist to mark his fifth straight game with a point (officially a 4-game point streak)…The 4-game run is the longest assist streak by a Coyote this season and longest since Schmaltz in April of 2022…Clayton Keller registered his 175th career assist on Chychrun’s goal.. Keller now shares the team lead in assists on the season with Maccelli (15)
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Total man games lost: 63 games
Jakob Chychrun (16), Nick Schmaltz (15), Zack Kassian (9), Connor Timmins (9), Andrew Ladd (6), Josh Brown (3),
Ben McCartney (3), Juuso Valimaki (1), Lawson Crouse (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-11/23 – Activated F Zack Kassian off IR
-11/23 – Acquired F Curtis Douglas from Toronto in exchange for D Conor Timmins
-11/21 – Placed F Zack Kassian on IR (retroactive to 11/1)
-11/21 – Activated D Jakob Chychrun off IR
-11/21 – Activated F Nick Schmaltz off IR
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Fri, Dec 9 7:30pm vs BOS Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Sun, Dec 11 5pm vs PHI Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Tue, Dec 13 8:30pm at SJ SAP Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
YOTES & OIL
-Tonight is the first of three ARI-EDM matchups this season. They’re scheduled to play again at Rogers Place on 3/22 and once at Mullett Arena just five days later on 3/27
-Clayton Keller posted 4 pts (2-2-4) across the three head-to-head meetings last season, including a 3-point night in one of them (11/24/21)
-Keller has also scored each of the last two times he’s faced the Oilers
-Shayne Gostisbehere has found the scoresheet the last two times he’s faced the Oilers as well, including an assist the last time the team was in Edmonton (3/28/22)
-Travis Boyd’s eight career pts (3-5-8) vs EDM are the most he’s tallied against an NHL opponent
-Former-Oiler Zack Kassian has recorded 5-2-7 in 13 career games against them. The last time he played against the Oilers was 11/19/14 as a Canuck
-Coyotes franchise vs Oilers:
• All-Time: 85-101-11-12
• Home: 47-46-5-6
• Road: 38-55-6-6
• L10: 4-4-2
• STRK: L3
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE OILERS
Clayton Keller…2-6-8…15 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-6-7…13 career GP
Zack Kassian…5-2-7…13 career GP
Travis Boyd…3-5-8…13 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…1-4-5…11 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Kassian, 5)… Assists (Keller/Schmaltz/Chychrun, 6)…Points (Keller/Boyd, 8)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Mayo/Gostisbehere/Nemeth, 1)…Assists (Chychrun, 6)…Points (Chychrun, 6)
KELLER INSTINCT
-Clayton Keller enters tonight tied for the Arizona lead in assists (15) and leading the team in points (22) in 2022-23
-Keller got back on the scoresheet with an assist on Mon to snap a two-game dry spell, his 175th career helper. Keller became the third player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to tally 175+ assists before turning 25 years old, trailing only Dale Hawerchuk (440 assists) and Dave Babych (248 assists)
-Keller’s 22 pts thru ARI’s first 23 GP are the most a Coyotes player has tallied in the team’s first 23 gms since Shane Doan (11-11-22 in 23 GP) in 2008-09
-19 of Keller’s 22 points have come on the road, good for a share of the 4th-most in the NHL this season (McDavid, 21; MacKinnon, 20; Aho, 20; M. Tkachuk, 19)
-The winger enters tonight just below a point-per-game this season (7-15-22 in 23 GP), a mark overall he’s been well clear of since 11/18/21… Keller has registered 32-47-79 in 74 GP since then, with his 1.07 points per game in that span ranking 6th among RW (Min. 50 GP)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
-Shayne Gostisbehere ranks in the NHL defensemen’s top-25 in goals (5, T-10th) and points (17, T-21st)
-The blueliner has recorded 7 pts (1-6-7) in his last 6 GP after starting the year with 10 pts (4-6-10) in his first 17 GP
-Since the franchise relocated to Arizona (1996-97), Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle in 2013-14 are the only other defensemen to record 17+ pts within the team’s first 23 games of a season
-Monday was Gostisbehere’s 16th multi-point game with Coyotes, leapfrogging Schmaltz for the second-most on the club since the start of 2021-22
-His 16 multi-point games are also tied for 15th
-most among NHL defensemen since the start of 2021-22
-Tonight is Gostisbehere’s 106th game with Arizona. The second-year Coyote enters tonight one goal shy of 20 and one point shy of 50 with the club. Below is a list of the fewest games needed by a Coyotes/Jets defenseman to reach those two milestones with the franchise (NHL debut or otherwise):
20 goals
Phil Housley – 64 games
Ed Jovanovski – 112 games
Randy Carlyle – 114 games
Dave Babych – 117 games
50 assists
Phil Housley – 73 games
Dave Babych – 86 games
Mario Marois – 95 games
Randy Carlyle – 97 games
Oleg Tverdovsky – 104 games
Ed Jovanovski – 112 games
Moe Mantha – 112 games
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 Maccelli (2-15-17 in 21 GP)
-Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in assists (1st), points (2nd), points per game (2nd, 0.81; [min 15 GP]) power-play assists (7, 2nd) and power-play points (8, 2nd)
-Recorded an assist in his 21st game of the season on Monday. He’s just the second rookie in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to record 15+ assists in 21 or fewer personal games of a season (Dave Christian (5-16-21 in 15 GP) in 1980-81)
-The last NHL rookie to record 15+ assists in 21 or fewer personal games of a season was Cale Makar (5-17-22 in 20 GP) in 2019-20
-Maccelli picked up the 20th assist in his career on Monday, requiring the 13th
-fewest games (44 GP) to reach 20 assists with the Coyotes (since 1996-97). Among skaters to debut with the Coyotes, only Clayton Keller (43 GP) reached the mark in fewer games. (Source: NHL Stats & Info)
-The helper also gives Maccelli a 4-game assist streak. He’s just the seventh Coyotes rookie (eighth instance) to tally a run of that length since 1996-97 Guenther (3-8-11 in 20 GP)
-Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in power-play goals (3, T-1st), power-play points (5, T-5th) and points per game (9th, 0.55 [min. 15 GP])
-Thursday was Guenther’s third multi-assist game of his rookie season. That’s the fifth-most by a teenager in Coyotes/Jets franchise history [Hawerchuk, 29; Babych, 7; Keller, 5; Mueller, 5]
-Guenther is an Edmonton native and is expected to play in Rogers Place for the first time as an NHLer -With Jack McBain (Trade w/MIN) contributing 2-2-4 in 23 GP, Coyotes rookies have compiled 32 points this season for the third-most cumulative pts by rookies in the NHL
IN THE NICK OF TIME
-Nick Schmaltz enters tonight with 4 pts (3-1-4) in 8 GP on the campaign
-All four of his points have come in his last 6 GP. He missed 15 games after opening night due to an upper-body injury…In his last 82 games (since 4/11/21), Schmaltz has recorded 26-43-69
-Arizona is 10-3-2 when Schmaltz records a multi-point game since the start of 2021-22
-Since his Coyotes debut on 11/27/18, Schmaltz has recorded 52-102-154 in 210 GP. His 0.73 PPG paces the Coyotes since then (min. 50 GP) and his point total trails just Keller in that span
-The forward enjoyed career-bests in both goals (23) and assists (36) last season for a career-best 59 points…58 of those points came in his final 57 games played after returning from injury
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Tonight’s game completes a stretch of 14 consecutive road games for the Coyotes. This stretch, which occurred for the purposes of the Mullett Arena annex construction being completed (on schedule), went 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)
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: (0-2-2)
Last overtime win: 4/27/22 at DAL (W, 4-3, GWG – T. Boyd)
Last overtime loss: 12/3/22 at VAN (L, 3-2, GWG – B. Horvat)
Last overtime that led to shootout: 11/25/22 at DET
2022-23 SHOOTOUT RESULTS: (0-2)
Last shootout win: 2/1/22 at COL (W, 3-2, SDG – A. Galchenyuk)
Last shootout loss: 11/25/22 at DET (L, 4-3, SDG – D. Larkin)
CAREER OT POINT CHARTD
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: 5-7-2
2-Days Rest: 2-1-1
3+ Days Rest: 0-3-1
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
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS VS. ARIZONA COYOTES
7:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. ARIZONA GP RECORD HOME (49) AWAY (49) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ARIZONA 98 49-31-3-15 26-15-2-6 23-16-1-9 314 296
OILERS vs. ARIZONA – 2022-23 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0
QUICK FACTS
Wednesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s first of three games against Arizona this season and the first of two games in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is March 22nd in Edmonton.
The last time these teams met was on March 28th in Edmonton where the Oilers defeated the Coyotes won 6-1.
Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid lead the team lead with 29 career points against Arizona and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has appeared in a team leading 39 career games against the Coyotes.
THREE OF A KIND
On Dec. 1 at Minnesota, Tyler Benson, Stuart Skinner and James Hamblin all played for the Edmonton Oilers marking the first time in NHL history where three players who played on the same minor hockey team (SSAC U14 AAA) played a game for the same team in the NHL.
BOUCHARD’S LATE GOAL MAGIC
On Nov. 28 vs. Florida, Evan Bouchard scored the game-tying goal in the final five seconds of regulation before Connor McDavid (1G, 2A –
3PTS) capped off his three-point performance with an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner.
OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winning goal on Nov.19 vs. Vegas. The goal marked his 14th career overtime goal and he ranks first in the NHL in overtime goals since 2015-16.
MOST OVERTIME GOALS SINCE 2015-16
Connor McDavid – 14
Jonathan Toews – 13
Brad Marchand – 13
Sidney Crosby – 12
POWER PLAY PUNCH
Leon Draisaitl scored his 100th career power play goal on Nov. 21 against New Jersey and recorded his 101st power play goal which also stood as the game winning goal on Nov. 26 against the New York Rangers. Draisaitl holds sole possession of 5th spot all-time in Oilers power play goals and is just 25 goals shy of the all-time lead held by Glenn Anderson and Ryan Smyth. Draisaitl is six power play goals from tying Jari Kurri (107) for 4th on the Oilers power play goals list.
500 AND COUNTING
Following his 500th career game on Nov. 7 at WSH, Connor McDavid finished ranked 6th all-time in NHL scoring (724 PTS) in your first 500
games. McDavid became the 9th player in Oilers franchise history to score a goal in his 500th NHL game, joining the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Leon Draisaitl.
200 CLUB
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal with the Oilers on Oct. 26 at STL which stood as the game winning goal. NugentHopkins becomes just the ninth player in Oilers history to record 200 goals with the Oilers and has achieved the mark in 726 games all with the Oilers.
SHOOTING GALLERY
The Oilers posted a franchise high 26 shots on goal in one period on Oct. 24 vs. PIT. The previous record of 24 shots was done three times and most recently against Calgary on Feb. 1/20. Evander Kane also posted a team high nine shots against the Penguins and tied an Oilers record for most shots in a period by a player, recording eight shots in the second period. Taylor Hall co-holds the record, posting eight shots previously on Feb. 19/11 vs. ATL). Kane holds the league record of 10 shots in a period by a player, which he recorded on Nov. 1/18 against Columbus as a member of the San Jose Sharks.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. ARIZONA
Record: 6-2-2
GF: 36 GA: 25
2021-22 3/28/22 @ EDM 6-1 W
2021-22 11/24/21 @ ARI 5-3 W
2021-22 10/21/21 @ ARI 5-1 W
2019-20 2/4/20 @ ARI 3-0 L
2019-20 1/18/20 @ EDM 7-3 W
2019-20 11/24/19 @ ARI 4-3 W (SO)
2019-20 11/4/19 @ EDM 3-2 L (OT)
2018-19 3/16/19 @ ARI 3-2 W (OT)
2018-19 2/19/19 @ EDM 2-3 L (SO)
2018-19 1/12/19 @ EDM 2-3 L
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 9 F Mattias Janmark and Klim Kostin recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
F Evander Kane placed on LTIR
Nov. 17 F Tyler Benson loaned to Bakersfield on conditioning assignment (AHL)
Nov. 18 F Brad Malone recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
Nov. 25 D Philip Broberg recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
D Markus Niemelainen assigned to Bakersfield (AHL)
Nov. 27 F James Hamblin and F Tyler Benson recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
F Kailer Yamamoto and F Ryan McLeod placed on IR
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 531 GP, 233-222-42-34 – 0.511
2022-23 – 3 GP, 1-2-0 – 2 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
