ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 0-7-0 in its last seven games. The last time the team lost eight straight games in regulation was 10/18/21 – 11/5/21 (9 straight)
• Barrett Hayton comes into tonight on a 3-game goal/point streak and has registered 4-5-9 in his last eight showings
• The Coyotes are in the midst of playing 15 games in 26 days throughout January. The stretch includes three back-to-back sets of games and the team does not have more than one day off from game action between contests
LAST GAME
Senators 5, Coyotes 3 – January 12, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Guenther (4), Crouse (15), Hayton (5)
OTT Goals: Tkachuk (15), Brassard (6), DeBrincat (14), Kastelic (4), Zub (3)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 42 svs on 46 shots
OTT Goalie: Forsberg (W) – 26 svs on 29 shots
PP: 1-2 PK: 3-4
Notes: The Coyotes fell for the seventh consecutive game…Dylan Guenther got the Coyotes on the board with his fourth goal of the season; All 4 of his tallies have come on the power play, making him the fourth player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to record at least his first four career goals on the man-advantage (Craig Norwich [first 6 goals], Bill Thomas [first 4 goals], Boris Mironov [first 4 goals])…The tally was Guenther’s first career NHL goal at home…Guenther also added an assist for his fourth multi-point game of the season; With Matias Maccelli having five such performances to his name this season, the last time the Coyotes had multiple rookies tally four-plus multipoint games in the same campaign was 2017-18 (Keller [14] and Fischer (6])…Christian Fischer assisted on Guenther’s goal and is one point away from 100 for his career (51-48-99)… Fischer found the scoresheet in consecutive games for the third time this season…Juuso Valimaki registered his ninth assist and 10th point of the season to tie his career-high in both categories (2020-21 with Calgary)…Lawson Crouse registered his 15th goal of the season in his 40th game; 2022-23 is the third consecutive season at least one Coyote has reached 15 goals within his first 40 games of a campaign after it happened just three times between the 2010-20 seasons…Karel Vejmelka recorded 42 saves for his 10th career game of 40+ saves and fourth such performance this season…Vejmelka is the sixth goaltender in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to register 10 career games of 40+ saves with the club…Barrett Hayton scored for the third consecutive game…Nick Ritchie chipped in an assist and is one helper shy of 100 for his career…Troy Stecher played in his 400th career NHL game…ARI’s 31 penalty minutes on Thursday set a new single-game season-high…Clayton Keller received a game misconduct just 11:19 into the game
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Matias Maccelli…Week-to-Week…Lower-Body (9 / 12/23)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (13 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 87 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
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-1/10 – Assigned G Ivan Prosvetov to Tucson (AHL)
-1/8 – Recalled G Ivan Prosvetov from Tucson (AHL)
-1/7 – Assigned F Michael Carcone to Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE DATE TIME (AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sun, Jan 15 5pm at WPG Canada Life Center Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Tue, Jan 17 7pm vs DET Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Thur, Jan 19 7pm vs WSH Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra 92.3 FM
YOTES & WILD
- Tonight is the second of four ARI-MIN matchups this season. The Wild captured the first meeting 4-3 on 11/27 in St. Paul
- The final two Coyotes-Wild contests take place at Mullett Arena on 2/6 and 3/12
- On 11/27, Arizona cut a 4-1 deficit to 4-3 with goals from Lawson Crouse and JJ Moser in the final 3:18 of regulation
- Moser’s goal in the 11/27 matchup was the 10,000th goal in Coyotes/Jets franchise history
- Nick Schmaltz also scored in the 11/27 matchup. He’s collected 3 pts (1-2-3) over his last two visits to Minnesota
- Shayne Gostisbehere enters tonight with a 4-game point streak versus the Wild, posting 1-6-7 in that span. The blueliner also has produced 1-9-10 in his last 7 games against the Wild overall
- Gostisbehere’s 4-game point streak versus MIN is his longest active run against an NHL opponent
- Jakob Chychrun’s seven goals vs MIN are tied with Roman Josi for the most a defenseman has posted against them since the start of 2016-17
-Coyotes franchise vs Wild
• All-Time: 31-42-3-4
• Home: 16-21-1-2
• Road: 15-21-2-2
• L10: 1-9-0
• STRK: L1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE WILD
Nick Schmaltz…3-13-16…24 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…7-2-9…21 career GP
Clayton Keller…5-7-12…20 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…1-9-10…13 career GP
Troy Stecher…1-6-7…15 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Chychrun, 7)… Assists (Schmaltz, 13)…Points (Schmaltz, 16)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 7)…Assists (Gostisbehere, 9)…Points (Gostisbehere, 10)
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 9-15-3
2-Days Rest: 3-2-1
3+ Days Rest: 1-3-1
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 1-2-0
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 0-3-0
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 0-1-0
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: 1-1-1
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
ARIZONA COYOTES
All-Time Wild Record: 46-26-8 (23-12-5 at Xcel Energy Center, 23-14-3 at Arizona)
2022-23: The Wild earned a 4-3 victory in the series-opening game at Xcel Energy Center (11/27)…LW Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota with three points (1-2=3)…C Joel Eriksson Ek recorded two points (0-2=2)…LW Matt Boldy (1-0=1), D Jared Spurgeon (1-0=1) and C Sam Steel (1-0=1) each added a goal…G Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20 of 23 shots faced for Minnesota…LW Matias Maccelli led Arizona with two points (0-2=2)…LW Lawson Crouse (1-0=1), D J.J. Moser (1-0=1) and C Nick Schmaltz (1-0=1) all scored goals…G Connor Ingram stopped 25 of 29 shots faced for the Coyotes.
WILD LEADERS: RW Mats Zuccarello (5-17=22 in 24 games) and Spurgeon (6-16=22 in 34 games) lead the Wild against the Coyotes…Kaprizov owns 18 points (8-10=18) in 12 contests…LW Marcus Foligno has 17 points (9-8=17) in 23 games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 16-9-1 with a 2.17 GAA, a .920 SV% and three shutouts in 28 games (27 starts) against the Coyotes…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-0 with a 4.06 GAA and a .714 SV% in his lone start against Arizona.
COYOTES LEADERS: LW Andrew Ladd leads Arizona with 20 points (6-14=20) in 34 contests…Schmaltz owns 15 points (3-13=16) in 24 matches…RW Clayton Keller has 12 points (5-7=12) in 20 games.
COYOTES GOALIES: G Karel Vejmelka is 1-1-0 with a 4.84 GAA and a .867 SV% in two career starts against the Wild…Ingram is 1-1-0 with a 3.05 GAA and a .906 SV% in two career starts against the Wild.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota’s 46 all-time wins against Arizona are fifth-most against an opponent…The Wild is 13-2-0 in its last 15 games against the Coyotes and 26-6-3 in its last 35 meetings against Arizona, including a 12-game point streak (9-0-3, 1/9/14-2/8/18) – the longest point streak in franchise history vs. an opponent… Minnesota is 16-5-1 in the last 22 games at Arizona, including 13- 3-1 in the last 17 contests…The Wild is 12-2-2 in the last 16 games played in Saint Paul
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 2, 2023 – Jan. 10, 2023
1/9/23 Reassigned G Zane McIntyre to Iowa
1/6/23 Recalled G Zane McIntyre from Iowa under emergency conditions
TOTAL TEAM EFFORT
2022 WRAPPED
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• The Wild recorded an seven-game home win streak from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, tied for second-longest home win streak in the NHL this season.
• Minnesota is tied for seventh in the NHL with 12 home victories this season.
• Since Oct. 25, the Wild is tied for seventh in the NHL with 22 wins.
• Since Oct. 25, Minnesota is giving up 2.44 goals per game (second in the NHL), allowing 29.1 shots per game (eighth in the NHL) and recording a .916 save percentage (tied for third in the NHL).
ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild have converted 29.7 percent (19 of 64) of power-play opportunities at home this season, third-best in the NHL.
• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in a season-high six consecutive games from Nov. 23 – Dec. 4, going eight-for-19 (42.1 pct.) during that span. The streak tied for the fifth-longest in franchise history.
PENALTY KILLERS
• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is ninth in the NHL with a 81.1 penaltykill percentage (86 for 106).
• Minnesota is seventh in the NHL with a 83.1 penalty-kill percentage (59 of 71) on the road this season.
