ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 2-3-0 in its last five games. The team is coming off wins in two of its last three outings that each featured a hat trick (Clayton Keller on 1/22 & Nick Schmaltz on 1/26)
• Schmaltz enters tonight with a 3-game point streak that’s seen him tally 4-3-7 in that stretch. The 7 pts trails only Jack Hughes (8) and Dougie Hamilton (8) for the most in the NHL since 1/22
• Tonight is the Coyotes’ final game before the bye week/All-Star break, concluding a stretch of 15 games in 26 days
LAST GAME
Coyotes 5, Blues 0 – January 26, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Schmaltz (9, 10, 11), Boyd (6), Hayton (7)
STL Goals: None
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 33 svs on 33 shots
STL Goalie: Greiss (L) – 20 svs on 25 shots
PP: 1-2 PK: 3-3
Notes: Arizona beat STL 5-0 to mark the club’s largest margin of victory in a shutout since 1/6/19 vs NYR (5-0, W)…It also marked ARI’s first home shutout since 4/30/21 (Adin Hill)… Nick Schmaltz (3-1-4) registered his first career hat trick with all three goals coming in succession…It was the first natural hat trick by a Coyote since Phil Kessel on 3/27/21 vs SJ…The Coyotes as a team have had three hat trick performances this season (Clayton Keller [2x], Schmaltz), T-6th-most an NHL team has boasted in 2022-23…Schmaltz’s four points mark the highest individual single-game total by a Coyote this season…Karel Vejmelka stopped all 33 STL shots for his fourth career shutout (third this season)…Lawson Crouse returned to the lineup after missing four games due to injury and recorded an assist; Crouse has notched four helpers in his last two showings and 2-4-6 in his last 5 GP…Christian Fischer (51-49-100) and Nick Ritchie (79-101-180) recorded their 100th career point and 100th career assist, respectively on Travis Boyd’s goal…Ritchie registered his 10th career multi-assist game…Barrett Hayton scored for the second consecutive game and picked up his first PPG of the season; All 7 of Hayton’s goals this season have come at home…Matias Maccelli also returned to the lineup after a 16-game absence Games that featured a hat trick and a shutout, Coyotes/Jets franchise history Date Score Opponent Skater (scoring line) Goaltender (saves) 1/26/23 5-0, W vs STL Nick Schmaltz (3-1-4) Karel Vejmelka (33) 3/27/21 4-0, W vs SJ Phil Kessel (3-0-3) Adin Hill (34) 10/14/15 4-0, W at ANA Anthony Duclair (3-0-3) Mike Smith (37) 11/14/14 5-0, W at VAN Martin Hanzal (3-0-3) Devan Dubnyk (35) 12/30/06 8-0, W vs SJ Jeremy Roenick (3-0-3) Curtis Joseph (40) 11/26/99 7-0, W vs COL Jeremy Roenick (3-1-4) Sean Burke (28) 12/26/97 4-0, W at SJ Keith Tkachuk (3-1-4) Nikolai Khabibulin (30) 2/3/88 9-0, W vs CGY Laurie Boschman (3-0-3) Daniel Berthiaume (25) 3/26/80 7-0, W vs HAR Dave Christian (3-1-4) Markus Mattsson (27) MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played) Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (1 / 1/24) Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (21 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 107 games
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-Body
Matias Maccelli – 16 (12/27 – 1/24) – Lower-Body
Nick Schmaltz – 15 (10/15 – 11/17) – Upper-Body … 1 (12/31) – Upper-Body
Zack Kassian – 9 (11/1 – 11/21) – Lower-Body
Connor Timmins – 9 (10/15 – 11/5) – Upper-Body
Andrew Ladd – 6 (N/A) – Undisclosed
Josh Brown – 3 (11/23 – 11/27) – Upper-Body
Ben McCartney – 3 (10/13 – 10/17) – Lower-Body
Juuso Valimaki – 1 (11/23) – Upper-Body
Lawson Crouse – 1 (12/1) – Illness | 4 (1/19 – 1/24) – Upper-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-1/26 – Assigned F Milos Kelemen to Tucson (AHL)
-1/24 – Re-signed D Juuso Valimaki to a 1-year contract extension
-1/24 – Recalled F Milos Kelemen from Tucson (AHL)
-1/23 – Assigned F Michael Carcone to Tucson (AHL)
-1/19 – Recalled F Michael Carcone from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Mon, Feb 6 7pm vs MIN Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Fri, Feb 10 6:30pm at CHI United Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra 98.7 FM
Sat, Feb 11 6pm at STL Enterprise Center Bally Sports Arizona 620 AM
YOTES & DUCKS
- Tonight is the second of three ARI-ANA games this season. The Ducks captured the first meeting 5-2 just four days ago
- Barrett Hayton registered a goal and an assist in the 1/24 matchup at Mullett
- Excluding the covid-2020-21 season, the last time the Coyotes played the Ducks twice in the regular season within a three-game span was 10/6-10, 2018
- The season-series will conclude on 4/8 in Tempe
- The game is expected to feature Nick Schmaltz and Frank Vatrano’s first game after each of them scored a hat trick last time out. Per NHL Stats & Info, it’s the first time this season there’s been a contest where each team had a player record a hat trick in their most recent team game. There were two instances last season (Patrik Laine & Tage Thompson on 2/20/22 and Lucas Raymond & TJ Oshie on 10/27/21)
- The Coyotes beat the Ducks 6-5 in overtime the last time they played in Anaheim during the regular season (12/17/21)
- Clayton Keller scored the OT-winning goal on 12/17/21. That contest saw 3-pt nights from Keller (2-1-3) and Travis Boyd (1-2-3)
-That performance from Boyd on 12/17/21 is one of two 3-pt nights he’s delivered in his career
- Since being traded from ANA, tonight will be the second time in the regular season that Nick Ritchie will play in Honda Center as a visitor and first as a member of the Coyotes (other: 11/28/21 w/TOR)
- Coyotes franchise vs Ducks
• All-Time: 62-70-5-12
• Home: 35-32-2-5
• Road: 27-38-3-7
• L10: 6-3-1
• STRK: L2
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE DUCKS
Clayton Keller…6-12-18…24 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…6-13-19…23 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…8-4-12…22 career GP
Travis Boyd…2-3-5…5 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Chychrun, 8)… Assists (Schmaltz, 13)…Points (Schmaltz, 19)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 8)… Assists (Chychrun/Gostisbehere, 4)…Points (Chychrun, 12)
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
JAN. 26, 2023 – ANAHEIM 5 @ COLORADO 3
The Ducks completed their six-game road trip with a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night at Ball Arena. The Ducks overcame a 3-1 deficit to snap Colorado’s six-game win streak and earn their fourth third period, multi-goal comeback win of the season, the most among all NHL teams. Anaheim went 3-2-1, earning points in four of six games, on the season-long six-game road trip. Frank Vatrano scored the third hat trick of his career (3-0=3) and the first by a Duck this season (last: Troy Terry, Jan. 2, 2022 vs. PHI; 3-0=3). Vatrano has scored five goals in his past five games (5-1=6). Cam Fowler earned two assists (0-2=2), his second straight multi-point game, and recorded a career high +4 rating for the second straight game (also Jan. 24 @ ARI & Apr. 1, 2022 vs. ARI). Mason McTavish scored the second game-winning goal of his career at 10:02 in the third period, his first since his NHL debut on Oct. 13, 2022 (1-1=2). Adam Henrique scored his team-leading 18th goal of the season, a game-tying goal at 9:42 in the third, extending his point streak to a career-tying seven games (6-3=9), a mark he last reached Nov. 25-Dec. 8, 2011 (2-7=9). Troy Terry regained the team lead in points with his 29th assist of the season, his eighth the past seven games (1-8=9). A Denver native, Terry has recorded 4- 3=7 points in nine career games at Ball Arena. Simon Benoit, Dmitry Kulikov and Jakob Silfverberg also tallied assists. John Gibson stopped 41-of-44 shots to earn his ninth win of the season, his NHL-leading seventh games with 40-plus saves. PP: 0-2 PK: 1-2 SF: 32 SA: 44 TOI: Cam Fowler (25:14)
Three Stars: 1. F. Vatrano 2. M. McTavish 3. M. Rantanen
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Feb. 6 Dallas American Airlines Center 5:30 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 7 Chicago United Center 5:30 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Feb. 10 Pittsburgh Honda Center 7 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 12 Vegas T-Mobile Arena 12:30 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 15 Buffalo Honda Center 7 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Jan. 1 Reassigned G Lukas Dostal to San Diego (AHL). Activated G Anthony Stolarz from Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 2 Recalled D Colton White from a Conditioning Loan in San Diego (AHL).
Jan. 5 Assigned D Nathan Beaulieu to San Diego (AHL) on a Conditioning Loan.
Jan. 10 Placed C Justin Kirkland on Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 11 Activated LW Max Jones from Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 15 Recalled D Nathan Beaulieu from a Conditioning Loan in San Diego (AHL).
ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 255
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 49
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 41
Derek Grant Lower-body Day-to-day 24
Justin Kirkland Car accident Day-to-day 9
Kevin Shattenkirk Lower-body Day-to-day 1
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks return home to face the Arizona Coyotes for their final game prior to the NHL’s All-Star break tonight at Honda Center (7:30 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports West AUDIO: Ducks Stream). The Ducks enter tonight’s contest with wins in back-to-back games while scoring five goals in each of those two contests in addition to 3-1-0 the last four games (18 goals, 4.5 goals per game). Anaheim is 3-2-1 their last six games coming off a season-long six-game road trip where the club earned points in four of the six contests. Tonight, Anaheim concludes a 13-game January schedule (5-6-1), consisting of seven home and six road contests. All-time, Anaheim is 167-146-38 in the month of January. Since the start of 2013-14, Anaheim is 63-45-10 in January, picking up points in 73 of the 117 contests (.624%). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will head into the NHL’s All-Star break Jan. 29-Feb. 5, then hit the road for a back-to-back matchup against the Dallas Stars Feb. 6 at American Airlines Center (5:30 p.m. PT) and Chicago Blackhawks Feb. 7 at United Center (5:30 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-COYOTES: Anaheim and Arizona face off for the second time in five days when they hit the midway point of a three-game season series tonight in the lone matchup at Honda Center. The Ducks have earned points in eight of their past 10 games against the Coyotes in Orange County dating to 2018-19 (4-2-4), including each of the past three. They have earned points in seven of their past 10 games overall against the Coyotes dating to 2020-21 (4-3-3). Anaheim opened the 2022-23 series with a 5-2 win Jan. 24 in Arizona behind Anthony Stolarz’s 37 saves and multi-point outings from Cam Fowler (2-1=3), Troy Terry (1-2=3) and Frank Vatrano (1-1=2). The Ducks own an 82-42-25 all-time record vs. the Coyotes, including a 45-18-12 mark in Orange County. The 82 wins and 189 points mark the most Anaheim has recorded vs. a single opponent. John Gibson has helped the Ducks pick up points in 13 of his 17 career appearances vs. Arizona, posting an 8-4-5 record with two shutouts, a 2.52 GAA and a .915 SV%. Over his past two starts against the Coyotes, Anthony Stolarz has stopped 59-of-61 shots, including a 22-save shutout Apr. 1, 2022. He has posted a career 1.94 GAA and .933 SV% in five appearances. Trevor Zegras has recorded points in each of his last four contests against the Coyotes (2-4=6, +6) while he has 3-5=8 points in nine career games vs. Arizona. Cam Fowler (9-26=35 in 58 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career scoring and assists vs. the Coyotes while Adam Henrique (12-7=18 in 31 GP) leads current Ducks in career goals vs. the Coyotes. These two teams will conclude the season series Apr. 8 at Mullett Arena (2:30 p.m. PT).
ANA-ARI SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Jan. 24 Mullett Arena 5-2 ANA win
Jan. 28 Honda Center 7:30 p.m. PT Bally Sports West / Ducks Stream
Apr. 8 Mullett Arena 2:30 p.m. PT Bally Sports West / Ducks Stream
ANA-ARI ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Arizona/Winnipeg
All-Time Series: 82-42-25 45-18-12 37-24-13
Current Streak: Two ANA wins One ARI win Two ANA wins
Last ANA Win: Jan. 24, 2023 (5-2) Nov. 5, 2021 (3-1) Jan. 24, 2023 (5-2)
Last ARI Win: Dec. 17, 2021 (6-5, OT) Dec. 17, 2021 (6-5, OT) Feb. 24, 2021 (4-3, OT)
ANA Last 10: 4-3-3 4-2-4 4-4-2
