PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., Dec. 13 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena 9 p.m. NBCSP, 93.3 WMMR
Thur., Dec. 15 New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
Sat., Dec. 17 New York Rangers Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Wade Allison IR-oblique muscle strain, hip pointer 11/13-present 14
Cam Atkinson upper body 9/25-present 28
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 28
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 28
Tanner Laczynski IR-lower body 12/7-present 2
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 161
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
12/8 – Recalled D Cam York from Lehigh Valley and reassigned D Egor Zamula to the Phantoms (AHL)
12/6 – Placed F Tanner Laczynski on Injured Reserve
12/2 – Assigned F Kieffer Bellows to Lehigh Valley
FLYERS VS. COYOTES: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS COYOTES
50-30-5 ALL-TIME RECORD 33-46-6
29-12-2 HOME 19-20-3
21-18-3 ROAD 14-26-3
3-2-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 2-2-1
5-3-2 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-3-2
305 GOALS SCORED 251
16.3% POWER PLAY 16.9%
83.1% PENALTY KILL 83.7%
Braun: 12 pts (1-11=12) in 40 GP
Hayes: 10 pts (4-6=10) in 13 GP
van Riemsdyk: 10 pts (6-4=10) in 17 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Ritchie: 11 pts (4-7=11) in 14 GP
Keller: 8 pts (2-6=8) in 8 GP
Bjugstad: 8 pts (3-5=8) in 21 GP
Hart: 1-1-0, 2.36 GAA, .927 SV%, 1 SO in 2 GP
Sandstrom: Has not faced ARI
TEAM GOALTENDERS Vejmelka: 0-2-0, 3.59 GAA, .896 SV% in 2 GP
Ingram: Has not faced PHI
TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS
- Philadelphia plays 21 games in 40 days from Nov. 8-Dec. 17 – tied for the most games played among other NHL teams in that span (STL).
- Friday’s contest marked the second game of the season the Flyers were not awarded a power-play opportunity this season (also, Nov. 10 at CBJ). The Flyers own four power-play goals in the last four games. The team ranks third in the NHL with a 44.4 PP% since Dec. 3 and T-7th in PPG.
- Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 21 of its 28 games this season. The Flyers rank T-1st in the NHL with seven wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers are 2-3-2 when scoring first.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- The Flyers lead the NHL with 869 hits and rank second with 521 blocked shots.
- Philadelphia ranks eighth in the NHL in team rookie scoring percentage (10.4) and 10th in team rookie points (19).
- The rookies have netted a combined eight goals to rank T-4th among NHL team rookie goal percentage (12.1) and T-7th in rookie goals.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
- Philadelphia continues its four-game road trip Sunday – tied for its longest road trip of the season (also, Feb. 16-21 & April 2-8).
- Nine of the Flyers’ 11 games from Dec. 9-Jan. 2 will be on the road.
- Philadelphia is 3-5-5 on the road this season and has earned a point in five of its last eight road games (1-3-4).
- The Flyers face a Western Conference opponent in three straight contests, Dec. 9-13, and is 1-0-1 on the road against a Western Conference team (10/22 at NSH, 3-1, 12/9 at VGK, 2-1 OTL).
‘TIS THE SEASON
- The Flyers play 14 contests during the month of December, tied for their second-most in a month this season.
- Philadelphia will play six games at home and eight on the road, including the start to five road games in a row, Dec. 22-Jan. 2, that will be split up by the NHL Holiday Break, Dec. 24-26.
- Philadelphia owns a 353-224-82-31 all-time record for games played in the month of December – its second-most wins in a single month.
- The Flyers rank second in NHL history with a .593 winning percentage during the month of December (VGK – .738 in 61 all-time games) and rank seventh with 353 December wins.
- The December schedule also features Philadelphia’s 21st all-time game held on New Year’s Eve, it’s 20th on the road, when the Flyers visit the Kings on Dec. 31. Philadelphia is 9-7-2-2 all-time in New Year’s Eve contests, 8-7-2-2 on the road.
KONNECT FOUR
- Travis Konecny four points (3-1=4) in the last five games, including two power-play points (1-1=2).
- He owns 17 points (6-11=17) in his last 16 games, including four multi-point contests and a seven-game point streak (3-7=10), Nov. 2-15.
- He leads the team in goals (10), ranks T-1st in game-winning goals (2) and second in assists (13), points (23), shots (68) and multi-point games (7) this season.
- He tallied three goals in a season-high three-game goal streak, Dec. 1-5.
- The forward recorded his first career shorthanded assist/point vs. VAN (10/15).
- The 25-year-old netted two goals Oct. 13 vs. NJ for his 11th career multi-goal game. Per NHL Stats, he became the second player in Flyers history to have two-or-more multi-goal games in a season opener (Bill Barber, 3x, 10/9/80, 10/9/81 & 10/7/82).
- He ranks second in Flyers history in GWG (18), third in goals (120), fourth in scoring (294) and assists (174) and fifth in PPG (23) since entering the NHL in 2016-17.
LUCKY NUMBER 13
- Kevin Hayes owns four points (1-3=4) in the last four games.
- He owns nine points (4-5=9) in the last eight games.
- He owns 18 points (8-10=18) in the last 18 games, including a season-high six-game point streak (Nov. 12-21).
- The 30-year-old leads the team in assists (19), PPA (8), PPP (10) and points (28) and ranks second in goals (8) this season.
- The forward collected three PPP (1-2=3) in a three-game PPP streak, Dec. 3-7 – matching his career high PPP streak, set Oct. 13-18 (3a) this season.
- He collected back-to-back multi-point games (2-2=4), Nov. 26-29, for the sixth time in his career and leads the team with eight multi-point games this season.
- He collected eight points (1-7=8) in a career-high five-game season-opening point streak, Oct. 13-22.
- He tallied his 200th career assist Oct. 19 at FLA.
SANNY ON A ROLL
- Travis Sanheim has five points (2-3=5) in the last six games, including a season-high four-game point streak, Nov. 29-Dec. 5.
- He owns seven points (2-5=7) in the last nine games and nine points (3-6=9) in the last 11 contests.
- He netted his first career shorthanded goal Nov. 29 vs. NYI to become the 41st defenseman in Flyers history to record
a SHG. - The blueliner ranks T-1st on the team in assists (6), second in scoring (9) and T-2nd in goals (3) since Nov. 19 and ranks T-2nd among NHL defensemen in even-strength points (8), ranks T-4th in goals and T-10th in points in that span.
- The 26-year-old signed an eight-year, $50 million contract extension ($6.25 AAV) on Oct. 13.
IVAN THE GREAT
- Ivan Provorov has four assists in the last nine contests.
- He recorded his 200th career NHL point (assist) Nov. 26 at NYI to become the seventh defenseman in Flyers history to reach the 200-plus point milestone.
- He ranks T-4th in team history for goals by a defenseman with Shayne Gostisbehere (60).
- The blueliner ranks third on the team in assists (11), T-4th in shots (58) and fifth in scoring (12) and hits (51) this season.
- The 25-year-old leads the Flyers and ranks T-2nd in the NHL with 74 blocked shots.
- The Russian native’s 10 blocked shots on Oct. 13 tied the franchise record for most in a game for the third time: Andrew MacDonald (3/11/16); Provorov (11/2/17 & 10/13/22).
WHOLE LOT OF HART
- Carter Hart stopped 32-of-34 shots through overtime Friday at VGK to move to a 2-3-1 record in his last six starts.
- Dec. 5th’s contest was Hart’s 70th career victory to become the 11th goaltender in Flyers history to reach 70-plus wins (NHL Stats).
- The backstop has seen 30-plus shots in 13 of his 21 games this season – he is 7-1-5 in those contests.
- He ranks third among NHL goaltenders in shots against (655) and saves (598) this season.
- He opened the season on an eight-game point streak (6-0-2) to become the fourth goaltender in team history to have started a season on an eight-game plus point streak: Pete Peeters (22-0-5 in 1979-80), Bob Froese (9-0-1 in 1982-83) and Dominic Roussel (8-0-0 in 1993-94). (NHL Stats)
- He made a career-high 48 shots and tied his career high with 51 shots faced vs. FLA on Oct. 27.
- He recorded a career-high season-opening five-game win streak.
- Per NHL Stats, he became the seventh goaltender in Flyers history to win each of his first five games of a season and first since Ron Hextall (5-0-0 in 1995-96). The longest such stretch in franchise history is eight straight games, achieved by Dominic Roussel (1993-94) and Bob Froese (1982-83).
- The 24-year-old’s 48 saves tied for the eighth-most by a Flyers goaltender while his 51 shots faced T-10th. Per NHL Stats, his 48 saves mark the highest single game save total by a Flyers goaltenders since Steve Mason on March 22, 2016 (51 at CBJ).
- Outside of Philadelphia, he only has one NHL team he has not earned a win against: St. Louis.
ICE ICE BABY
- Tony DeAngelo tallied a power-play assist Wednesday vs. WSH to tie his longest point streak of the season at four games (1-3=4). He also owns a power-play point (1-1=2) in each of his last two games.
- He leads team defensemen with 14 points (4-10=14) in 26 games this season.
- He ranks 17th in the NHL in average TOI/game (24:19).
- He ranks third on the team in PPP (8), fourth in points,T-4th in assists and T-5th in goals.
- He recorded a career-high 31:03 TOI Nov. 19 at MTL to become the sixth defenseman in Flyers history to skate 31-plus minutes in two-or-more games, also: Matt Carle (2), Eric Desjardins (9), Derian Hatcher (2), Kim Johnsson (4) and Chris Pronger (3).
- He recorded five points (1-4=5) in a four-game point streak, Oct. 13-19.
- Per NHL Stats, he became the fifth defenseman in Flyers history to start a season on a point streak of at least four games: Behn Wilson (7 games in 1981-82), Chris Pronger (5 games in 2011-12), Gary Galley (four games in 1993-94) and Mark Howe (four games in 1988-89 & 1984-85).
CZECH HIM OUT
- Lukas Sedlak has five points (2-3=5) in the last seven contests.
- He registered two assists Nov. 29 vs. NYI, including his first career shorthanded assist.
- He recorded back-to-back multi-point games for the first time in his career (1-3=4), Nov. 26-29, and has three multipoint games on the eason.
- The forward has eight points (3-5=8) with the Flyers since being claimed on waivers from Colorado on Oct. 19.
- The Czech Republic native’s five assists are his second-most in a season (6 in 2016-17) and his eight points are tied for his second-most in a season (13 in 2016-17, 8 in 2017-18).
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is fresh off a 4-3 home win over Boston on Friday, which was ARI’s first home game since 11/3
• Matias Maccelli (2-17-19 in 23 GP) comes into tonight leading all rookies in assists this season and is two points off the rookie lead (SEA’s Matty Beniers)
• The d-pairing of Shayne Gostisbehere and Jakob Chychrun have combined for 5-13-18 in 8 gms since 11/23, with Gostisbehere’s 10 pts tied for second among NHL d-men in that span (Morrissey, 12; Heiskanen, 10; Hronek, 10)
LAST GAME
Coyotes 4, Bruins 3 – December 9, 2022 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Brown (3), Crouse (11, 12), Schmaltz (4)
BOS Goals: Pastrnak (19), Coyle (7), Foligno (5)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 43 svs on 46 shots
BOS Goalie: Swayman (L) – 12 svs on 16 shots
PP: 0-4 PK: 4-6
Notes: Arizona snapped a 19-game losing streak against the Bruins…Lawson Crouse (2-1-3) recorded his 5th career multi-goal game and 20th career multi-point game. His second tally came as the game-winning goal with 13.5 seconds remaining in regulation…The go-ahead goal by Crouse – officially at 19:46 into the third period – is the T7th-latest go-ahead goal in Coyotes/Jets franchise history…Jakob Chychrun earned the secondary assist on Crouse’s first goal for his 150th career point. He’s the 13th defenseman in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to reach the benchmark with the club…Chychrun also is now on a season-high 4-game point streak…Karel Vejmelka tallied 43 saves for his fifth career 40+ save win, the ninth netminder in Coyotes/Jets history to record that many with the franchise…The 43 stops mark the most Vejmelka has recorded in a victory this season…Nick Schmaltz scored his fourth goal of the season and first since 11/27…Josh Brown opened the scoring 23 seconds into the first period, his third goal of the season to tie his personal best (2019-20 w/FLA)…Brown’s goal clocked in at 0:23 into the first period, tied for the fastest by a Coyote to open a game this season (Crouse, 11/8 at Buffalo)…Matias Maccelli chipped in two assists, including a helper on the GWG…Shayne Gostisbehere also recorded two assists to push his point streak to four games (2-4-6 in that span) for a season-high…Clayton Keller earned an assist to maintain his teamlead in points on the campaign (7-16-23 in 25 GP)…Arizona threw a season-high 39 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
-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
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
Sat, Dec 17 7pm vs BUF Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona
Extra
ESPN 620
YOTES & FLYERS
-Tonight is the first of two ARI-PHI meetings this season. The other one is scheduled for 1/5 in Philly
-The last time the Yotes and Flyers played was exactly one year ago (5-3, L)
-Nick Schmaltz registered 1-1-2 and Lawson Crouse scored in the most recent ARI-PHI meeting
-Arizona is 4-2-1 in the last seven home matchups with the Flyers
-Nick Ritchie is expected to face the Flyers for the first time as a member of the Coyotes. The forward leads current Yotes in career goals (4) and assists (7) vs PHI, and tallied an assist the last time he faced them (11/10/21 w/TOR)
-Clayton Keller enters tonight exactly a point per game in his career vs PHI (2-6-8 in 8 GP)…It’s one of seven NHL teams he averages at least a point per game against in his career (DET, MTL, NYR, OTT, SEA, TBL)
-Coyotes franchise vs Flyers:
• All-Time: 33-46-2-4
• Home: 19-20-2-1
• Road: 14-26-0-3
• L10: 5-3-2
• STRK: L2
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE FLYERS
Nick Ritchie…4-7-11…14 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-6-8…8 career GP
Troy Stecher…0-4-4…8 career GP
Travis Boyd…1-3-4…6 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Ritchie, 4)… Assists (Ritchie, 7)…Points (Ritchie, 11)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (None)…Assists (Stecher, 4)…Points (Stecher, 4)
KELLER INSTINCT
-Clayton Keller enters tonight among Arizona leaders in goals (7, 2nd), assists (16, 2nd) and points (23, 1st) in 2022- 23
-He picked up an assist on Friday and has registered a helper in two of his last three games
-Keller’s assist on Wednesday was his 175th career helper. He’s 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 23 pts thru ARI’s first 25 GP are the most a Coyotes player has tallied in the team’s first 25 gms since Shane Doan (12-12-24 in 25 GP) in 2008-09
-The winger enters tonight just below a point-per-game this season (7-16-23 in 25 GP), a mark overall he’s been well clear of since 11/18/21… Keller has registered 32-48-80 in 76 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-15 in points (20, T-15th)
-Friday was Gostisbehere’s second multi-point game in his last three outings
-The blueliner has recorded 10 pts (2-8-10) in his last 8 GP after starting the year with 10 pts (4-6-10) in his first 17 GP
- The two helpers on Friday gave Gostisbehere 20 points in 2022-23 (6-14-20), his third consecutive 20-point season
-Since the franchise relocated to Arizona (1996-97), Gostisbehere is the only defensemen to record 20+ pts within the team’s first 25 games of a season. Phil Housley (3x), Dave Babych (3x), Dave Ellett (2x), Fredrik Olausson and Moe Mantha all did it in the Original Jets era
-The second-year Coyote reached 20 goals and 50 assists with Arizona within the last two showings. 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
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
Shayne Gostisbehere – 107 games
Ed Jovanovski – 112 games
Moe Mantha – 112 games
ROOKIE MAKING HIS MARK
-Matias Maccelli (2-17-19 in 23 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 (1st, 0.83; [min 15 GP]) power-play assists (7, 2nd) and power-play points (8, 2nd)
-Maccelli has collected 9 pts (1-8-9) in his last 7 GP
-Earned his third multi-assist game of the season with a pair of helpers on Friday. That also shares the highest total among rookies…Among that cohort, Maccelli is the only rookie selected outside of the first round (Power, Guhle, Guenther, Beniers)
-Maccelli was the first rookie to 10 pts this season and has a chance to become the second rookie to 20 pts if he can find the scoresheet tonight
LAYING DOWN THE LAW
-Lawson Crouse registered two goals and an assist on Friday, including the game-winning goal at 59:46 into the third period -All five of Crouse’s multi-goal games have come since the start of 2021-22
-Crouse’s three points marked a season-high and pushed his season stat line to 12-3-15 in 24 GP. The 12 tallies are already the third-most he’s registered in a campaign (15, 2019-20; 20, 2021-22)
-The pair of goals extended Crouse’s home point streak to four games, tallying five markers in that run. That’s the longest home goal streak by a Coyotes player since Clayton Keller scored in 5 straight contests from 2/2/22-2/23/22
-The 12 goals on the campaign put Crouse on roughly a 40-goal pace for an 81-game season (the most games he can play this season)
-The game-winner on Friday is tied for the seventh latest go-ahead goal in Coyotes/Jets franchise history and is tied with Keith Tkachuk (1/3/98) for the second-latest since the franchise relocated
