Friday, April 19, 2024

NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (26-20-11) at Arizona Coyotes (20-28-9)

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

CALGARY FLAMES vs. ARIZONA COYOTES
CGY vs. ARI ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
104-77-20-7 63-32-9-2 41-45-11-5 8-2-0 W6

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Arizona Coyotes
7:30pm MT
Mullett Arena
TV: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 1-0-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Dec. 5, 2022 – ARI [2] at CGY [3]
Feb. 22, 2023 – CGY at ARI
Mar. 14, 2023 – CGY at ARI
2021-22 Season Record vs. ARI: 3-0-0 (Home: 2-0-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Last Home Win vs. ARI: December 5, 2023 – Arizona [2] vs. Calgary [3]
Last Road Win @ ARI: February 2, 2022 – Calgary [4] at Arizona [2]
Last Home Loss vs. ARI: April 3, 2022 – Arizona [4] vs. Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ ARI: November 16, 2019 – Calgary [0] at Arizona [3]

2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Jan. 26 – recalled Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL)
Jan. 27 – placed Chris Tanev (D) on IR; activated Brett Ritchie (F) from IR
Jan. 28 – reassigned Walker Duehr (F), Jakob Pelletier (F) and Dennis Gilbert (D) to Calgary (AHL)
Feb. 5 – recalled Jakob Pelletier (F) and Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL)
Feb. 6 – activated Chris Tanev (D) from IR
Feb. 21 – recalled Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL); placed Michael Stone (D) on IR

FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 43)
Noah Hanifin – illness (1 game: Oct. 21)
Chris Tanev – upper-body (5 games: Nov. 3 – Nov. 10)
Jonathan Huberdeau – upper-body (3 games: Nov. 8 – Nov. 12)
Michael Stone – lower-body (11 games: Nov. 7 – Nov. 25)
MacKenzie Weegar – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 12)
Elias Lindholm – upper-body injury (1 game: Dec. 12)
Chris Tanev – upper-body injury (3 games: Dec. 14 – Dec. 18)
Radim Zohorna – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 18)
Dennis Gilbert – lower-body injury (4 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 27)
Brett Ritchie – upper-body injury (8 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 26)
Chris Tanev – injury reserve (2 games: Jan. 26 – Jan. 27)
Rasmus Andersson – day-to-day (3 games: Feb. 9 – Feb. 13)

RECORD BY MONTH
October November December January February March April
HOME 4-2-0 3-2-1 4-3-1 3-2-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
AWAY 1-0-0 2-5-2 4-1-3 3-2-2 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0
TOTAL 5-2-0 5-7-3 8-4-4 6-4-2 2-3-2 0-0-0 0-0-0

POINTS LEADER BY MONTH
October November December January February March April
Player Kadri Lindholm Lindholm Toffoli Backlund – –
Points 4-5 – 9 4-9 – 13 6-12 – 18 3-9 – 12 3-6 – 9 – –

RECORD BY DAY
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1-0-1 4-2-4 4-4-1 2-1-2 2-8-1 3-3-0 10-2-2

RECORD BY DAYS BETWEEN GAMES/ON…
0 Days: 3-2-1
1 Day: 16-12-9
2 Days: 6-5-0
3 Days: 0-2-0
4+ Days: 0-0-1
First of B2B: 0-4-2
Second of B2B: 3-2-1

ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:

3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona enters tonight on a season-high 9-game point streak (5-0-4), good for the longest active point streak in the NHL. There have been seven instances of a team recording a 10+-game point streak in the NHL this season

• Clayton Keller enters tonight with 12 pts (5-7-12) in 7 GP since the All-Star Game, tied for the sixth-most points in the NHL since 2/6. Dating back to 1/22, Keller and linemate Nick Schmaltz have registered 15 pts apiece which both rank T-10th in the League in that span

• Arizona is one of two teams to not have a regulation loss in the month of February (VGK). The last time the Coyotes did not suffer a regulation loss for their first 7+ games of a month was February of 2012 (11-0-1)

LAST GAME
Coyotes 3, Blue Jackets 2 (OT) – February 19, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Boyd (8), Schmaltz (15), Hayton (8)
CBJ Goals: Jenner (17), Laine (16)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (W) – 34 svs on 36 shots
CBJ Goalie: Merzlikins (O) – 22 svs on 25 shots
PP: 0-1 PK: 2-3
Notes: ARI extended its point streak to nine games (5-0-4) dating back to 1/26…Barrett Hayton deposited the overtime goal, his first career NHL overtime tally; All 8 of Hayton’s goals have come at home this season…Matias Maccelli earned the assist on Hayton’s marker and took over the NHL rookie lead in in assists at the conclusion of Sunday’s games…Connor Ingram got the win by stopping 34 of 36 shots; Ingram had his shutout sequence conclude at 147:08 that dated back to 2/15…Clayton Keller picked up his 30th assist of the season on Nick Schmaltz’s goal, the fourth time in Keller’s career that he’s reached the 30-assist threshold…Travis Boyd scored for the second consecutive game and has posted four points (2-2-4) in his last 4 GP…Christian Fischer picked up the secondary assist on Boyd’s goal and has found the scoresheet in three of his last four games…Liam O’Brien and JJ Moser each played in their 100th career games…Shayne Gostisbehere returned to the lineup after an eight-game absence due to an upper-body injury, recording five shots on goal and led all Arizona skaters with 22:15 TOI

MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)

  • Total man games lost: 118 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
    Shayne Gostisbehere – 8 (1/26 – 2/18) – 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 26 5pm vs NSH Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Tue, Feb 28 7pm vs CHI Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Wed, March 1 6:30pm at DAL American Airlines Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra TBD

YOTES & FLAMES

  • Tonight is the second of three ARI-CGY matchups this season. Calgary took the first matchup 3-2 on 12/5 at the Saddledome
  • The clubs will face off again at Mullett Arena on 3/14
  • Jakob Chychrun and Shayne Gostisbehere both registered a goal and an assist in the 12/5 matchup while Clayton Keller and Matias Maccelli picked up a helper apiece
  • Zack Kassian paces current Coyotes in games played (37), goals (6) and assists (7) in his career against the Flames
  • If Kassian plays tonight, it’ll be the first time he’s faced the Fames in a non-Battle of Alberta contest since 2/14/15 when he played for Vancouver
  • Coyotes franchise vs Flames
    • All-Time: 84-99-20-5
    • Home: 50-40-11-1
    • Road: 34-59-9-4
    • L10: 2-7-1
    • STRK: L6

SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE FLAMES
Zack Kassian…6-7-13…37 career GP
Clayton Keller…4-6-10…15 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-5-6…15 career GP
Jack McBain…0-1-1…2 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Kassian, 6)… Assists (Kassian, 7)…Points (Kassian, 13)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 3)…Assists (Gostisbehere, 4)…Points (Chychrun, 6)

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