ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
- The Coyotes have won the season series against St. Louis in five of the last six seasons. In their last 12 games in St. Louis, the Coyotes are 7-3-2.
- Clayton Keller returns to Missouri – his home state – to face the franchise that he has registered the most goals (10), assists (14), and points (24) against during his career. Keller is currently third all-time in points (134-211-345) among Missouri-born NHL players and is 16 points away from surpassing Paul Ranheim (161-199-360) for second place.
- Nick Schmaltz has also had success against the Blues, as he has also registered the most goals (10), assists (19), and points (29) against the team during his career.
LAST GAME
Islanders 1, Coyotes 0 – October 17, 2023 – UBS Arena
ARI Goals: —
NYI Goals: Barzal (1, PPG)
ARI Goalie: (L) – 33 saves on 34 shots
NYI Goalie: (W) – 14 saves on 14 shots
PP: 0-3 K: 2-3
Notes: Karel Vejmelka tied his season high in saves (33) and set a new season high in save percentage (.971)… The performance was his 18th NHL game where he allowed one or fewer goals… The Coyotes struggled to get shots on goal against NYI, managing their T-12th fewest SOG (14) in franchise history.
PACK FACTS
· Clayton Keller (18-23-41) led the team in road scoring in 2022-23.
. Sean Durzi’s 25:07 TOI/G ranks 11th in the NHL
. Barrett Hayton totaled 6:36 of TOI during the Power Play against NJD, the most in any game of his NHL career.
· Nick Schmaltz’s shootout goal against New Jersey placed him in fourth place in franchise history for shootout goals (10).
. Logan Cooley’s 1 P/GP leads all rookies in P/GP (min. 3 GP).
. Alex Kerfoot currently has the ninth longest active consecutive games played streak at 265 games.
. Michael Carcone won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading point-getter in the AHL for the 2022-2023 season, registering 31-54-85 in 65 games with Tucson.
· Matias Maccelli registered the most shots (5) among the Coyotes players in New Jersey, which he has only done once in his NHL career (88 GP).
. Lawson Crouse set personal career highs in goals (24), points (45) and PPGs (6) which finished tied for the team lead along with Keller and Schmaltz in 2022-23. He also ranked third in hits (194) and second in blocked shots (58) among Coyotes forwards.
· Jason Zucker recorded 27-21-48 in 78 games and led the Penguins with 195 hits in 2022-23
. Jack McBain set a new Coyotes single-season hits mark with 304 hits, which also ranked fourth in the NHL.
. JJ Moser finished the 2022-23 season with 80 hits and 137 blocked shots which led the team.
YOTES & BLUES
-Tonight is the first 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 eight of his last nine games against the franchise (7-8-15) and is on a three-game multi-point streak against St. Louis.
- Lawson Crouse has tallied a point in his last five games against the Blues (3-2-5). This is the longest point streak against one franchise in his career.
- Clayton Keller has registered three points in each of his last two games against the Blues (3-3-6).
- Jason Zucker’s career highs in assists (4) and points (5) came against the Blues on 2/27/18.
Coyotes franchise vs Blues
- All-Time: 70-74-18-6
- Home: 40-35-7-2
- Road: 30-39-11-4
- L10: 5-2-3
- STRK: W1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLUES
Nick Schmaltz…10-19-29…29 career games
Clayton Keller…10-14-24…24 career games
Jason Zucker…5-15-20…24 career games
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPP VENUE TV RADIO
Sat. Oct 21 1:00 p.m. Vs ANA Mullett Arena Scripps Sports 620 AM
Tues. Oct 24 7:30 p.m. At LAK Crypto.com Arena Scripps Sports 620 AM
Fri. Oct 27 7:00 p.m. Vs LAK Mullett Arena Scripps Sports 98.7 FM
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 0-1-0
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 0-1-0
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 0-0-0
When completing a back-to-back where opponent is not: 0-2-0
When ARI is not completing a back-to-back but opponent is: 1-0-0
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
None
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 0
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October
9 – Assigned forwards Mackenzie MacEachern and Nathan Walker, defenseman Calle Rosen, and goaltender Malcolm Subban to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Upcoming Schedule
Date Opponent Arena
Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh Enterprise Center
Oct. 24 at Winnipeg Canada Life Centre
Oct. 26 at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
Oct. 27 At Vancouver Rogers Arena
Blues vs. Coyotes
- The Blues will host the Arizona Coyotes for the 1st of 4 matchups this season (Nov. 9 in St. Louis / Nov. 22 in Arizona / Dec. 2 in Arizona)
- The Blues went 1-2-0 against Arizona last season, winning at home and losing both games in Arizona
- The Blues are 3-2-0 in their last 5 games against Arizona
- The Blues have scored at least 5 goals in 4 of their last 7 games against Arizona, scoring 27 goals total over those 7 games (4-3-0 record)
- The Blues have also outshot the Coyotes in each of their last 7 matchups, averaging 34.7 shots per game and averaging 24.4 shots against per game over those 7 matchups
- The Blues have won back-to-back home games against the Coyotes and are 2-1-1 in their last 4 games against Arizona at Enterprise Center
- With a point against Arizona, the Blues would earn a point in the first 3 games or more of the season for the 9th time in franchise history and for the 3rd straight season (Most: 5-0-0 to start the 2021-22 season)
- Alexey Toropchenko is expected to dress in his 100th career game
