ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 4-3-1 in its last eight games. The stretch comes after beginning January 0-8-0
• Nick Schmaltz is expected to skate in his 400th career game tonight. Drafted No. 20 overall in 2014, only six players from the 2014 Draft Class had more career points that Schmaltz (89-180-269) at the time of their 400th game
• Tonight’s game is the first of a three-game road trip. It’s the second-to-last time this season the Coyotes will be on the road for at least
three consecutive games (March 21-24)
LAST GAME
Coyotes 3, Wild 2 – February 6, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Chychrun (6, 7), McBain (7)
MIN Goals: Kaprizov (28), Brodin (2)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 33 svs on 35 shots
MIN Goalie: Fleury (L) – 33 svs on 36 shots
PP: 1-6 PK: 4-4
Notes: ARI beat Minnesota for the first time this season and improved its home record to 11-8-2 this season….Jakob Chychrun scored two of ARis goals for his 6th and 7th tallies of the campaign which pushed his pt total to 27 this season (7-20-27)…Chychrun’s 9 career goals vs MIN since he entered the league (2016-17) are the most by an NHL defenseman in that span…Jack McBain registered his second GWG of the season (12/29 vs TOR); The last Coyotes rookie to notch two game-winning goals in a season was Conor Garland in 2018-19…Clayton Keller inched closer to 300 career pts (114-184-298) with an assist on Chychrun’s first goal…Matias Maccelli reached 20 assists this season in his 33rd game…Karel Vejmelka earned his 14th win of the season, besting his rookie season’s win output in 2021-22…Christian Fischer established a three-game point streak to tie his career-high (three previous instances, last: 4/30/21 – 5/3/21)…Monday was also Fischer’s third straight game with an assist, also tying his career-high; Fischer inked his second career campaign of double-digit assists…Barrett Hayton registered an assist and has tallied 2-2-4 in his last 3 home games; Hayton’s helper was his fourth power-play assist of 2022-23, setting a new single-season career-high…ARIs PK went 4-for-4 for the second consecutive game and has killed off its last 11 shorthanded situations…Jean-Sebastien Dea made his Coyotes debut after playing 46 games with the Roadrunners this season, playing 7:41 and recorded one shot on goal
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (3 / 1/24)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (23 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 111 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
-2/7 – Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea to Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Recalled F Jean-Sebastien Dea from Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Assigned F Dylan Guenther to the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sat, Feb 11 6pm at STL Enterprise Center Bally Sports Arizona 620 AM
Mon, Feb 13 6pm at NSH Bridgestone Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Wed, Feb 15 7pm vs TBL Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & HAWKS
- Tonight is the second of four ARI-CHI matchups this season and the final one in Chicago. The Blackhawks beat the Coyotes 2-0 on 1/6 at the UC
- The teams will play two more times in AZ on 2/28 and 3/18 after tonight
- Connor Ingram stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced in the 1/6 meeting
- Travis Boyd comes into tonight with 4 pts (2-2-4) over his last 4 GP versus CHI. One of his two career 3-pt games came against them (1/6/22)
- Former-Blackhawk Nick Schmaltz has found the scoresheet in two of the three games he’s played in the UC as a visitor, posting three assists in that span
- Troy Stecher’s career goal (3) and assist (6, tied) totals versus CHI mark the most he’s posted against an NHL club
- Coyotes vs Blackhawks
• All-Time: 63-69-15-8
• Home: 39-30-5-5
• Road: 24-39-10-3
• L10: 5-3-2
• STRK: L1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS
Troy Stecher…3-6-9…22 career GP
Nick Ritchie…3-3-6…13 career GP
Clayton Keller…6-4-10…12 career GP
Travis Boyd…2-4-6…8 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-5-6…7 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Keller, 6)… Assists (Nemeth, 7)…Points (Keller, 10)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Stecher, 3)… Assists (Nemeth, 7)…Points (Stecher, 9)
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Feb. 11 at WPG, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at MTL, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at TOR, 6:00 p.m. CT (TNT, WGN Radio)
Friday, Feb. 17 at OTT, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Feb. 19 vs. TOR, 5:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+/Hulu, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 5 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 29 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 23 – Recalled Luke Philp and Filip Roos from Rockford … Assigned Isaak Phillips to Rockford … Placed Tyler Johnson on IR … Jan. 17 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 14 – Activated Patrick Kane off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 13 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. ANA (3) – OT – Tue., Feb. 7 – United Center
CHI Goals: Dickinson (8), Jones (5)
ANA Goals: Leason (4), Megna (1), Vatrano (12; OT)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (23/26, 62:15) ANA – Stolarz (27/29, 62:15)
CHI PP: 0/2; PK: 2/2
ANA PP: 0/2; PK: 2/2
Recap: Chicago dropped a 3-2 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in overtime on Tuesday at the United Center … Jason Dickinson scored the first goal of the game and has goals in three-straight games (3G, 1A), a career-best streak … He also added an assist for a two-point night … Seth Jones scored his fifth goal of the season … Reese Johnson posted a game-high five hits … The Blackhawks are 4-3 in overtime games this season.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ARIZONA COYOTES
The Blackhawks are 14-5-2 in their last 21 games against the Coyotes … Chicago also has a five-game home point streak against the club (3-0-2) and have points in 13 of their last 15 contests at the United Center (9-1-5) … The Blackhawks earned their first shutout of the season on Jan. 6 vs. ARI with Jake McCabe and Tyler Johnson scoring for the Blackhawks … Patrick Kane has points in his last five-straight games against Arizona (1G, 8A), with four of them being multi-point efforts … Seth Jones has six assists over his last eight games against the Coyotes … Max Domi has six points over his last two games against his former team (2G, 4A) … Domi was drafted by Arizona (12th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft … Connor Murphy was also drafted by the Coyotes (20th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 6 (2-0), Feb. 10 | AWAY: Feb. 28, March 18
All-Time Record: 77-52-26 Home: 42-17-17 Road: 35-35-9
Last Home Win: Jan. 6, 2023 (2-0) Last Road Win: April 20, 2022 (4-3 OT) Last Home Loss: April 3, 2022
(2-3 OT) Road Loss: Jan. 6, 2022 (4-6)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. ARI ALL-TIME
GOALS: Jonathan Toews, 18; Patrick Kane, 17; J. Johnson/T. Johnson, Jake McCabe, Andreas Athanasiou, 3
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 39; Jonathan Toews, 30; Jack Johnson, 16
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 56; Jonathan Toews, 48; Jack Johnson, 19
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 10-13-1
Two-Days Rest: 2-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-6-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 2-6-1
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 4-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 4-5-1
Sunday: 2-6-1
