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NHL Preview: St. Louis Blues (28-31-5) at Columbus Blue Jackets (20-37-7)

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NHL Preview: St. Louis Blues (28-31-5) at Columbus Blue Jackets (20-37-7)

ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:

CURRENT INJURIES
Jake Neighbours – Upper-Body (Will be re-evaluated in 5 weeks; announced on Feb. 20)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 245

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March
6 – Signed college free agent defenseman Anton Malmstrom to a two-year, entry-level contract
3 – Acquired forward Jakub Vrana from Detroit in exchange for Dylan McLaughlin and a 2025 7th-round draft pick
2 – Signed forward Sammy Blais to a one-year, $1,000,000 contract extension
1 – Signed defenseman Michael Buchinger to a three-year, entry-level contract

BLUES vs. BLUE JACKETS

  • The Blues will face the Blue Jackets for the 2nd and final time this season
  • The Blues won their 1st game against the Blue Jackets, 5-2 back on Oct. 15 in St. Louis, which was the Blues 1st game of the season
  • The Blues went 1-1-0 against the Blue Jackets last season, with both teams winning at home
  • The Blues are 4-1-1 in their last 6 games against Columbus
  • The Blues are also 8-3-1 in their last 12 games against Columbus
  • The Blues are 2-1-1 in their last 4 trips to Columbus
  • The Blues have scored a power play goal in 4 of their last 5 games against Columbus, going 6 for 15 (40.0%) on the power play over those 5 games

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
3/12 – vs. Vegas
3/15 – vs. Minnesota
3/17 – at Washington
3/19 – vs. Winnipeg
3/21 – vs. Detroit

A LOOK AHEAD

  • The Blues will go on the road for 1 game at Columbus on Saturday, before returning home for 2 games (Vegas on Sunday, Minnesota on Wednesday)
  • After today, 4 of the Blues’ next 5 games will come at Enterprise Center
  • The Blues will play 11 more games in March (6 away; 5 home)
  • 7 of the Blues’ remining 11 games in March will come against Western Conference opponents (3 against the Central)

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:

Mar. 11, 2023 Game No. 65 (20-37-7, 47 pts.)
vs. St. Louis Blues (28-31-5, 61 pts.), Nationwide Arena Home Game No. 35 (13-19-2, 28 pts.)
The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.

THE LAST GAME: MAR. 7, 2023 – CBJ 4 at PIT 5 (OT)
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Bemstrom (5), Pederson (2), Laine (20), Foudy (3)
PIT Goal Scorers: Zucker (20), Guentzel (25), Zucker (21), Heinen (6), PP – Crosby (28)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (7/7; 20:00), Hutchinson (35/40; 42:45); PIT – Jarry (8/12; 22:37), DeSmith (15/15; 40:08)
CBJ PP: 1/2; PK: 1/2 | Shots: CBJ: 27 / PIT: 47
3 Stars: 1. Crosby, PIT; 2. Zucker, PIT; 3. Foudy, CBJ
Noteworthy: CBJ scored the 1st goal of the game for the 5th time in last 6 contests… CBJ scored the 1st 4 goals of the game (3 in the 1st and 1 in the 2nd), but PIT followed up with 5 unanswered goals, including 3 in the 3rd, to win in OT… Laine scored his team-leading 20th goal of the season to extend his points streak to four-straight games (3-2-5)… Foudy registered his 2nd multi-point game of the campaign with 1-1-2… Bemstrom tallied his 3rd multi-point effort of the season with 1-1-2… Johnson notched his 3rd multi-assist/6th multi-point contest of the campaign with 2 assists… Pederson scored his 1st goal as a Blue Jacket and recorded 8 hits tying his career-high (with ARI on 4/4/21 at ANA).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (58 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (51 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (49 games)
Kuraly (left oblique strain); 6 weeks (3 games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 430

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 10 Added Tarasov to the roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 2 Acquired Hutchinson and a 7th-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from Vegas in exchange for Quick
Mar. 2 Acquired Gillies from Arizona in exchange for Voracek and a 6th-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and assigned Gillies to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 1 Loaned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 1 Acquired Quick, a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a 3rd-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft from Los Angeles in exchange for Gavrikov and Korpisalo

TODAY’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan

AGAINST THE BLUES
2022-23 Series: 0-1-0 (0-0-0 vs. STL)
2021-22 Series: 1-1-0 (1-0-0 vs. STL)
All-Time Series: 33-41-3-13 (22-15-2-5 vs. STL)
Last 10 (Overall | Home): 4-5-1 | 6-3-1
All-Time GF/GA: 240/280
All-Time SF/SA: 2,389/2,677
All-Time PP: 61-of-376
All-Time PK: 306-of-393

THE LAST GAME: OCT. 15, 2022 – CBJ 2 at STL 5
CBJ Goal Scorers: Nyquist (2), Kuraly (1)
STL Goal Scorers: PP – Buchnevich (1), Tarasenko (1), Barbashev (1), Neighbors (1), Tarasenko (2)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (20/25; 60:00); STL– Binnington (23/25; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/2; PK: 2/3 | Shots: CBJ: 25 / STL: 25
3 Stars: 1. Buchnevich, STL; 2. Tarasenko, STL; 3. Barbashev, STL
Noteworthy: STL scored the 1st two goals of the game, but CBJ scored 2 goals 18 seconds apart in the 2nd period to tie the game heading into the 3rd… STL scored 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd, including two goals 20 seconds apart…Gaudreau notched his 400th career NHL assist… Kuraly scored his 1st goal of the campaign… Nyquist scored for his 2nd straight game (2-0-2 in 3 GP)… Olivier collected his 1st point as a Blue Jacket (assist).

SEASON SERIES LEFT: Series is complete.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes

NOTED (Team Highlights vs. STL)
Home team is 15-4-1 in last 20 contests, including wins in 5-straight…CBJ have picked up points in 4 of the last 7 games in the series, going 3-3-1 since 10/25/18… CBJ have won 2-straight at NWA and are 6-2-1 in the past 9 in Columbus dating back to 4/12/13… 3 of the last 4 meetings at NWA have been decided by a single goal… Winning team has scored four-plus goals in 6 of last 7 contests… The teams have combined for just 5 shutouts in the all-time series with the most-recent one recorded on Apr. 5, 2008 (Legace; 25 saves in 3-0 W at St. Louis)… Most goals scored vs. STL: 8 – 2x (MR: 11/12/16)… Most goals allowed vs. STL: 6 – 2x (MR: 4/3/11).

NOTED (Player Highlights vs. STL)
Gaudreau notched his 400th career NHL assist on 10/15/22 at STL… Gudbranson played his 600th career game on 1/24/22 vs. STL… Jenner registered 100th career point (assist) on 11/12/16 vs. STL… Laine notched his seventh career hat trick on 11/24/18 at STL… Roslovic tallied his 1st career NHL assist on 2/9/18 vs. STL.

SCORING NOTABLES vs. STL
• Gaudreau – 6-17-23 in 22 career GP, including 2-6-8 with two multi-point efforts in the last 5 games vs. St. Louis
• Laine – 16-5-21 in 17 career GP, including points in 3-straight home games (2-3-5) against the club and goals in each of his last 3 contests overall (3-1-4)
• Roslovic – 2-6-8 in 13 career GP, including 2-3-5 in the past 5 meetings vs. the Blues.

PLAY OF LATE
The Blue Jackets earned a point in a 5-4 overtime loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday and have now recorded points in seven of the last 10 games overall (4-3-3). The club, which is 7-7-5 in the past 19 contests, has registered points in eight of its last 12 games (5-4-3), with wins against four of the top-15 teams in the League in points (Toronto-4th; Dallas-7th; Edmonton-12th; Winnipeg-15th). The club has collected points in nine of its last 13 contests away from Nationwide Arena dating back to January 23 (5-4-4).

NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (22-37-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (38-21-6)

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NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (22-37-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (38-21-6)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Patrick Sharp (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 14 vs. BOS, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, March 16 at NSH, 7:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+/Hulu, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 18 at ARI, 9:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Monday, March 20 at COL, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Thursday, March 23 at WSH, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 9 – Recalled Filip Roos from Rockford … March 3 – Recalled Anders Bjork from Rockford … Activated MacKenzie Entwistle from IR … Activated Nikita Zaitsev from non-roster … Assigned David Gust, Brett Seney and Isaak Phillips to Rockford … March 2 – Recalled Lukas Reichel from Rockford

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (3) at Florida (4) – OT – Fri., March 10 – FLA Live Arena
CHI Goals: Jones (3), Katchouk (3), Guttman (4)
FLA Goals: Bennett (16), Reinhart (22; PP), Luostarinen (16), Montour (12; OT)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (39/43, 60:36) FLA – Bobrovsky (21/24, 62:25)
CHI PP: 0/6; PK: 1/4
FLA PP: 1/4; PK: 6/6
Recap: The Blackhawks fell to the Florida Panthers 4-3 in overtime on Friday … Cole Guttman scored his fourth goal of the season in the final minute of the third period to send the game to overtime … Jujhar Khaira notched two assists for his first multi-point effort of the season … Caleb Jones skated in his 200th career NHL game, scoring a goal … Boris Katchouk also scored in a milestone game, the 100th of his career … Petr Mrazek made 39 saves.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
The Blackhawks and Lightning face off in the last of two matchups this season … Chicago is 0-1-0 against the Bolts this season … The Blackhawks dropped a 4-1 decision to the Lightning on Jan. 3 … Seth Jones scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks … He has points (1G, 2A) over his last three games and five points (2G, 3A) over his last seven … Tyler Johnson won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021 … Both Taylor Raddysh (44th overall) and Boris Katchouk (58th overall) were drafted by Tampa in the 2016 NHL Draft.

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 3 (1-4) | AWAY: March 11 
All-Time Record: 19-24-13 Home: 13-12-4 Road: 6-12-9
Last Home Win: March 5, 2021 (4-3 SO) Last Road Win: Feb. 27, 2020 (5-2) Last Home Loss: Jan. 3, 2023
(1-4) Last Road Loss: April 1, 2022 (2-5)

ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. TBL ALL-TIME
GOALS: Seth Jones, 4; Connor Murphy, 2; Austin Wagner, 2
ASSISTS: Nikita Zaitsev, 7; Seth Jones, 6; Connor Murphy, 2
POINTS: Seth Jones, 10; Nikita Zaitsev, 7; Connor Murphy, 4

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 13-16-1
Two-Days Rest: 4-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 2-6-2
Second Game of a B2B: 1-9-1

BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 1-2-0
Tuesday: 3-8-1
Wednesday: 1-7-0
Thursday: 4-5-1
Friday: 5-2-2
Saturday: 5-7-1
Sunday: 3-6-1

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:

LAST GAME
Lightning 3 vs. Vegas 4 (OT)
The Tampa Bay Lightning collected one point in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights March 9 at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts wrapped up the season series vs. VGK with a 0-1-1 record…Tampa Bay fell to 38-21-6 on the season with a home record of 23-5-5…Keegan Kolesar opened the scoring just 27 seconds into the first period to give VGK an early 1-0 lead…The Lightning responded with a quick answer just 4:01 later when Steven Stamkos sent a pass to Nikita Kucherov, who fired a shot on Jonathan Quick before Brayden Point jumped on the rebound and buried his team-leading 40th goal of the season…After a scoreless middle frame, William Karlsson scored a shorthanded goal 2:27 into the third period to give VGK a 2-1 lead…Chandler Stephenson added a power-play goal just 3:12 later and put VGK up 3-1…With Andrei Vasilevskiy pulled for an extra attacker, the Bolts got back within one when Kucherov hammered home a one-timer off a pass from Mikhail Sergachev as Point recorded the secondary helper with 2:07 remaining…After Stephenson was whistled for high-sticking at the 19:14 mark of the third, Tampa Bay had a 6-on-4 advantage and tied the game when Point scored his second goal of the game off assists from Kucherov and Sergachev with 27.7 seconds remaining…Alec Martinez scored the game-winning goal 3:09 into overtime to give VGK the 4-3 win…Vasilevskiy made 17 saves in the loss.
PP: TBL – 1-5 VGK – 1-2
SOG: TBL – 37 VGK – 21
Attendance: 19,092

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Blackhawks are playing the second of two matchups this season and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts are 1-0-0 vs. CHI this season after a 4-1 win Jan. 3 at United Center…Seth Jones opened the scoring for CHI with a power-play goal at the 4:50 mark of the first period…Pat Maroon answered for Tampa Bay with his second goal of the season when he redirected a pass from Victor Hedman past Alex Stalock with 8:36 remaining in the opening period…After a scoreless middle frame, the Bolts made it a 2-1 game at the 7:11 mark of the third period with Alex Killorn taking a pass from Brandon Hagel and beating Stalock for his 12th goal of the season…Hagel scored a power-play goal just 3:13 later with Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos recording the assists to extend the Lightning’s lead to 3-1…Nick Paul added an empty-net goal with 1:06 remaining with Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Hedman picking up the helpers…Brian Elliott got the start in goal for Tampa Bay and made 25 saves on 26 shots…Stamkos has picked up points and assists in six straight games vs. CHI (2-6—8)…Stamkos has pointed in nine of his last 10 games vs. CHI (5-9—14)…Stamkos has picked up points in 11 of his 13 career home games vs. CHI (15-10—25), including points and assists in five straight (4-6—10) with four multi-point efforts during that span…Nikita Kucherov has recorded points in five of his last six games vs. CHI (2-8—10) with four multi-point efforts during that span…Kucherov has recorded three consecutive multi-point games at home vs. CHI (1-6—7)…Point is riding a five-game point streak vs. CHI (3-5—8) and has picked up points in 15 of his 18 career games vs. CHI (9- 14—23)…Point has found the scoresheet in seven of his last eight home games vs. CHI (6-5—11)…Hagel has scored a goal in both games vs. CHI since being acquired by Tampa Bay at last year’s trade deadline (2-1—3)…Killorn has points in nine of his last 11 games vs. CHI (8-6—14)…Ross Colton has scored three goals in three career home games vs. CHI (3-1—4)…Paul has picked up four points in two games vs. CHI since being acquired by the Lightning at last year’s trade deadline (1-3—4)…Hedman has points in seven of his last nine games vs. CHI (4-9—13) with five multi-point efforts during that span…Hedman has picked up points in 10 of his 14 career home games vs. CHI (2-16— 18)…Andrei Vasilevskiy is 13-0-0 in 13 career starts vs. CHI with one shutout, a .930 save percentage, 2.14 goals against average and two assists…Vasilevskiy’s 13-game win streak vs. CHI to start his career is tied for the third-longest win streak vs. a single opponent to start a career in NHL history…The Bolts have won seven straight games vs. CHI and picked up points in 27 of the last 28 meetings…Tampa Bay has won five straight home games vs. CHI and 13 of the last 14 meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Lightning have scored four or more goals in seven straight contests vs. CHI (total: 36 goals)…The Bolts have scored three or more goals in 13 of the last 15 home games vs. CHI (total: 60 goals)…Tampa Bay is 9-1-0 in their last 10 home games vs. CHI and 9-0-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Lightning are 33-15-4 with five ties all-time vs. CHI, including a home record of 18-5-1 with three ties…Stamkos (16- 16—32) holds the Tampa Bay franchise records for career goals and points vs. CHI.

TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. CHI

  1. Steven Stamkos – 32 pts. (16-16—32, 26 GP)
  2. Victor Hedman – 29 pts. (6-23—29, 27 GP)
  3. Brayden Point – 23 pts. (9-14—23, 18 GP)
  4. Alex Killorn – 20 pts. (8-12—20, 24 GP)
  5. Martin St. Louis – 19 pts. (8-11—19, 15 GP)

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the third game of a four-game homestand tonight…The Bolts will play eight of their 16 games in March on home ice…The Lightning are 11-2-1 against Central Division opponents and 20-7-3 against the Western Conference this season…Tampa Bay has scored three or more goals in 13 of their last 14 home games (total: 60 goals)…Tampa Bay has scored a power-play goal in 13 of their last 14 home games.

INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 101
Current Injuries:
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 2 Games
Victor Hedman (Upper-body injury; Day-to-day) 2 Games

TRANSACTIONS
March 4 – Recalled D Darren Raddysh from AHL Syracuse
March 3 – Re-assigned D Darren Raddysh to AHL Syracuse
March 2 – Recalled D Darren Raddysh from AHL Syracuse

HOME COOKING
The Lightning are 23-5-5 at home this season with a .773 points percentage, trailing only Boston (.859) for the NHL lead…Tampa Bay has scored three or more goals in 13 of their last 14 games at AMALIE Arena and 28 of 33 home games overall…The Bolts are averaging over four goals per game on home ice for the second time in franchise history at 4.06 GF/GP (also: 4.02 GF/GP, 2018-19) and are the only team in the NHL averaging more than four goals per game at home…Tampa Bay’s power play is clicking at a 32% conversion rate on home ice, the second-best among all NHL teams, trailing only Edmonton (32.3%)…Since Dec. 1, the Lightning have given up just seven power-play goals on 60 attempts at AMALIE Arena, good for an 88.3 PK%, the second-best home penalty kill percentage in the NHL during that span, trailing only BOS (90%).

NHL Preview: Arizona Coyotes (23-32-10) at Colorado Avalanche (35-22-6)

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NHL Preview: Arizona Coyotes (23-32-10) at Colorado Avalanche (35-22-6)

ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:

3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona has won each of its last two games, outscoring opponents 10-3 over those contests. The club is 2-2-1 in its last 5 GP and 4-4-
2 in its last 10 outings

• Clayton Keller is one assist shy of 200 for his career and Nick Schmaltz is one goal shy of 100 for his career. Additionally, Schmaltz needs four points to reach 200 points with the Coyotes. If he can reach that milestone within the next six games, he’d require the second-fewest games by a Coyote (since 1996-97) to tally 200 pts with the team (NHL debut or otherwise)

• The last time the Coyotes beat the Avalanche four straight times was 1/16/12 – 4/6/13

LAST GAME
Coyotes 4, Predators 1 – March 9, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Ritchie (7), Hayton (11), McBain (10), Schmaltz (21)
NSH Goals: Glass (9)
ARI Goalie: Prosvetov (W) – 39 svs on 40 shots
NSH Goalie: Saros (L) – 39 svs on 42 shots
PP: 1-4 PK: 6-6
Notes: The Coyotes defeated the Predators 4-1 to take the season series 2-1-1 (NSH, 2-2-0)…Ivan Prosvetov made his season debut with the Coyotes and earned his first career NHL win, stopping 39-of-40 shots in the process…Prosvetov’s start made him the first goalie other than Vejmelka or Ingram to appear in a game for ARI… Clayton Keller chipped in two assists and reached 65 points (26-39-65) to tie his single-season career-high set back in 2017-18…Keller’s next assist will be the 200th of his career…Brett Ritchie opened the game’s scoring with his first goal as a Coyote…Per NHL Stats & Info, the Ritchie brothers became the second set of siblings to each score at least one goal with the Coyotes/Jets franchise during the same season, joining Darrin and Darryl Shannon with Winnipeg in both 1994-95 and 1995-96…Nick Schmaltz established a three-game goal streak, giving him 21 on the campaign and 14 since Jan. 24 (18 GP)…·Schmaltz’s next goal will be the 100th of his career…Matias Maccelli recorded an assist to re-take the rookie lead in helpers this season (29)…JJ Moser picked up an assist on Ritchie’s goal to give him 20 on the season; He’s the fourth defensemen to reach 20 assists with the Coyotes in 2022-23…The four blueliners to tally 20+ assists with the Coyotes are the most the club has had in a season since the franchise relocated; The 1984-85 team is the only one with more (5)…Lawson Crouse notched his 35th point (21-14-35) of the season, setting a new career-high; He also extended his point streak to 4 games which tied his careerhigh…Arizona set a season-high with 43 shots. 18 of them came in the first period, also a season-high for a frame…Victor Soderstrom finished with six shots on goal; TBL’s Nick Perbix is the only rookie defensemen to tally more in an NHL game this season…ARI’s PK went 6-for-6 for the second consecutive game and have killed off each of their last 14 shorthanded situations

MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)

Total man games lost: 124 games
Liam O’Brien – 23 (12/17 – 2/6) – Upper-Body | 2 (2/11 – 2/13) – Upper-Body
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
Shayne Gostisbehere – 8 (1/26 – 2/18) – Upper-Body
Andrew Ladd – 6 (N/A) – Undisclosed
Josh Brown – 3 (11/23 – 11/27) – Upper-Body | 4 (2/26 – 3/3)
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
Christian Fischer – 1 (3/3) – Illness
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-3/9 – Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea to Tucson (AHL)
-3/9 – Recalled G Ivan Prosvetov from Tucson (AHL)
-3/8 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama to Tucson (AHL)
-3/7 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama from Tucson (AHL)
-3/4 – Assigned F Milos Kelemen, D Michael Kesselring and D Vladislav Kolyachonok to Tucson (AHL)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sun, March 12 6:30pm vs MIN Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Tue, March 14 7pm vs CGY Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Thur, March 16 7pm vs VAN Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620

YOTES & AVS

  • Tonight is the second of four ARI-COL contests this season. The Yotes beat the Avs 6-3 on 12/27 at Mullett Arena
  • A win tonight would mark the Coyotes’ first 4-game win streak over the Avs since 1/16/12 – 4/6/13
  • The 6 goals in the 12/27 game was the second of four instances Arizona has scored 6 goals this season, the team’s single-game high in 2022-23
  • Lawson Crouse registered 3 pts (1-2-3) in the 12/27 meeting, while Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each chipped in a goal and an assist
  • Crouse also scored the last time the Coyotes played at Ball Arena (2/1/22), a contest the Yotes won 3-2 in shootout
  • Keller and Crouse have each tallied 5 pts against the Avs in 5 GP since the start of 2021-22
  • Matias Maccelli made his NHL debut in the 3/3/22 ARI-COL game
  • Excluding the COVID season, the three ARI-COL games in March will represent the first time the Coyotes will play a team three times in a month since March of 2017 when the team played St. Louis 3x
  • Coyotes franchise vs Avalanche/Nordiques
    • All-Time: 61-60-12-12
    • Home: 32-29-7-5
    • Road: 29-31-5-7
    • L10: 4-4-2
    • STRK: W3

SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE AVALANCHE
Nick Schmaltz…5-7-12…24 career GP
Clayton Keller…3-12-15…21 career GP
Lawson Crouse…4-6-10…21 career GP
Brett Ritchie…7-1-8…18 career GP
Juuso Valimaki…0-2-2…3 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Ritchie, 7)… Assists (Keller, 12)…Points (Keller, 15)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Moser, 1)… Assists (Valimaki/Nemeth, 2)…Points (Valimaki/Nemeth, 2)

COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:

UPCOMING GAMES

Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sat, Mar. 11 ARIZONA 4 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Mon, Mar. 13 at Montreal 5:30 p.m. Altitude, Sportsnet 92.5 FM
Wed, Mar. 15 at Toronto 5 p.m. TNT 92.5 FM
Thu, Mar. 16 at Ottawa 5 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Mar. 18 at Detroit 11 a.m. Altitude, NHLN 92.5 FM

TODAY’S GAME
COLORADO AVALANCHE (35-22-6, 76 PTS) vs. ARIZONA COYOTES (23-32-10, 56 PTS)
4:08 p.m. – Ball Arena, Denver, Colo.
Altitude TV / Altitude Radio (92.5 FM)
The Colorado Avalanche wraps up a four-game homestand with a late afternoon matchup against the Arizona Coyotes at Ball Arena in Denver … The Avs are 1-1-1 so far on this home stay … Colorado is 7-3-1 in its last 11 games and 15-5-3 (.717) in its last 23 contests … Only Carolina (17-3-1, .833), Boston (17-4-1, .795) and New Jersey (15-4-3, .750) have a better record since Jan. 14 … The Avs will depart on a four-game road trip tomorrow with stops in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Detroit … Colorado is in a busy stretch of 15 contests in 26 days from March 4-29.

ON THE CALL
Altitude TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey

LAST GAME
March 9 – Los Angeles 5, Colorado 2 at Ball Arena
Adrian Kempe and Phillip Danault each scored twice to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the Colorado Avalanche, 5-2, at Ball Arena … Nathan MacKinnon scored a power-play goal for the Avs—extending his home goal streak to eight games—and Evan Rodrigues also lit the lamp for Colorado … Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves while Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots.
SF: 30 SA: 31 PP: 1-3 PK: 4-4
MacKinnon scored a goal for the eighth consecutive home game, tying the franchise record for the longest home goal-scoring streak set by Michel Goulet in 1983-84 and matched by Joe Sakic in 2000-01 … MacKinnon extended his home point streak to 15 games (13g/12a) With eight shots-on-goal, MacKinnon (2,674 career shots) passed Milan Hejduk (2,667) for second place on the franchise’s all-time list … Joe Sakic holds the record at 4,621 The Avalanche’s PK unit killed all four Kings power plays, extending their streak to a season-high 15 straight kills

CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (Jan. 14 – present)
Erik Johnson – ankle (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – knee (Oct. 12 – present)
Kurtis MacDermid – lower body (March 9 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (March 4 – present)
Total Man-Game Lost: 355

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 6 – Jonas Johansson recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Mar. 5 – Keith Kinkaid reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Mar. 4 – Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Mar. 3 – Keith Kinkaid, Brad Hunt, Ben Meyers recalled from Colorado (AHL) … Gustav Rydahl acquired from the NY Rangers in exchange for forward Anton Blidh and reports to Colorado (AHL) … Cale Makar activated from IR
Mar. 1 – Ben Meyers recalled from Colorado (AHL) … Lars Eller acquired from Washington for a second-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft … Cale Makar placed on IR (retro to Feb. 18) … Brad Hunt recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Justus Annunen, Brad Hunt, Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)

TODAY’S OPPONENT – ARIZONA COYOTES
This afternoon’s contest is the second of four matchups between Arizona and Colorado in 2022-23 and the first of two here in Denver … The Avalanche and Coyotes will face off three times in a span of two weeks from now until March 26 … The Coyotes won the first matchup 6-3 on Dec. 27 at Mullett Arena.

SCHEDULE vs. COYOTES
Dec. 27 @ Arizona (L, 3-6)
Mar. 11 vs. ARIZONA
Mar. 24 vs. ARIZONA
Mar. 26 @ Arizona

RECORD vs. COYOTES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 PLAYOFFS
Overall: 0-1-0 Overall: 2-1-1 Overall: 72-53-20 Overall: 55-33-12 Series: 2 (2-0)
Home: — Home: 1-0-1 Home: 38-24-10 Home: 28-14-7 W-L Record: 8-2
Road: 0-1-0 Road: 1-1-0 Road: 34-29-10 Road: 27-19-5 Last: 2020 R1 (W, 4-1)

BACK-TO-BACK
Colorado is 11-5-2 in back-to-back games this season, going 5-3-1 in the first contest and 6-2-1 in the second … The Avalanche had a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games from Feb. 14-25, with the club earning 11 of a possible 12 points during that span … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, with Colorado sweeping all three games … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second.

EXTRA CREDIT
The Avalanche are 10-6 in games decided past regulation, 6-3 in overtime and 4-3 in shootouts … The Avalanche are 81-47 all-time in shootouts, the highest winning percentage (.633) of any team since the tiebreaker started in 2005-06 … The Avs have the best all-time shooting percentage at 37.9% (162/427) and the fourth-best save percentage at .716 (312/436).

NHL Preview: Philadelphia Flyers (24-30-11) at Pittsburgh Penguins (32-22-10)

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NHL Preview: Philadelphia Flyers (24-30-11) at Pittsburgh Penguins (32-22-10)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:

TODAY’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins
PPG Paints Arena
TV: ABC/ESPN+ | Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., March 14 Vegas Golden Knights Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP/97.5 The Fanatic
Fri., March 17 Buffalo Sabres Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP/93.3 WMMR
Sat., March 18 Carolina Hurricanes Wells Fargo Center 5 p.m. ESPN+, Hulu/93.3 WMMR

CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Wade Allison undisclosed, day-to-day 3/9-present 1
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 65
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 65
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 65
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 7
Brendan Lemieux undisclosed, day-to-day 3/9-present 1
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 344

FLYERS VS. PENGUINS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS PENGUINS
163-99-43 ALL-TIME RECORD 112-153-40
103-37-12 HOME 71-57-25
60-62-31 ROAD 41-96-15
1-2-2 LAST 5 MEETINGS 4-1-0
4-4-2 LAST 10 MEETINGS 6-3-1
1,086 GOALS SCORED 939
24.1% POWER PLAY 23.5%
76.5% PENALTY KILL 75.9%
van Riemsdyk: 30 pts (13-17=30) in 51 GP
Hayes: 17 pts (8-9=17) in 31 GP
Two Players Tied at 12 pts
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Crosby: 121 pts (52-69=121) in 81 GP
Malkin: 82 pts (29-53=82) in 68 GP
Letang: 48 pts (10-38=48) in 61 GP
Hart: 4-4-2, 3.40 GAA, .896 SV% in 11 GP
Sandstrom: 0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV% in 1 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS Jarry: 10-4-1, 2.87 GAA, .903 SV% in 16 GP
DeSmith: 1-2-0, 3.48 GAA, .882 SV% in 4 GP

2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
November 25 Wells Fargo Center PIT (4), PHI (1)
March 11 PPG Paints Arena 3:30 p.m.
April 2 PPG Paints Arena 6 p.m.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/10 – Relieved President of Hockey Operations & General Manger, Chuck Fletcher, of his duties; Named Daniel Briere Interim General Manager
3/7 – Signed D Will Zmolek to a one-year entry-level contract
3/3 – Acquired a 2023 Sixth-Round Draft Pick from Ottawa in exchange for F Patrick Brown
3/3 – Acquired F Brendan Lemieux and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from Los Angeles in exchange for F Zack MacEwen

TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS

  • The Flyers are 13-13-4 in their last 30 games.
  • Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 39 of its 65 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-11th in the NHL with 12 wins when trailing first in a game.
  • The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
  • 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.
  • Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots

– the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.

  • The Flyers rank second in the NHL with 1,147 blocked shots and rank third with 1,816 hits.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

  • The Flyers conclude their three-game road trip Saturday and only have four road games this month.
  • Philadelphia has seven road games remaining in the 2022-23 regular season.
  • The Flyers are 8-7-1 in its last 16 road games, including a season-high five-game road win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 14.
  • The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 11 of their last 21 road games. Philadelphia is 9-3-4 on the road this season when scoring three-plus goals.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:

LAST 2 GAMES
Mar. 9: NY Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT) – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Guentzel, Archibald, Zucker
Multiple Points: Petry (2A)
Goalie: Jarry (24 saves, 28 shots)
Key Stats: Marcus Pettersson recorded his 100th-career assist as the Penguins fell in overtime.
PP: 0-3
PK: 3-4

Mar. 7: Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 4 (OT) – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Zucker (2), Heinen, Guentzel, Crosby (OT)
Multiple Points: Crosby (1G-2A), Malkin (3A), Zucker (2G), Rakell (2A)
Goalie: Jarry (8 saves, 12 shots), DeSmith (15 saves, 15 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby became the second player in NHL history to score 20 goals in overtime.
PP: 1-2
PK: 1-2

INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
F Ryan Poehling Upper-Body 12 26
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 151

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Mar. 10 F Alex Nylander recalled from WBS (AHL).
Mar. 9 F Alex Nylander re-assigned to WBS (AHL).
Mar. 7 F Alex Nylander recalled from WBS (AHL).
Mar. 4 F Drew O’Connor recalled from WBS (AHL).
Mar. 3 D Dmitry Kulikov acquired in exchange for Brock McGinn and a 2024 third-round draft pick.

Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Flyers: 112-153-40
In Pittsburgh: 71-57-25
In Philadelphia: 41-96-15
OT Record vs. Flyers: 16-14-16
Shootout Record vs. Flames: 5-1

2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh went 1-0-0.
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. FLYERS:
Mario Lemieux: 71 GP, 124 PTS (51G-73A)
Sidney Crosby: 81 GP, 121 PTS (52G-69A)
Evgeni Malkin: 68 GP, 82 PTS (29G-53A)

TONIGHT’S GAME

  • The Penguins continue along their season-long (tied) five-game homestand as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena (TV: ESPN; Radio: 105.9 The X).
  • A win today would allow the Penguins to take the season series for the secondstraight season and fourth time in the last six campaigns.
  • The Penguins are 7-3-1 in their last 11 games played against the Flyers.
  • Pittsburgh has points in seven of its last eight home games versus Philadelphia (6-1-1) dating back to Oct. 29, 2019.
  • The Penguins are 5-1-1 over their last seven games total.

NBA Preview: Boston Celtics (46-21) at Atlanta Hawks (34-33)

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NBA Preview: Boston Celtics (46-21) at Atlanta Hawks (34-33)

The Boston Celtics will keep trying to get the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs when they play the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night to kick off a six-game road trip.

Boston will also travel to Houston, Minnesota, Portland, Utah, and Sacramento on the trip.

Atlanta has won consecutive games against the Washington Wizards. In Wednesday’s 122-120 victory, Trae Young made 11 of 14 field goal attempts, scored 28 points, and had 10 assists. In the victory on Friday night, 114-107, he had nine assists in addition to 28 points.

Atlanta, led by center Clint Capela, got eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds from De’Andre Hunter, who also had seven rebounds.

In the victory on Friday, the Hawks converted 15 of their 31 attempts at a 3-pointer.

Saturday’s down will be the second of three standard season gatherings among Boston and Atlanta. Jaylen Brown scored 22 points for the Celtics, who defeated the Hawks 126-121 in Atlanta on November 16 despite missing guards Marcus Smart (ankle) and Malcolm Brogdon (hamstring). Young scored 27 points, which was the most by any player. However, he missed five of his seven attempts at a 3-pointer and shot just 10 of 23 from the field.

Al Horford contributed 11 rebounds for Boston, which hit 21 3-pointers to win. Additionally, on April 9, the final day of the regular season, the teams will meet.

Payton Pritchard didn’t play in Boston’s 115-93 triumph over Portland on Wednesday due to a foot injury. Mazzulla said Pritchard might be out for a lengthy period. Additionally, center Robert Williams (hamstring) may return during the trip, according to Mazzulla.

NBA Preview: Miami Heat (36-32) at Orlando Magic (27-40)

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NBA Preview: Miami Heat (36-32) at Orlando Magic (27-40)

The Miami Heat will take on the struggling Orlando Magic on Saturday night in the second game of a back-to-back following a fourth-quarter comeback in their victory over Cleveland on Friday night.

Jimmy Butler’s 4-of-4 shooting from the floor in the fourth quarter on Friday helped Miami outscore Cleveland 37-26. Head servant scored a group high 33 focuses for his third consecutive game with something like 26.

At the conclusion of a six-game homestand, Miami had a record of 3-3 thanks to the victory.

In the press conference that followed the game, Butler gave Caleb Martin credit for getting good minutes off the bench, especially on defense.

Max Strus scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point range, one of many important contributions Miami received from the bench. Victor Oladipo had three steals and eight points.

With a 1 1/2-game lead over eighth-place Atlanta, the Heat remain in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, the top spot among the four play-in spots. Before Saturday’s trip to Orlando, Miami is two and a half games behind sixth-place Brooklyn.

With a three-game losing streak and losses in four of their last five games, the Magic have lost ground in their pursuit of 10th place and the final play-in position.

After losing to Utah on Thursday by a score of 131-124, Orlando is now 0-3 in four home games and will play Utah on Saturday.

The Magic came back from trailing by 13 points in the third quarter against the Jazz and briefly led, but they were unable to keep up with Utah in the final quarter.

Walker Kessler of Utah scored on two putbacks, including an and-one, in crucial final moments.

For much of the season, the Magic have kept their opponents off the offensive glass well. On that end, Utah only pulled in 11 rebounds on Thursday.

Orlando, on the other hand, had trouble in other defensive areas during its earlier this week defeats to Portland and Milwaukee. The Trail Blazers made 16 3-pointers, and the Magic allowed the Bucks to shoot 46 percent from the floor.

An Orlando team that has lost five games by seven points or less since January 27 suffered two more close losses as a result of the different makeup of each loss. These losses were 110-105 and 107-103 in overtime in its two previous encounters with Miami.

The Magic conceded 23 points to Tyler Herro, 22 to Butler, 20 to Gabe Vincent, and 13 points and 17 rebounds to Bam Adebayo in the overtime loss on February 11. The Heat forced the Magic into 18 mistakes and took 11 offensive rebounds.

In that game, Fultz scored more points than anyone else from Orlando. Fultz has scored 25 points in the game against Utah. In the loss on Thursday, Paolo Banchero scored 26 points, averaging 20.1 points per game for the season.

NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (37-21-7) at San Jose Sharks (19-35-12)

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NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (37-21-7) at San Jose Sharks (19-35-12)

MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES
GAME BROADCASTS
SAN JOSE SHARKS
All-Time Wild Record: 36-36-8 (20-15-4 at Xcel Energy Center, 16-21-4 at San Jose)

2022-23: The Wild is 0-1-1 this season against the Sharks…Minnesota dropped the series opening game, 3-2, in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center (11/13) and the second game, 5-2, at SAP Center (12/22)…LW Kirill Kaprizov (0-2=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=1) lead the Wild with two points each…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-1 with a 2.93 GAA and a .902 SV% in two starts for Minnesota…D Eric Karlsson leads San Jose with five points (1-4=5)…D Marc-Edouard Vlasic (0-2=2) and D Matt Benning (0-2=2) each have two points…G James Reimer is 2-0-0 with a 1.92 GAA and a .929 SV% in two starts for San Jose.

WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads the Wild with 24 points (8-16=24) in 27 contests against the Sharks…D Alex Goligoski owns 18 points (3-15=18) in 51 games…D Jared Spurgeon has 16 points (7-9=16) in 40 matches.

WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 17-5-4 with a 1.87 GAA, a .939 SV% and three shutouts in 26 starts vs. San Jose…Gustavsson is 0-1-1 with a 2.93 GAA and .902 SV% in two starts against the Sharks.

SHARKS LEADERS: Karlsson leads San Jose with 32 points (9-23=32) in 26 career games vs. the Wild…C Logan Couture has 28 points (13-15=28) in 44 games…C Tomas Hertl owns 20 points (8-12=20) in 28 games.

SHARKS GOALIES: Reimer is 8-4-1 with a 2.33 GAA, a .925 SV% and two shutouts in 14 games (13 starts) vs. the Wild…G Kaapo Kahkonen has not faced Minnesota.

FAST FACTS: Minnesota has won five of the last eight meetings vs. San Jose…The Wild is 5-3-2 in its last 10 games vs. San Jose…Minnesota is
13-6-2 in its last 21 contests against the Sharks at Xcel Energy Center… The Wild has points in nine of the last 14 games played at SAP Center at San Jose (8-5-1)

INJURIES
Jonas Brodin: lower body
Brandon Duhaime: upper body
Kirill Kaprizov: lower body
Gustav Nyquist: upper body

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/9/23 Recalled F Sammy Walker from Iowa.
3/9/23 Signed D Kyle Masters to a three-year, entry-level contract
3/6/23 Signed D David Spacek to a three-year, entry-level contract

FINDING THEIR GROOVE
• Minnesota is first in the NHL with 23 points since Feb. 11 (10-1-3) and tied for first in wins.

• The Wild’s current 11-game point streak (8-0-2) is the fifth-longest in the NHL this season and tied for the second-longest in franchise history.

• Since Feb. 11, the Wild leads the NHL with a .954 team save percentage and has allowed a league-low 1.36 goals against per game.

• Since Feb. 11, Minnesota leads the lead with a 97.0 penalty-kill percentage (32-for-33).

ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild has converted 27.2 percent (28 of 103) of power-play opportunities at home this season, fourth-best in the NHL.

• Since Jan. 19, Minnesota ranks tied for seventh in the NHL with 13 power-play goals.

PENALTY KILLERS
• Recorded a streak of 27 consecutive successful penalty kills across 14 total games snapped from 2/6 to 3/2. Did not allow a power-play goal in 12 consecutive games from 2/8 – 2/28, the longest streak in the NHL this season, tied for the longest streak in franchise history and tied for the 13th-longest streak in the NHL’s Expansion Era (since 1967-68 season)

• Minnesota has allowed two opponent power-play goals in the last 19 games.

• For the season, the Wild is seventh in the NHL with a 82.8 penalty-kill percentage (168 for 203).

• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is third in the NHL with a 84.6 penalty-kill percentage (143 for 169).

• Minnesota is sixth in the NHL with a 83.0 penalty-kill percentage (88 of 106) on the road this season.

LOCK-DOWN DEFENSE
• Minnesota has conceded less than two goals in 24 games this season, tied for most in the NHL. The Wild holds a 21-1-2 record when allowing less than two goals.

• In 39 games since Dec. 10, the Wild has posted a 2.15 GA/Gm average, the second-best mark in the NHL during that span.

COOL UNDER PRESSURE
• Minnesota has 18 one-goal victories this season, tied for fourth in the NHL behind Vegas (21), Carolina (21) and Los Angeles (20).

• Minnesota is 33-5-5 (.826) this season when obtaining a lead at any point in the game, the fourth-best point percentage in the NHL in such situations.

• Minnesota is 12-1-7 (.775) this season in games that were tied with five minutes left in regulation, tied for the fourth-most victories and the seventh-best point percentage in the NHL.

SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Game 66 – 3/9 – SJS 2 at STL 4…Erik Karlsson (1g, 0a) set a career high with his 83rd point of the season, tying Brent Burns for the
most-ever by a Sharks defenseman in a single campaign. With his 20th goal of the year, the first goal of Thursday’s contest, Karlsson
secured his third 20-goal season and first since 2014-15. Alexander Barabanov (0g, 2a) notched a pair of assists to match his career
high of 29 in a season, set last year. Tomas Hertl (1g, 0a) netted his third goal in the past four games and Andreas Johnsson (0g, 1a)
found the score sheet for the third time in the past five games with another assist.
SF: 34
SA: 30
SJ PP: 0/4
SJ PK: 3/4
W: Binnington
L: Kahkonen

RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
3/7 Recalled D Derrick Pouliot from the San Jose Barracuda
3/6 Reassigned D Nick Cicek to the San Jose Barracuda
3/5 Recalled D Nick Cicek and D Nikolai Knyzhov from the San Jose Barracuda
3/3 Recalled F William Eklund from the San Jose Barracuda
3/3 Acquired F Jacob Peterson in exchange for F Scott Reedy; assigned Peterson to the San Jose Barracuda
3/3 Assigned D Derrick Pouliot to the San Jose Barracuda

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: MINNESOTA WILD
The Minnesota Wild and their NHL-leading, 11-game point streak (9-0-2) head to San Jose for the second leg of a four-game road trip, the front end of a back-to-back with a date at Arizona closing a busy weekend. The Wild hit the road without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, who suffered a lower body injury in the team’s win over the Winnipeg Jets that will sideline the winger for three-to-four weeks. The Sharks have won each of the first two meetings between the Western Conference foes this season, a shootout win at Minnesota on November 13 and a 5-2 victory at SAP Center on December 22. The current point streak is tied for the second-longest in franchise history, matching a string of 11 games (8-0-3) in 2019-20 and trailing a 13-game stretch in 2016-17 (12-0-1).

NHL Preview: Ottawa Senators (33-27-4) at Vancouver Canucks (27-32-5)

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NHL Preview: Ottawa Senators (33-27-4) at Vancouver Canucks (27-32-5)

OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:

LAST GAME: March 9, 5-4 win at Seattle: Ottawa recorded their first win in franchise history at Climate Pledge Arena after emerging with a 5-4 victory at Seattle. The road team jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Pinto registered his sixth game-opening goal of the season (most on the club) at 4:10 of the opening stanza before the two newest Senators, Chychrun and Brown (in his first game with Ottawa), tallied 17 seconds apart in the first period to mark the club’s two fastest road goals since 12/4/19. McCann (two), Schwartz and Dunn all found the back of the net for Seattle as the Kraken registered four unanswered goals to take the lead before Giroux and DeBrincat (with 2:23 remaining in the game) replied in the third period to provide the night’s final score. Holden and Stützle both registered two assist contests. Sogaard made 29 saves to earn the win for Ottawa while Grubauer turned aside 26 shots in taking the loss for Seattle. Scratches: Brannstrom, Gauthier, Kelly; Injuries: Forsberg, Norris, Talbot; Shots: OTT – 31, SEA – 33; PP: OTT – 0-4, SEA – 0-1.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Vancouver will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet, CBC and TVAS2 as a part of Hockey Night in Canada. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).

WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa continues a five-game road trip at Calgary tomorrow evening at 9 p.m. ET. The contest will mark the second of two regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Scotiabank Saddledome.

INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg, C Norris and G Talbot are on IR and will not oppose the Canucks this evening. Total man-games lost:
221.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled G Mandolese from Belleville (AHL) on March 6.

OTTAWA vs. VANCOUVER – History:
2022-23 (0-1-0): Nov. 8 @ Ottawa (6-4 loss), March 11 @ Vancouver
2021-22 (1-1-0): 12/1/21 @ Ottawa (6-2 loss), 4/19/22 @ Vancouver (4-3 SO win)
Series record: Overall: 22-26-2-7; Home: 12-11-1-4; Away: 10-15-1-3
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 4/28/21 (6-3); @ Vancouver: 4/19/22 (4-3 SO)
Last Vancouver win: @ Ottawa: Nov. 8 (6-4); @ Vancouver: 4/24/21 (4-2)
Last OT result: 3/15/21 (3-2 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 4/19/22 (4-3 SO win) @ Vancouver
Most goals, game: Scored: 6, (2x, Last: 4/28/21, 6-3 win); Allowed: 7, (3x, Last: 1/25/21, 7-1 loss); Both teams: 11, (3/20/19, 7-4 loss)
Last Game: Nov. 8, 6-4 loss @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: Batherson, Hamonic, Stützle, Giroux; VAN Goals: Horvat (x2), Mikheyev, EkmanLarsson, Studnicka, Pettersson; OTT Scratches: Gambrell, Hellberg, Holden; OTT Injuries: Norris, Zub; OTT Goalie: Talbot; VAN Goalie: Martin; OTT PP: 2-5; VAN PP: 0-3; Shots: 41-28.

Career vs. Vancouver: Brassard leads all players in career games played (33) and is tied in assists with Giroux (12); Giroux leads in goals (six) and in points (18); Tkachuk leads in penalty minutes (31) against Vancouver.

ROAD SCHOLARS: The Senators have a record of 14-15-2 on the road this season … Claude Giroux and Brady Tkachuk lead with 12 goals on the road this season while Tkachuk ranks first with 19 assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through 31 road games this season, Tkachuk maintains the club lead with 31 points … The Senators registered an 18-20-3 record over 41 road contests in 2021-22.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their 10th set of the season this evening when the team visits Vancouver ahead of visiting Calgary tomorrow night … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (6-3-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-3-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.

ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 58 for 241 (24.1%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 12 powerplay goals while Alex LeBrincat maintains the club lead with 25 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 15 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.

ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 193 of the 232 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 83.2% through 64 regular-season games … The team has registered seven (Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte, Stützle) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:

TV: CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Senators this season: Nov. 8 (6-4 W @ OTT) and Mar. 11 (home).
• Vancouver is 33-19-2-3 all-time against Ottawa, including a 18-8-1-2 record at home.
• The Canucks are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games against the Senators (2-2-1 in their last five).
• J.T. Miller leads active Canucks skaters in career points against Ottawa with 21 (10-11-21) in 34 career games.
• Quinn Hughes has 16 points (1-15-16) in 14 career games against the Senators.
• Elias Pettersson has 14 points (7-7-14) in 10 career games against the Senators.
• Conor Garland has six points (1-5-6) in six career games against the Senators.
• Thatcher Demko is 6-3-1 with a 2.45 goals against average and a .924 save percentage in 10 career games against Ottawa.
• Collin Delia has one career appearance against the Senators.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 25 points (11-14-25) in his last 16 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 16 points (0-16-16) in his last 14 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 13 points (8-5-13) in his last 11 games.
• Anthony Beauvillier has 13 points (6-7-13) in his last 13 games.
• J.T. Miller has 10 points (5-5-10) in his last nine games.

LAST MEETING – NOV. 9/22: VAN 6 vs OTT 4
Bo Horvat tied the game at 19:07 in the first…Ethan Bear and Jack Rathbone both collected their first assists of the season on the play…Ilya Mikheyev scored his fourth of the season at 13:50 in the second period to tie the game back up at 2-2…Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson both tallied their 11th assists of the season…Horvat would score the go-ahead goal, his 12th of the season, to open the third…Conor Garland recorded the sole assist…Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his first goal of the season at 8:18 in the third…Garland and Brock Boeser were credited with assists on the play…Jack Studnicka scored his first goal as a Canuck at 14:59, unassisted…Pettersson put away an empty-netter with J.T. Miller adding the assist…Pettersson led in shots (6)…Spencer Martin made 37 saves (faced 41 shots) to set a record of most consecutive games (10) without a regulation loss since joining a team by a goaltender.

2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN OTT
Goals For/Game 3.31 (12th) 3.16 (t-15th)
Goals Against/Game 3.84 (31st) 3.16 (17th)
Power Play % 22.8 (11th) 24.1 (6th)
Penalty Kill % 68.3 (32nd) 83.2 (5th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:09 (20th) 11:56 (30th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 2:00pm PT on March 10, 2023

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 8/23: VAN 3 vs ANA 2 (OT)
J.T. Miller tied the game at the 14:44 mark with his third shorthanded goal of the season…Elias Pettersson recorded the only assist…Andrei Kuzmenko gave Vancouver their first lead with just over five and a half minutes to go in the second period…Anthony Beauvillier and Pettersson were awarded assists…Miller scored the overtime winner just 20 seconds into the extra frame…Quinn Hughes picked up the sole assist…Conor Garland led the team with five shots on goal…Dakota Joshua led the team with five hits…Noah Juulsen and Christian Wolanin each had three blocked shots…Thatcher Demko made 20 saves.

LAST 5 vs OTTAWA
• Nov. 8/22: VAN 6 @ OTT 4
• Apr. 19/22: VAN 3 vs OTT 4 (SO)
• Dec. 1/21: VAN 6 @ OTT 2
• Apr. 28/21: VAN 3 @ OTT 6
• Apr. 26/21: VAN 1 @ OTT 2

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Kirill Kudryavtsev signed to a three-year entry level contract, Mar. 10
• Guillaume Brisebois committed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 7
• Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 7
• Arturs Silovs recalled under emergency conditions, Mar. 6
• Wyatt Kalynuk traded to New York Rangers in exchange for future considerations, Mar. 3
• Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, and Phillip Di Giuseppe assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
• Aatu Räty, Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, and Vasily Podkolzin assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
• Curtis Lazar traded to New Jersey in exchange for a 2024 fourth-round pick, Mar. 3

NHL Preview: Winnipeg Jets (36-26-3) at Florida Panthers (33-27-6)

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NHL Preview: Winnipeg Jets (36-26-3) at Florida Panthers (33-27-6)

WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:

Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets begin a three-game, four-day road trip on Saturday when they visit the Florida Panthers. Winnipeg is coming off a 1-1-1 three-game homestand, which ended with a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. The Jets play their second game in as many nights on Sunday when they play the Tampa Bay Lightning before end the trip on Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes

Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat FLA
65 GP 65
36 W 32
26 L 27
2 OT 6
75 PTS 70
201 GF 221
183 GA 218
20.7% PP 21.2%
83.6% PK 74.2%

Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Mar. 11 At FLA SN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 12 At TBL TSN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 14 At CAR TSN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 16 BOS TSN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 18 At NSH SN CJOB/Power 97

Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Feb. 28 LAK 6-5 SOL 4L
Mar. 3 At EDM 6-3 L 5L
Mar. 4 EDM 7-5 W 1W
Mar. 6 SJS 3-2 OTL 1L
Mar. 8 MIN 4-2 L 2L

Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet
Play-By-Play: Mike Luck
Analyst: Jamal Mayers
Rinkside: Sean Reynolds
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore

Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, March 11
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets vs. Florida Panthers 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 12
Jets at Tampa Bay Lighting 7:00 p.m.
Monday, March 13
Practice – Carolina 12:00 p.m.
All Times Local

Last Game
Minnesota Wild 4
Winnipeg Jets 2
Jets Scorers: Stanley (1), Niederreiter (20)
Wild Scorers: Foligno (6), Gaudreau (12), Hartman (10), Shaw (5)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (19 sv, 3 ga)
Wild Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury (46 sv, 2 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-1
Jets PK: 3-for-3
Recap: Logan Stanley scored his first goal of the season and Nino Niederreiter notched his 20th of the season in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor paced the Jets with six shots as the team fired a season high 48 shots on the opposing team’s net. Lowry also won 8-of-11 faceoffs.

Back-2-Back
The Jets are playing their 11th of 13 back-to-back sets on their schedule this season, having gone 13-7-0 so far… Winnipeg’s .650 points percentage in back-to-back games this season is eighth in the NHL.. The Jets were 7-4-2 in the first game of a back-to-back last season and 5-5-2 in the second game for an overall record of 11-9-4.

Beasts from the East
The Jets are 11-15-0 against the Eastern Conference this season… Despite the below .500 record, the Jets are 85.5% on the penalty kill against the Eastern Conference this season … Winnipeg hasn’t posted a winning record against the East since going 18-12-2 in 2018-19… Kyle Connor leads the Jets in scoring against the Eastern Conference with 25 points (13G, 12A) in 26 games… Mark Scheifele has 13 goals in 26 games against the East this season… The Jets play their next four games against an Eastern Conference opponent.

Road Record
The Jets are 15-15-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg is 6-11-0 in their past 17 road games after starting the season 9-4-1 away from
home… Kyle Connor (12G, 17A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 29 points in 31 games… Mark Scheifele has a team leading 17 goals,
which is tied for 10th in the NHL… Nikolaj Ehlers has 13 points (4G, 9A) in 14 road games this season and has a point in nine of the 14 games.

PK Prowess
Winnipeg is third in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 83.6% of the time… Winnipeg is 3-for-3 in their past two games… The last time the
Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage
in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.

Jets vs. FLA Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
95 51 31 13

Home Record
GP W L OT
47 27 12 8

Away Record
GP W L OT
48 24 19 5

Jets vs. FLA Notes
Season Series
This is the second of two meetings between the Jets and Panthers this season… Winnipeg won the first meeting on Dec. 6 5-2.

Recent History
Winnipeg’s win in December against Florida ended a two-game losing streak to the Panthers…The Jets are 6-4-0 in the past 10 meetings… Winnipeg is 4-for-12 on the power play in their past five games against Florida and 8-for-9 on the penalty kill in the past three games.

In Flori da
The Jets have won three of their past five games in Florida… Winnipeg has scored four goals in four of the five games.

Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Panthers with 30 points (9G, 21A) in 41 games… Pierre-Luc Dubois has 13 points (3G, 10A) in 12 games against Florida during his career, including a pair of power play goals.

Jets vs. FLA Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
12/15/2016 Fla SOW 4 3 32 2 0 12 44 3 3 10
01/04/2017 @Fla W 4 1 39 1 0 10 32 4 0 4
12/07/2017 @Fla L 4 6 39 7 1 10 36 4 2 16
02/18/2018 Fla W 7 2 34 2 1 8 27 4 2 4
11/01/2018 @Fla W 4 2 36 6 2 12 38 5 1 14
11/02/2018 Fla L 2 4 34 1 1 23 26 5 3 19
11/14/2019 @Fla W 4 3 30 0 0 6 37 3 1 0
01/25/2022 Fla L 3 5 35 3 1 8 32 4 0 6
12/06/2022 Fla W 5 2 31 4 2 13 41 4 1 13

FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:

BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT

  • F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 41
  • F Givani Smith | Games Missed: 6
  • F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 1
    Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 201

LAST GAME
Panthers 4, Blackhawks 3 [OT] – March 10 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: Bennett (16), Reinhart (22-PPG), Luostarinen (16), Montour (12)
CHI Goals: C. Jones (3), Katchouk (3)
FLA Goalie: Bobrovsky (W) – 21 Saves
CHI Goalie: Mrazek (L [OT]) – 39 Saves
FLA Shots: 43
CHI Shots: 24
Notes: Brandon Montour (1-1-2) scored his 2nd career OT winner…Matthew Tkachuk (0-3-3) notched three assists for the 5th time this season…Tkachuk reached 84 points on the season, surpassing Sam Reinhart (82 points in 2021-22) for the most by a Panthers skater in their first season with the team…Sergei Bobrovsky earned his 102nd win with Florida, surpassing Tomas Vokoun for 3rdmost in franchise history…Reinhart scored his 10th power-play goal of the campaign, tied with Tkachuk for the team lead…FLA PP: 1-4, FLA PK: 6-6

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:

  • March 3: F Zac Dalpe loaned to Charlotte (AHL)

PANTHERS vs. JETS
ALL-TIME vs. WPG: 39-38-5-13
ALL-TIME HOME vs. WPG: 23-18-1-6
2022-23 vs. WPG: 0-1-0

CATS STATS

  • Mathew Tkachuk has produced 17 points (7-10-17) over 22 career games vs. Winnipeg
  • Brandon Montour’s OT goal March 10 vs. CHI represented Florida’s 11th home OT win since 2021-22, trailing only MIN (13) for most among NHL teams.
  • Florida’s win against Chicago marked their 10th multi-goal comeback victory since the start of the 2021-22 season, behind only NJD and LAK (11 each) for the league lead over that span.

HOME SWEET HOME
The Panthers play the fifth game of a season-long seven-game homestand tonight against Winnipeg. Florida owns a 3-1-0 record over their past four home contests, surrendering just seven goals against and outshooting their opponents by on average 37.5 to 25.5 since March 2. The Cats own a 10-5-0 record over their past 15 games at FLA Live Arena and have secured a win in each of their past three home games. Florida leads all NHL teams with 38.9 shots on goal per game at home and their 117 home goals rank sixth.

CATS AND JETS
Florida faces off against Winnipeg for the second and final time this season. The Panthers have won two of their past three matchups against Winnipeg since Jan. 25, 2022, and since the franchise relocated from Atlanta at the start of the 2011-12 season, Florida owns an 8-3-3 record against the Jets on home ice. Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice owns the Jets’ franchise record for both games coached (600) and wins (315), helping lead the club to an appearance in the 2017-18 Western Conference Final.

NHL Preview: Vegas Golden Knights (39-20-6) at Carolina Hurricanes (43-12-8)

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NHL Preview: Vegas Golden Knights (39-20-6) at Carolina Hurricanes (43-12-8)

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:

GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 39-20-6, 84 points (21-13-1 at Home, 18-7-5 on Road)

DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Mar. 11 at Carolina Hurricanes AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 12 at St. Louis Blues AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 14 at Philadelphia Flyers AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 16 vs. Calgary Flames AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 19 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM

GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
March 9 – Vegas Golden Knights 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 OT
Alec Martinez scored at 3:09 of overtime to lift the Vegas Golden Knights (39-20-6) to a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning (38-21-6) on Thursday night at Amalie Arena. Vegas wasted little time getting on the board as Teddy Blueger set up Keegan Kolesar for the first goal of the game just 27 seconds in. Four minutes later, Brayden Point scored his 40th goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1. After a scoreless middle frame, William Karlsson potted a shorthanded goal to give Vegas a 2-1 lead early in the third period. Chandler Stephenson added to the advantage as he deflected a Shea Theodore shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy for a power-play goal. Nikita Kucherov scored with 2:07 to go and Point scored with less than 30 seconds to play to get the game to overtime. Three minutes into the extra session, Jack Eichel fired a shot that leaked through Vasilevskiy and Martinez knocked the loose puck home to lift Vegas to the 4-3 overtime victory.

LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS

  • Kolesar’s goal is his seventh of the season, tying his career-high
  • Blueger’s assist gives him his second point as a Golden Knight and second in three games (0-2—2)
  • Jack Eichel extends his point streak to five games with an assist on Martinez’s goal
  • Jonathan Quick stops 34 shots for his second consecutive win as a Golden Knight, posting a .919 save percentage
  • Theodore’s assist gives him 14 points (4-10—14) in his last 14 games
  • Vegas’ win over Tampa Bay is their sixth regular season series sweep of the year

Extra Innings
The Golden Knights accomplished their seventh overtime victory this season against Tampa Bay on Thursday night. Vegas trails only New Jersey for the most overtime victories this season (10). Alec Martinez’s goal in extra time was the defenseman’s first overtime winner as a Golden Knight.

Against the Hurricanes
The contest between the Golden Knights and the Hurricanes on Saturday is the second and final this season. The Golden Knights are 4-2-3 all-time against the Hurricanes and will look to secure their first win at PNC Arena since Jan. 31, 2020. The last time these teams met, Jack Eichel shined with two goals to put Vegas up 2-1, but halfway through the third, Jordan Staal tied things up 2-2. Then, with less than five minutes remaining in the game, Reilly Smith scored the game winner for Vegas, sealing the 3-2 victory.

2022-23 Season CAR Series: 1-0-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road: 0-0-0)
Mar. 1 – at Vegas (Vegas 3, Carolina 2)
Mar. 11 – at Carolina

2021-22 Season CAR Series: 0-1-1 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 0-0-1)
Nov. 16 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, Carolina 4)
Jan. 25 – at Carolina (Vegas 3, Carolina 4 OT)

CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:

LAST GAME
The Hurricanes posted a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at PNC Arena on Thursday, extending their win streak to four games and earning their first 1-0 win on home ice since 4/4/21. Andrei Svechnikov scored the game’s only goal, with assists from Martin Necas and Brent Burns. Burns became the second player to play a game with Hartford/Carolina on his 38th birthday, while Jesperi Kotkaniemi skated in his 300th career NHL game. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 19 shots faced in net to register his team-high fourth shutout of the season in just his 20th appearance.

INJURY REPORT
Jalen Chatfield, upper-body, missed one game (3/9)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 63 games (10/12-3/9)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 62 games (10/14-3/9)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 18 games (1/21-3/9)
Antti Raanta, lower-body, missed one game (3/9)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 241

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 10 Acquired Jack Dugan from New Jersey in exchange for Zack Hayes
March 8 Recalled Pyotr Kochetkov from Chicago (AHL) on an emergency basis
March 1 Acquired Shayne Gostisbehere from Arizona in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft

UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
March 11 Vegas 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 12 at New Jersey 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 14 Winnipeg 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 17 at Toronto 7 p.m. BSSO/NHLN HRN
March 18 at Philadelphia 5 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN

  • All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network

UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
March 11 Saturday No morning skate
March 12 Sunday No morning skate
March 13 Monday No practice
March 14 Tuesday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
March 15 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.

  • All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.

Carolina Hurricanes: Media Notes
HURRICANES vs. GOLDEN KNIGHTS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Vegas in the second and final meeting between the teams during the 2022-23 season.

— The Hurricanes and Golden Knights are meeting for the 10th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 5-3-0-0 record, including a 2-2-0-0 home record.

— Vegas leads the season series 1-0-0 in 2022-23 (Carolina: 0-1-0), but the Hurricanes are 3-1-0 in the teams’ last four matchups dating back to 2/8/20.

— Carolina suffered a 3-2 loss against Vegas at T-Mobile Arena on 3/1. Martin Necas and Jordan Staal scored for the Hurricanes, while Frederik Andersen made 17 saves in net.

— Sebastian Aho has registered nine points (6g, 3a) in eight career regular-season games against the Golden Knights.

— Dylan Coghlan skated in 88 NHL games with Vegas from 2021-22, recording 19 points (6g, 13a). He was acquired by Carolina along with Max Pacioretty in exchange for future considerations on 7/13/22.

— Paul Stastny tallied 80 points (30g, 50a) in 121 games over two seasons with the Golden Knights from 2018-20. He was traded to WPG in exchange for Carl Dahlstrom and a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Noah Laba) on 10/9/20.

— Derek Stepan has earned 11 points (5g, 6a) in 14 career regular-season games against Vegas.

— Teuvo Teravainen has posted eight points (2g, 6a) in nine career regular-season games against the Golden Knights.

— Nicolas Roy was selected by Carolina in the fourth round, 96th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft and skated in seven NHL games with the Hurricanes in 2018. He also tallied 74 points (28g, 46a) in 139 AHL games with Charlotte from 2017-19, helping the team to a Calder Cup championship in 2019. Roy was traded to Vegas along with a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft (Oscar Plandowski) in exchange for Erik Haula on 6/27/19.

— Golden Knights Goaltending Coach Sean Burke made 281 appearances with Hartford/Carolina from 1992-97, posting a 107-131-29 record, 3.09 goals-against average, .903 save percentage and 11 shutouts. He holds the franchise record for assists by a goaltender (12) and ranks fourth all-time in wins and tied for fourth in shutouts. Acquired from New Jersey along with Eric Weinrich in exchange for Bobby Holik and a second-round pick in the 1993 NHL Draft (Jay Pandolfo) on 8/28/92, Burke was traded to Vancouver along with Geoff Sanderson and Enrico Ciccone in exchange for Martin Gelinas and Kirk McLean on 1/3/98.

— Vegas Assistant Coach John Stevens played 44 games as a defenseman for the Whalers from 1991-94, recording eight assists. He joined the organization as a free agent during the 1990 offseason and left in free agency during the 1996 offseason.

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