CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Patrick Sharp (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 2 vs. DAL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 4 vs. NSH, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Monday, March 6 vs. OTT, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, March 8 at DET, 6:30 p.m. CT (TNT, WGN Radio)
Friday, March 10 at FLA, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 27 – Activated Jarred Tinordi from IR … Feb. 26 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Feb. 25 – Placed Reese Johnson on IR retroactive to Feb. 20 … Activated Jujhar Khaira from IR … Feb. 23 – Signed David Gust to a two-year, two-way contract and recalled him from Rockford … Feb. 21 – Placed MacKenzie Entwistle on IR … Feb. 15 – Recalled Cole Guttman, Isaak Phillips and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed Alex Stalock, Jarred Tinordi and Jonathan Toews on IR … Feb. 7 – Activated Tyler Johnson and Jarred Tinordi off IR … Feb. 5 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 29 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Jaxson Stauber to Rockford.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) at Anaheim (4) – Mon., Feb. 27 – Honda Center
CHI Goals: Johnson (8; PP), Athanasiou (13; PP)
ANA Goals: Lundestrom (4), Silfverberg (9; PP), Jones (5), Terry (16)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (29/33, 58:34) ANA – Dostal (24/26, 59:50)
CHI PP: 2/4; PK: 4/5
ANA PP: 1/5; PK: 2/4
Recap: The Blackhawks fell to the Ducks 4-2 on Monday night, ending their season-long five-game winning streak … Both Blackhawks’ goals came on the power play with the club going 2-for-4 on the night … Tyler Johnson scored the first goal of the game and added an assist … He has four points (2G, 2A) over his last four games … Max Domi notched two assists, extending his point streak to a seasonlong seven games (4G, 10A) … Andreas Athanasiou scored his 13th goal of the season … Newcomers Joey Anderson and Andreas Englund made their Blackhawks debuts.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ARIZONA COYOTES
The Blackhawks are 15-5-2 in their last 22 games against the Coyotes … Chicago also has a 10-5-0 record over their last 15 contests in Arizona … Chicago is 3-0-0 so far this season against the Coyotes, most recently defeating the club 4-3 in overtime on Feb. 10 … Caleb Jones scored in overtime, his first overtime tally of the season and second of his career … The Blackhawks earned their first shutout of the season on Jan. 6 vs. ARI with Jake McCabe and Tyler Johnson scoring for the Blackhawks … Seth Jones has points in four straight (1G, 3A) against ARI and seven points (1G, 8A) over his last nine … Max Domi has six points over his last four games against his former team (2G, 4A) … Domi was drafted by Arizona (12th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft … Connor Murphy was also drafted by the Coyotes (20th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 6 (2-0), Feb. 10 (4-3 OT) | AWAY: Feb. 28, March 18
All-Time Record: 78-52-26 Home: 43-17-17 Road: 35-35-9
Last Home Win: Feb. 10, 2023 (4-3 OT) Last Road Win: April 20, 2022 (4-3 OT) Last Home Loss: April 3,
2022 (2-3 OT) Road Loss: Jan. 6, 2022 (4-6)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. ARI ALL-TIME
GOALS: Andreas Athanasiou, 4; Tyler Johnson, 3; three players tied with 2
ASSISTS: Seth Jones, 11; Tyler Johnson, 9; Andreas Athanasiou, 8
POINTS: Seth Jones, 12; Tyler Johnson, 12; Andreas Athanasiou, 12
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona has dropped its last two games after posting a 9-game point streak (5-0-4)
• Linemates Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz have each tallied 18 points in 13 games apiece since 1/22. They both hold a share of the 11th
-most in the NHL since then
• Arizona enters tonight with a six-game home point streak versus Chicago (4-0-2). That’s the longest home point streak the Coyotes/Jets franchise has ever recorded against the Hawks. The last time the Coyotes produced a seven-plus game home point streak against an NHL opponent was a 6-0-1 run versus Washington from 10/23/08 – 12/22/17
LAST GAME
Predators 6, Coyotes 2 – February 26, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Gostisbehere (10), Schmaltz (17)
NSH Goals: Trenin (9), Duchene (18), Josi (16, 17), Novak (9), Glass (8)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (L) – 28 svs on 34 shots
NSH Goalie: Saros (W) – 25 svs on 27 shots
PP: 0-5 PK: 1-3
Notes: ARI fell to the Predators and holds a 1-1-1 season series record against them…Shayne Gostisbehere opened the scoring with a SHG, his second such tally of the season; The goal was also Gostisbehere’s 300th career NHL point (84-216-300)… ARI’s first goal was the team’s first SHG at home since 12/15/21 (Loui Eriksson)…Nick Schmaltz established a three-game point/goal streak with an assist on Gostisbehere’s goal; He also scored ARI’s second tally… Schmaltz’s 3-game goal streak ties a season-high by a Coyote (six previous instances)…Clayton Keller found the scoresheet for the fourth consecutive contest, producing 3-3-6 in that span…Barrett Hayton registered his 15th assist of the season, marking a new career-high…Lawson Crouse played in his 400th career game, logging 17:10 of ice time
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Josh Brown…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (1 / 2/22)
Total man games lost: 119 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
-2/22 – Acquired 2023 5th Round Draft Pick and D Shea Weber from Vegas in exchange for D Dysin Mayo
-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)
YOTES & HAWKS
- Tonight is the third of four ARI-CHI contests this season and the first of two in AZ
- The Hawks took the first meeting 2-0 on 1/6. The Yotes captured a point in the most recent matchup on 2/10, falling 4-3 in overtime
- Arizona enters tonight with a six-game home point streak versus Chicago (4-0-2). That’s the longest home point streak the Coyotes/Jets franchise has recorded against the Hawks
- In those last six meetings in AZ, the Coyotes have out-scored the Blackhawks 23-13 (excluding shootout-deciding goals)
- Clayton Keller chipped in three points (1-2-3) in the last ARI-CHI meeting and cleared 300 career pts in the process. The 3-point night made Keller the team-leader in career goals and points against Chicago among active Coyotes
- Former-Blackhawk Nick Schmaltz has found the scoresheet in three of the last four games he’s played in against the Blackhawks, collecting 1-4-5 in that span. He notched a goal and an assist on 2/10
- Schmaltz also notched two assists the last time the Blackhawks visited Arizona (4/20/22)
- Nick Bjugstad scored the game-tying goal in the 2/10 matchup with under 3 minutes in regulation
- Troy Stecher’s career goal (3) and assist (6, tied) totals versus CHI mark the most he’s posted against an NHL club
- Coyotes franchise vs Blackhawks
• All-Time: 63-69-15-9
• Home: 39-30-5-5
• Road: 24-39-10-4
• L10: 5-2-3
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS
Troy Stecher…3-6-9…23 career GP
Clayton Keller…7-6-13…13 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…1-5-6…13 career GP
Travis Boyd…2-4-6…9 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…2-6-8…8 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Keller, 7)… Assists (Nemeth, 7)…Points (Keller, 13)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Stecher, 3)… Assists (Nemeth, 7)…Points (Stecher, 9)
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 13-19-4
2-Days Rest: 3-3-2
3+ Days Rest: 2-4-2
Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 1-4-2
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 2-4-1
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 2-1-0
When completing a back-to-back where opponent is not: 1-3-1
When ARI is not completing a back-to-back but opponent is: 2-1-2
