BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins visit the Coyotes tonight in the 2nd and final game between these teams this season and Boston’s lone visit to Mullett Arena.
- They are 21-3-1 overall this season and are 7-3-0 on the road … They are 10-0-1 vs. Western Conference opponents.
- The Bruins play game 2 of a 3-game road trip tonight in Arizona (1-0-0 so far) and conclude in Vegas on 12/11.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins have a 4-0-1 mark in their last 5 games with wins vs Carolina (3-2 OT on 11/25), Tampa Bay (3-1 on 11/29) and Colorado (5-1 on 12/3), a 4-3 shootout loss on 12/5 vs. Vegas and 4-0 win in Colorado on 12/7 … They are 11-1-1 in their last 13 games and are 17-2-1 in their last 20 games.
- They had their 14-game home win streak, the longest from the start of a season in league history, stopped on 12/5 in a 4-3 shootout loss to Vegas … It was their longest home win streak overall since a 14-0-0 stretch in 2008-09.
- Boston 5 vs Colorado 1 … David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic scored twice each and Jake DeBrusk added his 100th career goal, while Charlie McAvoy had 2A … Tomas Nosek took an unsuccessful penalty shot … Linus Ullmark won his league-leading 14th of the season … SOG: Bos 40, Col 25 … PP: 1/5 … PK: 0/3
- Boston 3 vs Vegas 4/SO … The Bruins came back from an 0-3 deficit to even the game on goals by Brad Marchand (+ assist), David Pastrnak and Taylor Hall … Jeremy Swayman took the point in the shootout loss (1/5) … SOG: Bos 43, Vgs 24 … PP: 1/4 … PK: 0/3
- Boston 4 at Colorado 0 … Taylor Hall had 2-=3 totals, Trent Frederic had 1-1=2 totals, and Charlie Coyle added 2A … David Pastrnak had opened the scoring with his 18th of the season in just the 25th game … SOG: Bos 37, Col 23 … PP: 0/3 … PK: 1/4
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 33)
- None
BOSTON vs ARIZONA, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Coyotes are meeting for the 84th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 56-20-7-1 record and 317-234 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 25-14-3-0 lifetime in Arizona with a 138-119 scoring edge in those 42 contests.
- The Bruins have won their last 19 straight games over the Coyotes, which is the longest such win streak over a single opponent in club history … Boston’s last loss to the Coyotes was a 5-2 loss on 10/9/2010 in O2 Arena in Prague, Czechia in the NHL Compuware Premiere series.
NUMBERS
1 / 2: Boston’s rank in win percentage (.860 and fewest goals against per game (2.08) … They ranks 2nd overall in goals for per game (3.96).
1 / 4: Boston’s special teams ranking in the penalty-kill at 85.3% (14/95) and power play (tied) at 28.4% (27/95).
2: Player on the current roster new to the Bruins organization this season – A.J. Greer (free agent) and Pavel Zacha (trade).
4: Game-winning goals by Taylor Hall (tied for 2nd in the NHL), including three straight deciding goals from 10/20-25/2022 – deciding shootout goal vs. Anaheim on 10/20, OT goal vs. Minnesota on 10/22 and GWG vs. Dallas on 10/25.
4: Defenseman points in a game this season by Hampus Lindholm (1-3=4 vs PIT on 11/1) and Charlie McAvoy (4A vs CHI on 11/19).
4: Points by David Pastrnak (1-3=4 totals) on 10/12/2022 in Washington in the 2022-23 season opener … That is the most points in a Boston opener since Brad Marchand (2-3=5) and Pastrnak (2-2=4) in 10/13/2016.
8: Straight wins by Linus Ullmark from 10/12-11/3/2022 … It was a new career-best win streak and it also tied the longest win streak by a Boston goaltender from the start of a season (Tim Thomas, also 8-0-0 in 2010-11).
9: Game point streak by David Pastrnak from 11/7-25 with 6-7=13 totals in that span … That was his longest such stretch since a career-best 13-game stretch in 2019-20.
9: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, AJ Greer, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith and Jeremy Swayman.
10: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha and Jakub Zboril
14: Straight home wins to open this season, which is the longest such streak in NHL history … That also tied as Boston’s longest home win streak overall since a 14-game stretch in 2008-09.
19: Consecutive wins by Boston over Arizona after their 6-3 win on 10/15/2022 … That are the most wins by one opponent in club history.
43: Points by the Bruins after 25 games this season at 21-3-1 … That is the best mark after 25 games in team history, passing the 21-4-0 mark in 1929-30.
+47: Boston’s league-leading goal differential, including an NHL-best 3rd period goal differential at 39-13 and +26.
391-25-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 256-2-6 over that span when they have led by 3 goals
552: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season & playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 22 players on their roster … 10 were drafted by the team, 4 were acquired in trade and 8 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 2-0-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 3-0-0 in the 1st game of those sets and are 2-1-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 4 of a 14-game December schedule tonight (8 hm/6 rd, 2-0-1) … They will play 14 games in January (5 hm/9 rd), 10 in February (3 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October and 11-2-0 in December.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Nov. 2: Keith Kinkaid recalled from Providence/AHL.
Nov. 7: Jakub Lauko returned to Providence/AHL.
Nov. 9: Mike Reilly placed on waivers for assignment to Providence/AHL (assigned Nov. 10).
Nov. 16: Keith Kinkaid returned to Providence/AHL.
Nov. 28: Anton Stralman placed on waivers (cleared 11/29)
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes are 0-4-2 in their last 6 games and finished their 14-game road stretch with a 4-7-3 clip
• The D pairing of Jakob Chychrun and Shayne Gostisbehere have combined for 15 pts in 7 games since 11/23. Chychrun (3-4-7) is tied for the lead in goals among NHL d-men in that span and leads the cohort with 32 shots
• Tonight is the Coyotes first home game since 11/3
LAST GAME
Oilers 8, Coyotes 2 – December 7, 2022 – Rogers Place
ARI Goals: McBain (3), Gostisbehere (6)
EDM Goals: Nugent-Hopkins (12, 13), Ryan (3), Draisaitl (18), Kulak (2), Kostin (2), McDavid (23, 24)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (L) – 27 svs on 35 shots
EDM Goalie: Skinner (W) – 16 svs on 18 shots
PP: 0-2 PK: 3-5
Notes: Christian Fischer (0-2-2) recorded his first multi-assist game of the season and third multi-point performance…The pair of points gave Fischer 10 on the season (5-5-10) for his third straight year of 10+ pts and already matching last year’s total…Fischer reached 10 pts in his 24th game of 2022-23, marking the second-fewest he’s needed in a season to reach double-digits (23 GP in 2017-18)…Fischer has 4 pts (2-2-4) in his last 4 GP and is 6 pts shy of 100 for his career…Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the second game in a row and established a 3-game point streak (2-2-4 in that span)…The tally was Gostisbehere’s 20th as a member of the Coyotes…Jack McBain netted his third goal of the campaign…Jakob Chychrun picked up an assist to establish a 3-game point streak alongside Gostisbehere…Barrett Hayton threw a career-high 5 hits
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
-12/8 – Loaned F Dylan Guenther to Team Canada for the 2023 WJC
-11/23 – Activated F Zack Kassian off IR
-11/23 – Acquired F Curtis Douglas from Toronto in exchange for D Conor Timmins
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
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
Fri, Dec 16 7:30pm vs NYI Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & Bs
-Tonight is the second of 2 meetings ARI has with BOS in 2022-23. The other one was on 10/15 at TD Garden (6-3, L)
-Nick Bjugstad paces current Coyotes with 14 career pts versus BOS…He tallied an assist in the first matchup this season
-Arizona got its first SHG of the season when Shayne Gostisbehere tallied one on 10/15 against the Bs
-Clayton Keller, a Boston Univ. product, enters tonight with a 4-game pt streak against the Bs (2-2-4) and has also notched a point in five of his last six meetings against the club dating back to 12/11/18
-Coyotes franchise vs Bruins:
• All-Time: 21-55-7-1
• Home: 14-24-3-1
• Road: 7-31-4-0
• L10: 0-10-0
• STRK: L17
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BRUINS
Nick Bjugstad…4-10-14…23 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…3-2-5…19 career GP
Troy Stecher…1-4-5…10 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-3-5…9 career GP
Matias Maccelli…0-2-2…2 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 4)… Assists (Bjugstad, 10)…Points (Bjugstad, 14)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 3)…Assists (Stecher, 4)…Points (Stecher, 5)
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 on Monday with an assist, 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)
-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; Pettersson, 19; M. Tkachuk, 19)
-The winger enters tonight just below a point-per-game this season (7-15-22 in 24 GP), a mark overall he’s been well clear of since 11/18/21… Keller has registered 32-47-79 in 75 GP since then, with his 1.05 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-10 in goals (6, T-7th) and top-20 in points (18, T-18th)
-The blueliner has recorded 8 pts (2-6-8) in his last 7 GP after starting the year with 10 pts (4-6-10) in his first 17 GP
-Since the franchise relocated to Arizona (1996-97), Gostisbehere is the only defensemen to record 18+ pts within the team’s first 24 games of a season. In the original Jets era, Dave Babych (3x), Phil Housley (3x), Fredrik Olausson (3x), Dave Ellett (2x), Teppo Numminen, Moe Mantha, Randy Carlyle accomplished that feat on the blue line
-Gostisbehere scored for the second consecutive game on Wednesday, the 11th time in his career he’s done so. He has never scored in three consecutive outings
-The last Coyotes blueliner to score in three straight outings was Alex Goligoski in Feb. of 2018
-Tonight is Gostisbehere’s 107th game with Arizona. The second-year Coyote scored his 20th goal with the club on Wednesday to require the second-fewest games ever by a Coyotes/Jets defenseman to reach the benchmark (NHL debut or otherwise)
-He enters tonight one assist shy of 50 with the club. Below is a list of the fewest games by a defenseman from the start of their Coyotes/Jets tenure to reach those milestones:
20 goals
Phil Housley – 64 games
Shayne Gostisbehere – 106 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
ROOKIE MAKING HIS MARK
-Matias Maccelli (2-15-17 in 22 GP) comes into tonight among NHL rookie leaders in multiple statistical categories
-Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in assists (1st), points (2nd), points per game (2nd, 0.77; [min 15 GP]) power-play assists (7, 2nd) and power-play points (8, 2nd)
-Maccelli has collected 7 pts (1-6-7) in his last 6 GP
-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)
-Fellow rookies Dylan Guenther (3-8-11 in 21 GP) and Jack McBain (3-2-5 in 24 GP) have teamed up with Maccelli to contribute 33 points this season for the third-most cumulative pts by rookies in the NHL
