ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona fell last night to the Jets in regulation to end its 4-game win streak and 8-game point streak (6-0-2). The team is 6-1-2 since the NHL’s trade deadline (March 3) as well as 10-5-5 in its last 20 GP (since Feb. 10)
• The combo of Clayton Keller (8-10-18) and Barrett Hayton (6-8-14) have tallied a combined 14-18-32 in March (11 GP), ranking T3rd and T-15th in the NHL in that span, respectively. Keller is on an 9-game point streak, the second-longest of his career, while Haytoni has rung up a career-high eight-game point streak. The last time the Coyotes/Jets franchise had two players on simultaneous point streaks of at least eight games was 4/6/93 when Teemu Selanne, Alexei Zhamnov and Keith Tkachuk all had active 10-game point streaks entering that night’s game
• A point tonight of any kind tonight for Keller would extend his point streak to 10 games. Since the franchise relocated to Arizona, there have only been eight instances of a Coyote tallying a 10+ game point streak, most recently by Keller from 3/11/18 – 3/28/18
LAST GAME
Jets 2, Coyotes 1 – March 21, 2023 – Canada Life Centre
ARI Goals: Hayton (15)
WPG Goals: Ehlers (9), Lowry (10)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 23 svs on 25 shots
WPG Goalie: Hellebuyck (W) – 29 svs on 30 shots
PP: 0-3 PK: 6-6
Notes: ARI fell to WPG 2-1 in regulation to end its 8-game point streak and 4-game win streak… Barrett Hayton scored for the second consecutive game and extended his point streak to eight games…Clayton Keller extended his point streak to nine games, one shy of tying his career-best set in 2017-18…Keller also registered his 76th point of the season (32-44-76)…Keller’s 8 SOG share the most a Coyote has tallied in a game this season…Karel Vejmelka turned in another .920+ SV% performance against the Jets; four of his six career starts against them have resulted in at least a .920 SV% in the contest…Nick Schmaltz picked up an assist for the second consecutive game…ARI PK went 6-for-6, the third time this month the PK unit has been a perfect 6-for-6 in a contest…The Coyotes’ 18 shots in the second period are tied for the most the team has registered in a frame this season and the +15 shot differential second is the team’s highest in a period this season…The 3 shots allowed in the second period are tied for a season-low for a period…Zack Kassian missed the game due to an upper-body injury
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Josh Brown…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (3 / 3/14)
Zack Kassian…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (1 / 3/18)
Total man games lost: 132 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 | 3 (3/12 – 3/16)
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) – 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
Christian Fischer – 1 (3/3) – Illness | 1 (3/12) – Lower-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
Patrik Nemeth – 1 (3/14) – Lower-Body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-3/21 – Recalled D Michael Kesselring from Tucson (AHL)
-3/19 – Assigned D Michael Kesselring to Tucson (AHL)
-3/18 – Recalled D Michael Kesselring from Tucson (AHL)
-3/17 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama and D Michael Kesselring to Tucson (AHL)
-3/16 – Signed F Josh Doan to a three-year entry-level contract, beginning with the 2023-24 NHL season
-3/16 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Fri, March 24 6pm at COL Ball Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Sun, March 26 12pm vs COL Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Mon, March 27 7pm vs EDM Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
YOTES & OIL
- Tonight is the second of three ARI-EDM matchups this season. The Oilers beat the Yotes 8-2 in the first meeting on 12/7 at Rogers Place
- The final game of the season series will be at Mullett Arena on 3/27
- The first ARI-EDM contest was the final game of the Coyotes’ 14-game road stretch. Jack McBain scored one of ARI’s goals and Christian Fischer assisted on both tallies
- Clayton Keller posted 4 pts (2-2-4) across his last three head-to-head meetings against the Oilers, including a 3-point night in one of them (11/24/21)
- Keller has also scored in two of the last three games he’s faced the Oilers
- Travis Boyd’s eight career pts (3-5-8) vs EDM are tied for the most he’s tallied against an NHL opponent (CHI)
- Coyotes franchise vs Oilers
• All-Time: 85-102-11-12
• Home: 47-46-5-6
• Road: 38-56-6-6
• L10: 3-5-2
• STRK: L4
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE OILERS
Clayton Keller…2-6-8…16 career GP
Travis Boyd…3-5-8…14 career GP
Zack Kassian…5-2-7…14 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-6-7…14 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Kassian, 5)… Assists (Keller, 6)…Points (Keller/Boyd, 8)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Nemeth, 1)…Assists (Valimaki, 2)…Points (Valimaki, 2)
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
8:30 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
40-23-8 – 88 PTS RECORD 27-32-11 – 65 PTS
Div. – 3rd Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 7th Conference – 13th 1st –31.2% (76/244) POWER PLAY 23rd – 19.5% (40/205)
25th – 75.7% (187/247) PENALTY KILL 23rd – 76.1 (201/264)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. ARIZONA GP RECORD HOME (50) AWAY (49) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ARIZONA 99 50-31-3-15 27-15-2-6 23-16-1-9 322 298
OILERS vs. ARIZONA – 2022-23 1 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 8 2
QUICK FACTS
Wednesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of three games against Arizona this season and the second of two games in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is March 27th in Arizona.
The last time these teams met was on December 7th in Edmonton where the Oilers defeated the Coyotes won 8-2.
Connor McDavid leads the team lead with 33 career points against Arizona and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has appeared in a team leading 40 career games against the Coyotes.
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 11-5-4 in their last 20 games, outscoring opponents 87-73, while earning at least a point in 15 of the 20 games.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers have scored 5+ goals 27 times this season, posting a record of 25-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. ARIZONA
Record: 7-1-2
GF: 42 GA: 24
2022-23 12/7/22 @ EDM 8-2 W
2021-22 3/28/22 @ EDM 6-1 W
2021-22 11/24/21 @ ARI 5-3 W
2021-22 10/21/21 @ ARI 5-1 W
2019-20 2/4/20 @ ARI 3-0 L
2019-20 1/18/20 @ EDM 7-3 W
2019-20 11/24/19 @ ARI 4-3 W (SO)
2019-20 11/4/19 @ EDM 3-2 L (OT)
2018-19 3/16/19 @ ARI 3-2 W (OT)
2018-19 2/19/19 @ EDM 2-3 L (SO)
