ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes enter tonight winners of their last 3 road games and 3-2-0 in their last five games overall
• Arizona is second in the NHL in scoring by rookies with 18 pts. Matias Maccelli leads all NHL rookies in points per game (0.75) and is tied in both assists (8) and points (9)
• A win tonight would give Arizona its first four-game road win streak since winning 5 straight road gms from 2/4/21 – 3/8/21
LAST GAME
Coyotes 4, Sabres 1 – November 8, 2022 – KeyBank Center
ARI Goals: Crouse (6), Maccelli (1), O’Brien (1), Keller (4)
BUF Goals: Thompson (8)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 32 svs on 33 shots
BUF Goalie: Comrie (L) – 20 svs on 23 shots
PP: 1-3 PK: 3-4
Notes: ARI won its second consecutive game and its third straight road contest…Clayton Keller, Matias Maccelli and Liam O’Brien each contributed a goal and an assist…Keller notched his 100th career goal with an ENG, the 19th player to record 100 goals with the Coyotes/Jets franchise…Maccelli and O’Brien picked up their third and second career multi-point games, respectively…Maccelli’s goal was his first career PPG and GWG… Lawson Crouse opened the scoring 23 seconds into the first period, the 3rd-fastest goal from the start of a game this season (VGK’s Keegan Kolesar [0:12 on 10/15] and BOS’s Jake DeBrusk [0:21 on 10/17])…Crouse has scored in four of his last five GP…Barrett Hayton and Travis Boyd each picked up an assist for the second straight outing…Karel Vejmelka stopped 32 shots and won his third consecutive start…Arizona is now 3-0-0 in games played on Tuesday
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Zack Kassian…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (4 / 10/30)
Nick Schmaltz…IR…Upper-Body (11 / 10/13)
Jakob Chychrun…IR…Upper-Body (12 / -)
Total man games lost: 45 games
Connor Timmins (9), Andrew Ladd (6), Ben McCartney (3)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-11/8 – Assigned D Conor Timmins to Tucson (AHL) for conditioning purposes
-11/5 – Placed F Nick Schmaltz on Injured Reserve
-11/5 – Recalled F Laurent Dauphin from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sat, Nov 12 5pm at NJD Prudential Center
Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Sun, Nov 13 5pm at NYR Madison Square Garden
Bally Sports Arizona TBD
Thur, Nov 17 7pm at VGK T-Mobile Arena Bally Sports Arizona TBD
YOTES & ISLES
- Tonight is the first of two ARI-NYI games this season. The teams will go head-to-head in Tempe on 12/16
- ARI fell to the Isles 4-0 in its first ever game at UBS Arena on 1/21/22
- Shayne Gostisbehere leads current Coyotes in career assists (11) and points (14) against the Islanders. He’s
produced two multi-assist games in his career when playing NYI as a visitor - Nick Bjugstad scored the last time he faced the Islanders (11/7/21) when he was a member of the Wild
- Coyotes franchise vs Islanders:
• All-Time: 29-41-12-1
• Home: 19-18-4-1
• Road: 10-23-8-0
• L10: 3-7-0
• STRK: L2
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE ISLANDERS
Shayne Gostisbehere…3-11-14…26 career GP
Nick Bjugstad…6-4-10…16 career GP
Laurent Dauphin…0-1-1…3 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 6)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 11)…Points (Gostisbehere, 14)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 3)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 11)…Points (Gostisbehere, 14)
KELLER INSTINCT
- Clayton Keller enters tonight leading Arizona in assists (9) and points (13) in 2022-23
- He also enters tonight averaging over a point-per-game this season (4-9-13 in 12 GP)…A mark he’s been well clear of since 11/18/21… Keller has registered 29-41-70 in 63 GP since then, with his 1.11 points per game in that span ranking 6th among RW (Min. 50 GP)
- Keller notched his 100th career goal on Tuesday, the 19th player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to score 100 goals with club…He required the 14th
- fewest games played with the franchise to reach 100 goals with the club (NHL debut of otherwise)
- Among players to debut with the Coyotes/Jets franchise, seven have now reached the mark before their 25th birthday: Dale Hawerchuk (20 years, 263 days), Teemu Selanne (23 years, 193 days), Keith Tkachuk (23 years, 213 days), Brian Mullen (23 years, 358 days), Andrew McBain (24 years, 34 days), Pat Elynuik (24 years, 62 days) and Clayton Keller (24 years, 102 days)
POWER PLAY PROWESS
- Thru 12 games, the Coyotes power play has operated at 29.3% (12-for-41), which enters tonight 3rd in the NHL
PP rankings (NHL)
- COL (38.2%)
- EDM (32.7%)
- ARI (29.3%)
- ARI has not gone more than two consecutive games without a PPG…The team has only played four games this season where it did not score a PPG…8 NHL teams including ARI have had four or fewer games in 2022-23 where they did not post at least one PPG
- Arizona reached 12 PPG in the 12th game of 2022-23. Last season it took the Coyotes until Jan. 6 (32 GP) to reach 12 PPG as a team Coyotes players ranking near the top of League power-play statistics
- Nick Ritchie – 4 PPG are T-10th among all skaters
- Matias Maccelli – Ranks among NHL rookies in power-play points (6, T-1st) and power-play assists (5, 2nd)
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 5 PPP are T-8th in the League among defensemen
- JJ Moser – 4 power-play assists rank T-9th among NHL d-men
- Dylan Guenther – 2 PPG are tied-most among NHL rookies (Shane Pinto)
- Dylan Guenther – 4 PPP are the third-most among NHL rookies
ROOKIES MAKING THEIR MARK
- Coyotes rookies Dylan Guenther (1st rd, 9th overall in 2021) and Matias Maccelli (4th rd, 98th overall in 2019) come into tonight among NHL rookie leaders in multiple statistical categories Macceli (1-8-9 in 12 GP)
- Picked up a goal and an assist on Tuesday for his second multi-point game this season (3rd career)
- Ranks among NHL rookie leaders in assists (T-1st), points (T-1st), points per game (0.75, min 5 GP) as well as the previously mentioned power-play figures Guenther (2-4-6 in 11 GP)
- Ranks in the NHLs top 10 in goals (T-10th), assists (T-7th) and points (T-9th) among rookies
- One of two rookies to notch multiple power-play goals (2 for Guenther)
- If Guenther scores a PPG tonight, he’d be the first Coyote to notch 3+ PPG within the first 12 games of his career and just the fourth player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history (Selanne [9], Borsato, Norwich)
- In Coyotes/Jets franchise history, Guenther is the sixth player to tally his first 2 career NHL goals on the man-advantage, joining Bill Thomas (2005-07 seasons), Boris Mironov (1993-94), Keith Tkachuk (1991-92), Luciano Borsato (1991-92) and Craig Norwich (1979-80)
- Both Guenther and Maccelli have tallied a game-winning goal. Ottawa is the only other NHL team to have two rookies with at least one GWG
GET RITCHIE OR DIE TRYIN
- Nick Ritchie recorded his fifth career multi-goal game on Saturday, tallies that went down as the game-tying and game-winning goals
- The 2-goal performance was Ritchie’s third since being acquired by ARI (2/19/22). Nick Schmaltz is the only Coyote to tally that many in that span
-Ritchie leads the Coyotes in goals his acquisition date (Ritchie, 16; Schmaltz, 15; Keller/Crouse, 14)
- In 36 career games with the Coyotes, Ritchie has recorded 22 pts (16-6-22). If he can reach 20 goals within his next 4 appearances, he’d be the fourth player in Coyotes/Jets franchise history to record 20+ goals within his first 40 regular-season games with the club (NHL debut or otherwise), following Teemu Selanne (27 GP), Lee Stempniak (39 GP) and Dale Hawerchuk (39 GP)
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Coyotes are in a stretch of 14 consecutive road games for the purposes of the Mullett Arena annex construction being completed (on schedule). This stretch from 11/5 – 12/7 is tied for the longest a team has had in NHL history
Rank Team Consecutive Road Games Dates Record
T1 Vancouver 14 straight road games 1/30/10 – 3/10/10 8-5-1
T1 Arizona 14 straight road games 11/5/22 – 12/7/22 TBD
3 NY Islanders 13 straight road games 10/14/21 – 11/16/21 5-6-2
4 San Jose 12 straight road games 1/14/21 – 2/11/21 5-6-1
T5 Philadelphia 11 straight road games 12/23/05 – 1/12/06 8-2-1
T5 Calgary 11 straight road games 2/3/88 – 2/28/88 5-5-1
Note: The Coyotes’ stretch includes 4 different road trips (11/5 – 11/13; 11/17; 11/21–11/27; 12/1–12/7)
2022-23 REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS
Blocked shots: Brown (31)
Hits: O’Brien (42)
Takeaways: Keller (10)
Shots: Gostisbehere (31)
TOI/G: Moser (23:23)
YOTES COACH’S CHALLENGE
2022-23: 0-for-0, -%
Interference Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-%)
Offsides Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-)
Miscellaneous Challenge Rate: 0-for-0 (-%)
Last Team Challenge: (W) March 27, 2022 – Original Call Overturned; ARI requested a Coach’s Challenge for a missed stoppage of play. The Situation Room determined that the puck hit the protective netting behind ARI’s net prior to WPG’s Adam Lowry’s goal and, therefore, was out of play
Last Situation Room-Initiated Challenge: (Overturned) Oct. 17, 2022 – Original Call Overturned; The situation room called to review if Morgan Rielly batted the puck with his hand inside the attacking zone before Mitch Marner subsequently gained possession and control. It was deemed that Marner was the first player to gain possession and control of the puck after Rielly batted it with his hand and, therefore, no goal
2022-23 OVERTIME RESULTS: (0-1-0)
Last overtime win: 4/27/22 at DAL (W, 4-3, GWG – T. Boyd)
Last overtime loss: 10/28/22 vs WPG (L, 3-2, GWG – B. Wheeler)
Last overtime that led to shootout: 2/1/22 at COL
2022-23 SHOOTOUT RESULTS: (0-0)
Last shootout win: 2/1/22 at COL (W, 3-2, SDG – A. Galchenyuk)
Last shootout loss: 1/14/22 at COL (L, 4-3, SDG – N. Kadri)
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 3-4-0
2-Days Rest: 2-1-1
3+ Days Rest: 0-1-0
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 0-0-0
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 0-0-0
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 0-0-0
When completing a back-to-back where opponent is not: 0-0-0
When ARI is not completing a back-to-back but opponent is: 0-1-1
NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Nov. 8, 2022 Win NYI 4 vs. NYR 3 Palmieri, Pelech,
Nelson, Lee
Varlamov (37/40)
Kyle Palmieri opened the score with his fifth goal of the season, then Adam Pelech, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee tallied three unanswered goals in the third frame, to help the New York Islanders defeat the New York Rangers 4-3, on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Semyon Varlamov collected his fifth consecutive win at MSG, as he turned away 37 of 40 shots faced to help the Islanders capture their seventh win in their last eight games.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 7 Robin Salo has been recalled from the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL).
Nov. 6 Robin Salo has been loaned to the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL).
Oct. 28 Robin Salo has been recalled from the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL).
Oct. 21 Robin Salo has been assigned to Bridgeport. Sebastian Aho has been activated off IR.
Oct. 15 Sebastian Aho has been placed on IR with an upper body injury (retroactive to 10/8). Cal Clutterbuck has
been activated off the team’s IR list.
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Arizona Coyotes in the first of two matchups between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was January 21, 2022 at UBS Arena, when Brock Nelson, Scott Mayfield, Josh Bailey and Adam Pelech each recorded multi-point games in a 4-0 victory at UBS Arena. The Islanders have started the 2022-23 season with a 6-0-0 record against Western Conference opponents, and have collected three victories vs. Western teams in the last ten days (Chicago, St. Louis, Calgary). They also enter tonight’s matchup with three straight wins on home ice
INJURIES GAMES MISSED
15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13 vs. FLA , Nov. 8 at NYR
25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 vs. FLA – Oct. 20 vs. NJD
26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13 vs. FLA
Man Games Lost: 7
vs. THE COYOTES:
2021-22 2-0-0
Last 5 meetings 4-1-0
Franchise History 42-26-12-3
NYI Home 23-9-8-1
NYI Away 19-17-4-2
ACTIVE NYI LEADERS
2021-22 Brock Nelson (3g, 1a), J. Bailey & A. Pelech (3a)
Points Z. Parise (29), J. Bailey (18), B. Nelson (15)
Goals Z. Parise (13), B. Nelson (8) K. Palmieri (6)
Assists Z. Parise (16), J. Bailey (13), B. Nelson (7)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION TIME (ET) TV
Nov. 10, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm MSG
Dec. 16, 2022 Mullett Arena (Tempe, AZ) 9:30pm MSG
LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. ARIZONA
Jan. 21, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (4-0)
Oct. 23, 2022 Gila River Arena (Glendale, AZ) Win (3-0)
Feb. 17, 2020 Gila River Arena (Glendale, AZ) Loss (2-1)
Oct. 24, 2019 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Win (4-2)
Mar. 24, 2019 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Win (2-0)
UPCOMING GAMES
Nov. 12 vs. Columbus UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Nov. 14 at Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre (Ottawa, ON) 5:00pm
Nov. 17 at Nashville Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN) 8:00pm
Nov. 19 at Dallas American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) 8:00pm
Nov. 21 at Toronto Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON) 7:30pm
HOSTING THE COYOTES
The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup with a 7-1-2 record against the Coyotes in their last ten games against them, dating back to the 2016-17 season. They are 4-1-0 in their last five against the Coyotes. Last season, the Islanders captured shutouts in both of their meetings with Arizona, as Ilya Sorokin posted 26 saves on October 23, 2021 and 17 saves on January 21, 2022. Sorokin has won both of his career starts against Arizona (2-0-0).
Islanders forward Brock Nelson has recorded four points (3g 1a) in his last two matchups against Arizona, tallying two points each time these teams played in the 2021-22 campaign.
Zach Parise leads active Islanders in all three scoring categories against the Coyotes, as he has recorded 29 points (13g, 16a) in 36 games against Arizona. Josh Bailey has 18 points (5g, 13a) in 19 career games against Arizona.
AGAINST THE WEST
Arizona will be the Islanders’ fifth Western Conference opponent in the last 13 days. The Islanders have started the 2022-23 campaign with a 6-0-0 record against Western teams, their best start vs. the West in franchise history. Only New Jersey (7-0-0) has a better record vs. the West so far this season.
COMEBACK WINS
Tuesday night against the Rangers, Adam Pelech, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee each recorded goals in the third frame to help the Islanders cement their second consecutive comeback win. It is the first time in franchise history the Islanders have recorded consecutive wins after entering the second intermission of each game facing a two-goal deficit. Monday night against the Calgary Flames, the Islanders tallied their third consecutive win at home as they overcame a 3-1 deficit entering the third period and earned their first overtime win of the season (4-3). Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson scored the overtime game-winner on a 4-on-3 power play. It is the first time since 2001 that an Islanders defenseman has recorded the game-winner in two straight overtime victories (Dobson potted the game-winner the last time the Islanders recorded an OT Win on 1/1/22 vs. EDM). Monday evening was the second time in their last ten games that the Islanders overcame a deficit of at least two goals to win the game. It is the first time in club history that it has happened in consecutive home games (Oct. 29 vs. COL and Nov. 7 vs. CGY) The Islanders also recorded a 5-4 comeback win on October 29, vs. the Colorado Avalanche. It was the first time they had overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a game since November 16, 2019.
IN THEIR LAST EIGHT
The Islanders have a 7-1-0 record in their last eight games, dating back to October 26 v. NYR. In that span, the Islanders have posted the most wins of any NHL team and outscored their opponents 30-19. Only Edmonton (31) has scored more goals than the Islanders since then. October 26 – November 3 was the first time the Islanders have captured five consecutive wins since March 2, 2021. Their longest win streak last season was four games.
ZERO PIM
Monday night’s win vs. Calgary was the first time the Islanders have gone an entire game without taking a penalty since April 9, 2021. The Islanders have recorded an average 8:17 PIM/game this season.
THE THIRD
The Islanders have been most productive offensively in the third period, having outscored opponents 17-6 in the third frame in their last eight games. Since October 26, more than 60% (17 of the last 28) of Islander goals have been scored in the third and the Islanders are 9-4-0 when they find the back of the net in the final frame.
FACE-OFF WINS
Monday night vs. Calgary, Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau recorded 20 face-off wins, good for a single-game season-high. It is the first time an Islander has recorded 20 wins on the face-off dot in a single game since January 13, 2017, when John Tavares recorded 21 vs. Florida.
BLUELINERS
Through 14 games, Islanders blueliners have recorded 32 points, and have scored 12 goals so far this season. An Islanders defensman has found the scoresheet in 11 of 14 games so far. Adam Pelech scored the game-tying goal on Teusday night vs. the Rangers, his first goal since February 24. Pelech set a new single-game season high amongst Islanders on Nov. 3, as he skated 24:30 TOI (his highest TOI since Dec. 19, 2021).
On Monday night, Sebastian Aho tallied his first goal of the season and dirst since April 19, 2022 and Noah Dobson recorded his second career OT game-winning goal ina 4-3 win vs. the Flames.
Ryan Pulock has recorded a plus-3 rating in three different contests this season, including twice since Oct. 26. He leads the Islanders with a +9 rating.
Scott Mayfield and Robin Salo each recorded their first career multi-goal games on Oct. 15. It was the first time since January 1993 that two Islanders defensemen have recorded multi-goal outings in the same contest.
Robin Salo’s +4 rating on October 15 was a career-high and matched the Islanders’ single-game high set last season by Brock Nelson (Nov. 4 vs. MTL). He is the first Islander defenseman since Denis Potvin (most recently in 1982) to record two goals and record a +4 rating in the same game.
FORWARD PRODUCTION
Nine Islanders forwards have recorded three or more goals through 13 games this season. Islanders forward Anders Lee scored has found the back of the net four times in his last five games, and leads the Islanders with eight goals in 14 games. \Following the Islanders’ win on Tuesday night, Lee was tied with Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) and Alex Ovechkin (WSH) for the lead in goals amongst Metropolitan Forwards. Three of Lee’s eight goals so far this season have been scored on the power play.
Josh Bailey recorded an assist Monday night at UBS Arena and has found the scoresheet in five of his last eight games.
The Islanders are 5-0-0 when Bailey records a point so far this season.
Brock Nelson is tied with Mathew Barzal for the team-lead in points (15) and has been held off the scoresheet just twice since October 22. Six of the last seven Islander victories have included Nelson recording at least one point.
Mathew Barzal leads the Islanders and is tied for third-most in the league in assists (15). It is the most assists recorded by an Islander through the first 14 games of the season since 1984 (Brent Sutter 21, Mike Bossy 17)
