ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 2-3-0 in its last 5 games, 4-5-1 in its last 10 GP but aim for its first road win since 11/23
• Tonight is the first game Clayton Keller will play in after officially being named an NHL All-Star for 2023, his third career selection and second consecutive
• Shayne Gostisbehere scored the OT goal the last time the Yotes were in Chicago (4/3/22). The team enters tonight having captured at least a point in seven of their last eight meetings with the Blackhawks (5-1-2)
LAST GAME
Flyers 6, Coyotes 2 – January 5, 2023 – Wells Fargo Center
ARI Goals: Carcone (2), Ritchie (8)
PHI Goals: Konecny (20), Farabee (8), Allison (4), Provorov (2), Hayes (10), van Riemsdyk (6)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 28 svs on 34 shots
PHI Goalie: Hart (W) – 21 svs on 23 shots
PP: 0-1 PK: 1-3
Notes: Arizona fell to PHI despite holding a pair of leads… Michael Carcone notched the game-opening goal, his second tally of the season…Nick Ritchie also scored and has registered 4 pts (1-3-4) in his last four games…Barrett Hayton recorded a pair of assists, his second multi-point game in his last four outings (1-5-6 in that span)…Hayton (2-9-11 in 37 GP) eclipsed double-digit points for the second consecutive season…Nick Schmaltz contributed an assist and has 14 pts (4-10-14) in his last 12 GP…Shayne Gostisbehere skated in his 500th career NHL game
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Matias Maccelli…Week-to-Week…Lower-Body (5 / 12/23)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (9 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 78 games
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-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
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-1/4 – Assigned F Laurent Dauphin to Tucson (AHL)
-12/31 – Recalled F Laurent Dauphin from Tucson (AHL)
-12/27 – Recalled F Michael Carcone from Tucson (AHL)
-12/18 – Assigned F Jan Jenik to Tucson (AHL)
-12/17 – Recalled F Jan Jenik from Tucson (AHL)
-12/15 – Assigned D Dysin Mayo to Tucson (AHL)
-12/8 – Loaned F Dylan Guenther to Team Canada for the 2023 WJC
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sun, Jan 8 5pm vs PIT Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra Stream
Tue, Jan 10 7pm vs SJ Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Thur, Jan 12 7pm vs OTT Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
YOTES & HAWKS
- Tonight is the first of four ARI-CHI matchups this season. They’ll play again at the UC on 2/10 and twice at Mullett Arena on 2/28 and 3/18
- The Yotes and Hawks split the season-series in 2021-22 with a 2-1-1 clip and both teams went 1-0-1 at home in last season’s head-to-head
- Shayne Gostisbehere scored the overtime winner the last time the Coyotes were in Chicago on 4/3/22. Travis Boyd and Michael Carcone also lit the lamp in that contest
- Boyd (2-2-4) and Gostisbehere (1-3-4) both posted 4 pts over the four games vs Chicago last season -Former-Blackhawk Nick Schmaltz collected 3 pts (0-3-3) over the three games he faced CHI last year, including a 2-assist outing last time the teams squared off (4/20/22)
- Arizona has captured at least a point in seven of their last eight meetings with Chicago (5-1-2)
- A point tonight would mark the sixth 4+ game point streak the Coyotes/Jets franchise has tallied against Chicago (last: 3-0-1 from 3/26/19 – 2/1/20)
- Coyotes franchise vs Blackhawks:
• All-Time: 63-68-15-8
• Home: 39-30-5-5
• Road: 24-38-10-3
• L10: 6-2-2
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS
Troy Stecher…3-6-9…21 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…1-5-6…12 career GP
Clayton Keller…6-4-10…11 career GP
Nick Ritchie…3-3-6…12 career GP
Travis Boyd…2-4-6…7 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-5-6…6 career GP
CHICAGO BLAKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH+ – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Chris Chelios (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sunday, Jan. 8 vs. CGY, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, Jan. 12 vs. COL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. SEA, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 17 vs. BUF, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. LAK, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR … Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (1) vs. Tampa Bay (4) – Tue., Jan. 3 – United Center
CHI Goals: Jones (2; PP)
TBL Goals: Maroon (2), Killorn (12), Hagel (15; PP), Paul (14, EN)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (25/28, 58:48) TBL – Elliot (25/26, 60:00)
CHI PP: 1/5; PK: 3/4
TBL PP: 1/4; PK: 4/5
Recap: The Blackhawks dropped a 4-1 decision to the Tampa Bay Lighting on Tuesday … Seth Jones scored the first goal of the game on the power play, marking the first PPG by a Chicago defenseman since May 1, 2021 (Murphy) … Taylor Raddysh and Max Domi each tallied assists on the goal … Jones posted a team-high four shots on goal … Connor Murphy registered a team-high three blocked shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ARIZONA COYOTES
The Blackhawks are 13-5-2 in their last 20 games against the Coyotes … Chicago also has a four-game home point streak against the club (2-0-2) and have points in 12 of their last 14 contests at the United Center (8-1-5) … The Blackhawks defeated the Coyotes in their last matchup on April 20 in Arizona, winning 4-3 in overtime … Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane each notched two assists in the victory … Kane has points in his last five-straight games against Arizona (1G, 8A), with four of them being multipoint efforts … Seth Jones has five assists over his last seven games against the Coyotes … Max Domi has five points over his last two games against his former team (2G, 3A) … 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, Feb. 10 | AWAY: Feb. 28, March 18
All-Time Record: 76-52-26 Home: 41-17-17 Road: 35-35-9
Last Home Win: Nov. 12, 2021 (2-1) 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; Jack Johnson/Andreas Athanasiou, 3
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 39; Jonathan Toews, 29; Jack Johnson, 16
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 56; Jonathan Toews, 47; Jack Johnson, 19
