ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes meet the Blues in St. Louis for the second time this season, having already won 6-2 at the Enterprise Center in October. In their first matchup, the Coyotes scored a season-high three PPG, and registered a season-high 42 shots on goal.
• Matias Maccelli (nine games) and Nick Bjugstad (seven games) are amidst the longest point streaks of their careers after both registered a point against the Kraken. The duo has the third and T-fourth longest active point streaks in the NHL.
• Clayton Keller returns to Missouri – his home state – to face the franchise that he has registered the most goals (11), assists (15), and points (26) against during his career. Keller is currently third all-time in points (138-215-353) among Missouri-born NHL players and is seven points away from tying Paul Ranheim (161-199-360) for second place
PACK FACTS
· Clayton Keller (5-6-11) has scored in all but three games this season where the Coyotes have recorded a goal. . Sean Durzi (4-3-7) is one of six NHL defenseman with at least four goals scored. · Matias Maccelli (2-8-10) has an active nine-game point streak after scoring in the first period against the Kraken. The streak is the longest of his career (prior career long: five games, 11/21/22-12/5/22) and is the third-longest active streak in the NHL. · Nick Schmaltz (4-8-12) paces the squad in points and currently averages 1 P/GP. · Nick Bjugstad is currently on a seven-game point streak (1-6-7) and a six-game assist streak, the longest by any Coyote this season. . Logan Cooley is tied for the lead in points and assists (1-7-8) among all rookies and his .67 P/GP is T-first among rookies in P/GP (min. 10 GP). . Alex Kerfoot recorded three assists last Monday for his third three-assist game of his career, and his eighth three-point game…currently has the seventh longest active consecutive games played streak at 275 games. . Michael Carcone recorded the 8th, 9th and 10th goals of his NHL career in his career-best performance against the Blackhawks. · All of Juuso Valimaki’s (0-4-4) points have been assisted along with Matias Maccelli. . Lawson Crouse tied his career long five-game point streak with four goals in three outings after a scoreless first five games to start the campaign. (10/24-11/4) . Barrett Hayton found the net for the first time this season with a power play goal against the Kraken. . Jack McBain netted two goals against Chicago and picked up two assists and a fight on the way to his first “Gordie Howe hat trick”. He has now set his career-high goal streak at three games. . J.J. Moser (2-3-5) has registered all five of his points in three games, with two multi-point games. He now has eight in his NHL career. . Josh Brown lit the lamp for the first time this season against Chicago, and now sits one goal away from ten career NHL goals. . Karel Vejmelka recorded the first point of his NHL career against LAK, a secondary assist on a Sean Durzi goal. . With both Barrett Hayton and Travis Dermott recording their first points of the season against Seattle, the Coyotes joined Vegas as the only other team with every player (min. 1 GP) on their team recording at least one point. . The Coyotes are third in the NHL in goals scored in the first and second period with 33
YOTES & BLUES
-Tonight is the second of four ARI-STL matchups this season. The four-game season series will wrap up at Mullett Arena on 12/2. – Nick Schmaltz leads the Coyotes in career assists and points against the Blues. He has scored at least one point in nine of his last ten games against the franchise (8-9-17) and is on a four-game multi-point streak against St. Louis. – Clayton Keller has registered eight points in his last three games against the Blues (4-4-8). Six of his 78 career multi-point games have come against St. Louis. – Matias Maccelli began his nine-game point streak with a two-assist outing against the Blues on 10/19. The performance has been his only multipoint game during the streak.
Coyotes franchise vs Blues
• All-Time: 71-74-18-6
• Home: 40-35-7-2
• Road: 31-39-11-4
• L10: 6-2-2
• STRK: W2
POWERING UP
– The Coyotes (26.5%) are currently sixth in the NHL in PP% and tied for sixth in PPG (13). – On the road, the Coyotes are tied for fourth in PPG (7) and second in PPG/RGP (1.17). – Last year, the squad finished 24th in the NHL in PP% (18.9), and only recorded 45 PPG over the span of the season. This year’s version of the Coyotes is currently on pace for 89 PPG. – If the Coyotes continue their 26.5% PP pace, they would earn their best PP% in franchise history (25.5, 1987-88) and their second largest year-over-year increase in PP% in franchise history (+8.2%, 86-87 -> 87-88).
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
Blues vs. Coyotes
• The Blues and Coyotes will meet for the 2nd of 4 matchups this season (Nov. 22 in Arizona / Dec. 2 in Arizona) • The Blues lost the first matchup of the season with Arizona, 6-2 on Oct. 19 in St. Louis • The Blues are 4-4-0 in their last 8 games against Arizona • The Blues are 2-2-1 in their last 5 games against the Coyotes at Enterprise Center • The Blues have been shorthanded just 31 times this season, which is the least in the NHL (2. Washington, 34) • The Blues will continue a stretch of 3 straight games against Central Division opponents (lost 5-2 on Tuesday vs. Winnipeg / at Colorado on Saturday) and will face a Western Conference opponent in 9 of their next 10 games • Blues’ Head Coach Criag Berube sits just 2 wins shy of becoming the 3rd coach in franchise history to record 200 wins with the club (1. Joel Quenneville, 307 & 2. Ken Hitchcock 248)
Home Sweet Home
• The Blues are 4-2-0 at Enterprise Center this season • The Blues’ 4 wins at home this season share 4th in the NHL (1. Vegas, 7), while their 8 points at home share 8th in the NHL (1. Vegas, 15) • Going back to Mar. 19, 2023, the Blues are 8-3-2 at home • Their 8 home wins since Mar. 19 share 3rd in the NHL (1. Boston, 12), while their 18 points at home share 4th in the NHL (1. Boston, 25) • Since Mar. 19, Binnington has posted a record of 6-1-1 at home, with a 2.45 GAA and a .923 SV% • His home .923 SV% since Mar. 19 shares 10th in the NHL (1. Swayman, .951)
