COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Feb. 19, 2023 Game No. 57 (18-34-4, 40 pts.)
at Arizona Coyotes (19-28-9, 47 pts.), Mullett Arena Road Game No. 26 (6-17-2, 14 pts.)
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THE LAST GAME: FEB. 18, 2023 – CBJ 4 at DAL 1
CBJ Goal Scorers: Foudy (1), Boqvist (2), Olivier (4), EN/AWD – Robinson (5)
DAL Goal Scorers: Dellandrea (8)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (28/29; 59:25); DAL – Wedgewood (33/36; 59:25)
CBJ PP: 0/1; PK: 1/1 | Shots: CBJ: 36 / DAL: 29
3 Stars: 1. Korpisalo, CBJ; 2. Boqvist, CBJ; 3. Dellandrea, DAL
Noteworthy: CBJ split season series vs. DAL (CBJ; 1-1-0)… CBJ scored the 1st goal of the game with 2:19 left in the 1st, but DAL scored 6:29 into the 2nd to tie it at one… CBJ won two coaches challenges in the 2nd (offsides and goalie interference) to keep it 1-1 before scoring 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd to win… Olivier notched his 1st career multi-point game (1-2-3)… Robinson registered his 2nd multi-point contest of the season and 11th of his career (1-1-2)… Kuraly tallied his 1st multi-assist/2nd multi-point effort of the campaign (0-2-2)… Boqvist scored his 3rd career GWG to extend his points streak to 3 consecutive games (2-2-4)… Foudy scored his 1st career regular season NHL goal… Pederson made his debut as a Blue Jacket.
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (50 games)
Voracek (concussion); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (45 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (43 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (41 games)
Chinakhov (ankle); Placed on IR (Dec. 20); 4 weeks (25 games)
Meyer (oblique strain); Placed on IR (Jan. 11); 6-8 weeks (16 games)
Nyquist (shoulder); Placed on IR (Jan. 28); out indefinitely (8 games)
Gaudreau (lower body); day-to-day (1 game)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 383
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 9 Recalled Berni from Cleveland (AHL)
Feb. 1 Assigned Berni and Bjork to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 30 Recalled Bjork from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Christiansen to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 28 Placed Nyquist on Injured Reserve and claimed Pederson off waivers from Vancouver
Jan. 28 Recalled Christiansen from Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 20 Assigned Tarasov to Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
8:30pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan
AGAINST THE COYOTES
2022-23 Series: 0-1-0 (0-0-0 at ARI)
2021-22 Series: 2-0-0 (1-0-0 at ARI)
All-Time Series: 29-29-4-2 (13-15-3-1 at ARI)
Last 10 (Overall | Road): 7-3-0 | 7-3-0
All-Time GF/GA: 164/177
All-Time SF/SA: 1,932-1,948
All-Time PP: 45-of-279
All-Time PK: 249-of-288
THE LAST GAME VS. ARI: OCT. 25, 2022 – CBJ 3 vs. ARI 6
CBJ Goal Scorers: Gaudreau (5), Johnson (3), Peeke (2)
ARI Goal Scorers: PP – Gostisbehere (3), Kassian (1), Gostisbehere (4), PP – Guenther (2), McBain (10), EN – Crouse (2)
Goalies: CBJ – Tarasov (8/12; 35:07), Merzlikins (5/6; 22:55); ARI – Ingram (30/33; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/5; PK: 4/6 | Shots: CBJ: 33 / ARI: 19
3 Stars: 1. Gostisbehere, ARI; 2. Keller, ARI; 3. Ingram, ARI
Noteworthy: CBJ trailed 5-0 before scoring 6:45 into the 3rd period to get on the board… CBJ scored 2 more goals in the 3rd… Gaudreau scored a goal, giving him points in all 5 contests at home this season (5-2-7)… Johnson scored a goal for his 3rd-straight game, while also extending his points streak to 4-straight contests (3-1-4)… Peeke scored a goal in his 2nd-straight game for the 1st time in his career.
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Series is complete.
NOTED (Team Highlights vs. ARI)
CBJ are 10-3-0 vs. ARI dating back to Nov. 14, 2015, outscoring the club 46-35 over that stretch… CBJ have won 6-straight games at ARI dating back to 12/17/15… CBJ have scored a PPG in 5 of the last 6 contests in the series (7-of-21; 33.3 pct.)… Winning team has scored 4+ goals in 6 of the last 7 meetings… CBJ have 7 of 12 shutouts in series (MR: 12/9/17, Bobrovsky)… Most goals scored at ARI: 7 (12/17/15)… Most goals allowed at ARI: 6 (1/3/15).
NOTED (Player Highlights vs. ARI)
Danforth notched his 1st career NHL goal/point on 11/18/21 at ARI… Gaudreau notched his 200th career goal on 3/25/22 vs. ARI… Jenner tallied 1st career 3-point game (1-2-3) on 11/14/15 vs. ARI… Sillinger notched his 1st career with an assist in his NHL debut on 10/14/22 vs. ARI.
SCORING NOTABLES vs. ARI
• Gaudreau – 12-18-30 in 29 career GP, including a six-game points streak (6-5-11) and goals in 3-straight games played (4-4-8).
• Jenner – 7-4-11 in 15 career GP, including multiple points in two of his last three contests at Arizona (3-1-4).
• Laine – 2-7-9 in 11 career GP, including 0-4-4 in his last four contests against the Coyotes.
• Peeke – 1-1-2 in 3 career GP, including a goal against Arizona earlier this season on Oct. 25, 2022.
• Roslovic – 1-4-5 in 9 career GP, including 0-3-3 in his past three outings against the club.
• Sillinger – 0-2-2 in 3 career GP, including an assist in the contest on Oct. 25, 2022.
BLUE JACKETS NOTES
WEEKEND ON THE ROAD
The Blue Jackets won their second consecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday, improving to 3-1-0 in the last four games with victories over Dallas, Winnipeg and Toronto. The club also improved to 5-4-2 in the past 11 contests. CBJ concludes their 11th of 17 back-to-back sets this season at Arizona on Sunday. It’s the second of three back-to-back sets in the month of February (Feb. 10 vs. TOR/Feb. 11 at TOR; Feb. 18 at Dal/Feb. 19 at ARI; Feb. 25 vs. EDM/Feb. 26 at MIN). Thursday’s game against the Jets kicked off a stretch of six-straight games against the Western Conference for the Blue Jackets. The stretch that runs from February 16-26, includes four consecutive contests against the Central Division.
COMEBACK JACKETS
Columbus scored the final three goals after allowing the opening goal in Thursday’s 3-1 victory over the Jets. The club picked up its ninth comeback victory of the season (four by multiple goal deficits). CBJ have come-from-behind to win in four of their last five victories after trailing 2-0 and 3-2 in a 5-3 win vs. San Jose (Jan. 21), 2-1 in a 3-2 OT win at Edmonton (Jan. 25), 2-0 in a 4-3 win at Toronto (Feb. 11) and 1-0 in the 3-1 win vs. Winnipeg. The team set a franchise record in 2021-22 by coming back at some point in a game in 23 of its 37 wins (6th in the NHL).
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona enters tonight on a season-high 8-game point streak (4-0-4), 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 enters tonight with 11 pts (5-6-11) in 6 GP since the All-Star Game, trailing only Artemi Panarin (6-9-15), Elias Pettersson (6-7-13) and Dylan Larkin (7-6-13) since 2/6
• Connor Ingram has not surrendered a goal in 113:45 after coming on in relief last night. The netminder’s .941 SV% since the New Year trails only Jeremy Swayman among goalies who’ve played at least 5 GP in that span
LAST GAME
Kings 6, Coyotes 5 (SO) – February 19, 2023 – Crypto.com Arena
ARI Goals: Brown (4), Keller (22, 23), Boyd (7), Fischer (10)
LAK Goals: Fiala (20, 21), Kopitar (18), Lizotte (9), Roy (8)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka – 9 svs on 14 shots | Ingram (O) – 23 svs on 23 shots
LAK Goalie: Quick (W) – 27 svs on 32 shots
PP: 1-3 PK: 3-4
Notes: The Coyotes overcame a 5-1 deficit to force overtime and grab a point, extending their current point streak to 8 games (4-0-4); They’ll enter tonight with the NHL’s second-longest active point streak (NYR, 10 games)… Clayton Keller tallied two goals for his fourth consecutive multi-point road game…Matias Maccelli picked up two assist to share the NHL-lead in assists by a rookie…Travis Boyd notched his second multi-point game of the campaign with a goal and an assist…Christian Fischer scored the game-tying goal for his 10th tally of the campaign…Josh Brown registered his second career multi-point game and first with ARI and set a new career-high with his fourth goal of the season…Brown also blocked 6 shots to overtake the team lead in bks this season (89)…Connor Ingram stopped all 23 shots he saw in a relief effort and has not surrendered a goal in his last 113:45, trailing Karel Vejmelka’s 114:11 from 1/22 – 2/6 for the longest by an ARI goaltender this season…Victor Soderstrom picked up an assist for his first point with the Coyotes this season…The last time the Coyotes did not suffer a regulation loss for their first 6+ games of a month was January of 2016 (4-0-2) Fischer reached double-digit goals
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (8 / 1/24)
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
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
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
Tue, Feb 28 7pm vs CHI Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & JACKETS
- Tonight is the second of two ARI-CBJ games this season and the only one in AZ
- The Yotes beat the Blue Jackets 6-3 in the first meeting on 10/25
- The October victory saw a 3-assist game from Clayton Keller, while Lawson Crouse, Jack McBain and Zack Kassian all scored
- Tonight would be Kassian’s 20th career game against the Blue Jackets, which would give the Coyotes three players on the active roster who have played CBJ 20+ times in their career (Bjugstad, Gostisbehere)
- Keller enters tonight on a four-game point streak versus CBJ, collecting 2-4-6 in that run. The Rangers (7 games), Boston (5 games) and Montreal (5 games) are the only organizations he has a longer active point streak against
- Connor Ingram earned his first win of the 2022-23 season on 10/25, stopping 30 of 33 CBJ svs
- The last time the Blue Jackets were in Arizona marked the last time the Yotes lost in shootout at home
- Coyotes franchise vs Blue Jackets
• All-Time: 31-25-4-4
• Home: 16-11-3-2
• Road: 15-14-1-2
• L10: 3-6-1
• STRK: W1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLUE JACKETS
Zack Kassian…5-6-11…19 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-4-6…9 career GP
Christian Fischer…4-2-6…8 career GP
Jack McBain…1-0-1…1 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 6)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 10)…Points (Gostisbehere, 14)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 4)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 10)…Points (Gostisbehere, 14)
2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 13-19-4
2-Days Rest: 3-2-2
3+ Days Rest: 2-3-2
Back-to-Backs
First Game of Back-to-Back: 1-4-2
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 1-4-1
Coyotes record on…
When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 1-1-0
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
