ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona enters tonight on a season-high 7-game point streak (4-0-3), good for the second-longest active point streak in the NHL. The last time the Coyotes had an 8+ game point streak was an 11-0-1 run from 2/4/12 – 2/28/12
• Clayton Keller looks to register a multi-point game for the fourth consecutive road game. After previously doing that in 2017-18, he’d join Dale Hawerchuk (3x), Dave Babych (2x) and Paul MacLean (2x) as the only players in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to record 2+ points in four or more consecutive games multiple times
• Tonight marks Arizona’s final road game of the month before starting a four-game homestand tomorrow. The Coyotes have four separate 4-game homestands the rest of this season
LAST GAME
Coyotes 1, Lightning 0 (SO) – February 15, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: None
TBL Goals: None
ARI Goalie: Ingram (W) – 47 svs on 47 shots
TBL Goalie: Elliott (O) – 26 svs on 26 shots
PP: 0-2 PK: 5-5
Notes: The Coyotes won their second game in a row and enter tonight on a 7-game point streak (4-0-3), their longest point streak since 12/31/15 – 1/14/16 (5-0-2)…Arizona also won its third home game in a row to match a season-high…Connor Ingram finished his night with 47 saves en route to his first career shutout (more shutout notes below)…The last time two NHL goaltenders recorded a shutout in the same game was 12/19/22 (NYI’s Ilya Sorokin and COL’s Alexandar Georgiev)…20 of Ingram’s saves came in the first period, the first time this season a Coyotes netminder recorded 20+ saves in a period with 0 goals against (last: 1/12/22 vs TOR)…Ingram’s season SV% jumped from .899 to .907…Ingram has registered a .937 SV% since the New Year, trailing only BOS’s Jeremy Swayman among goaltenders with at least 5 GP since then…Wednesday was the first time the Coyotes won a game 1-0 in shootout since 2/9/13 at SJ and the first time at home since 1/10/09 vs DAL…Clayton Keller scored the shootout-deciding goal, the first of his career…The last time the Coyotes did not suffer a regulation loss for their first 5+ games of a month was January of 2016 (4-0-2)…The Coyotes enter tonight with the second-longest active point streak in the NHL (8 games, NYR)
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (7 / 1/24)
Total man games lost: 117 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
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 | 4 (1/19 – 1/24) – Upper-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-2/16 – Assigned D Dysin Mayo to Tucson (AHL)
-2/11 – Recalled D Victor Sodestrom from Tucson (AHL)
-2/11 – Recalled D Dysin Mayo from Tucson (AHL)
-2/7 – Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea to Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Recalled F Jean-Sebastien Dea from Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Assigned F Dylan Guenther to the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sun, Feb 19 6:30pm vs CBJ Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Wed, Feb 22 7:30pm vs CGY Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Sun, Feb 26 5pm vs NSH Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & KINGS
- Tonight is the third and final ARI-LAK matchup this season. The Coyotes hold a 1-1-0 ledger versus LAK this season, while the Kings are 1-0-1
- The Kings captured the first meeting 5-3 on 12/1 while ARI won 2-1 in shootout on 12/23 just before the Christmas break
- Arizona has won five of the last seven contests its played against LAK on the road and is 6-4-0 in the last 10 head-to-head road meetings with them
- Nick Schmaltz scored the Coyotes’ goal in regulation on 12/23 and Nick Bjugstad tallied the lone shootout marker -Karel Vejmelka got the win on 12/23. He boasts a .918 SV% and a 2.67 GAA in four career games vs LAK
- Matias Maccelli registered a goal and an assist the last time the Coyotes played in LA (12/1), one of six multi-point games he’s posted this season
- The Kings represent the opponent the Coyotes/Jets franchise have the most games played (246) and wins (121) against in the NHL
- Coyotes franchise vs Kings
• All-Time: 121-90-25-10
• Home: 66-43-11-5
• Road: 55-47-14-5
• L10: 4-6-0
• STRK: W1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE KINGS
Clayton Keller…4-8-12…24 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…4-6-10…22 career GP
Travis Boyd…1-2-3…7 career GP
Matias Maccelli…1-1-2…2 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 6)… Assists (Keller, 8)…Points (Keller/Chychrun, 12)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 5)…Assists (Chychrun, 7)…Points (Chychrun, 12)
LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
FEB. 18 vs. Arizona Coyotes – 7:30 PM PT // Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: ESPN // Radio: iHeartRadio
- The LA Kings host the Arizona Coyotes for the third, and final, meeting between these two clubs this season (5-3 W on Dec. 1; 2-1 SOL on Dec. 23).
- The Kings aim to take the season series over the Coyotes, 2-1.
- Following tonight’s game, the team will embark on a five-game road trip beginning in Minnesota this Tuesday (Feb. 21 at MIN; Feb. 23 at NJD; Feb. 24 at NYI; Feb. 26 at NYR; Feb. 28 at WPG).
WARM-UPS
1) Tonight is the second game of the Kings’ eighth set of back-to-backs this season. Prior to this weekend, the team is 7-4-3 in back-to-backs 5-2-0 in the first game, 2-2-3 in the second).
2) Blake Lizotte registered his 25th and 26th points (8-16=26) of the year last night to establish a new single-season career high for points and assists (18) in a season.
3) The Kings skate into Crypto.com Arena tonight with points in each of their last seven games against Arizona, dating back to May 3, 2021 (5-0-2). During that time, the Kings have outscored the Coyotes, 22-15.
4) Viktor Arvidsson tallied his second multi-goal game (2-0=2) of the season last night for five points (3-2=5) in his last two games.
5) The Kings 6-3 victory over Anaheim last night marked their fifth straight win against the Ducks (5-0-0) dating to Feb. 25, 2022. Per NHL PR, the Kings current five-game streak matches their longest head-to-head regular-season winning streak against Anaheim (5-0-0, Jan. 8, 2009 – Feb. 4, 2010).
vs. ARIZONA^ ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 100-108-25-13
Home: 52-51-14-4
Away: 48-57-11-9
OT: 12-16 (24 ties)
Shootout: 5-6
2021-22: 2-0-1
2022-23: 1-0-1
^-against ARI franchise, dating back to WPG
FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. ARIZONA^:
Anze Kopitar* – 87 GP, 89 PTS (24-65=89)
Luc Robitaille – 87 GP, 87 PTS (42-45=87)
Wayne Gretzky – 44 GP, 81 PTS (22-59=81)
Marcell Dionne – 49 GP, 75 PTS (34-41=75)
Dave Taylor – 85 GP, 75 PTS (28-47=75)
Bernie Nicholls – 58 GP, 64 PTS (28-36=64)
*-denotes active roster player
^-against ARI franchise, dating back to WPG
LAST MEETING vs. ANAHEIM: Dec. 23, 2022 – LAK 1 at ARI 2 (SO)
Venue: Mullett Arena
LAK Goals: Iafallo (4)
ARI Goals: Schmaltz (6), Bjugstad (SO GDG)
Goalies: LAK: Quick (SOL, 23 saves, 24 shots) ARI: Vejmelka (W, 26 saves, 27 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-2
LAK PK: 5-for-6
THE NEXT THREE:
Tues., Feb. 21 | at Minnesota Wild | 7:00 p.m. MT (5:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Drew Doughty is currently riding a six-game point streak (2-6=8) against the Minnesota Wild, tied for the second-longest active point streak vs. MIN among defensemen.
Thurs., Feb. 23 | at New Jersey Devils | 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings will start their ninth set of back-to-backs in New Jersey before traveling to Long Island to face the Islanders on Feb. 24.
Fri., Feb. 24 | at New York Islanders | 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings have won three of their last four against the Islanders (3-1-0).
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 18 games, Dec. 22 – Jan. 31 (lower-body)
F Trevor Moore, 16 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 31 (upper-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 10 games, Jan. 19 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 10 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Feb. 13 (undisclosed)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Sean Durzi, 2 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 107
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 2/17/23)
Feb. 10 – Pheonix Copley (G) re-signed to a one-year contract extension with an AAV of $1.5M
Feb. 11 – Trevor Moore (F) and Arthur Kaliyev (F) activated off injured reserve. Jacob Moverare (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 12 – Jacob Moverare (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 13 – Tobie Bisson (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 14 – Tobie Bisson (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 15 – Mikey Anderson (D) signed to an eight-year contract extension with an AAV of $4.125M.
Feb. 17 – Tobias Bjornfot (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
