EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. ARIZONA GP RECORD HOME (51) AWAY (49) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ARIZONA 100 51-31-3-15 28-15-2-6 23-16-1-9 326 301
OILERS vs. ARIZONA – 2022-23 2 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 12 5
QUICK FACTS
Monday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final game against Arizona this season and the lone game in Arizona.
The last time these teams met was on March 22nd in Edmonton where the Oilers defeated the Coyotes won 4-3 in overtime.
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl lead the team lead with 35 career points against Arizona and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has appeared in a team leading 41 career games against the Coyotes.
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 11-5-4 in their last 20 games, outscoring opponents 87-77, 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.
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 114. They also rank 1st in the NHL in first period goals with 79 goals.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. ARIZONA
Record: 8-1-1
GF: 44 GA: 24
2022-23 3/25/23 @ EDM 4-3 W (OT)
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)
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona has dropped its last four games (0-2-2) after posting an 8-game point streak. The team is 6-3-4 since the NHL’s trade deadline (March 3) and 11-6-7 since the All-Star break
• The Yotes enter tonight on an 8-game home point streak (6-0-2). If the team can push the run to nine consecutive home games without a regulation loss, it would be the team’s longest such streak since 10/3/13 – 11/21/13 (9-0-2)
• Fresh off setting a Coyotes team record for longest point streak yesterday (12 games), Clayton Keller looks to climb the Coyotes/Jets all-time franchise leaderboard. That run enters tonight T-7th in that criteria. Keller’s 12-game point streak is tied with Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson for the longest active such streak in the NHL
LAST GAME
Avalanche 4, Coyotes 3 (SO) – March 26, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Maccelli (8), Fischer (12), Keller (36)
COL Goals: Rantanen (48), Byram (8), Nichushkin (15)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (O) – 29 svs on 32 shots
COL Goalie: Georgiev (W) – 27 svs on 30 shots
PP: 0-3 PK: 2-3
Notes: ARI fell to COL in shootout, ending the club’s 6-game home win streak; The shootout loss extended the Coyotes’ home point streak to 8 games (6-0-2)…Yesterday was ARI’s first shootout loss at home since 11/18/21 vs CBJ…Clayton Keller delivered the game-tying goal, his 36th of the season to extend his point streak to 12 games; That run set a record for the longest point streak by a Coyote (since 1996-97)…Keller also reached the 80-point mark in 2022-23 with his goal (36-44-80)…Matias Maccelli got the Coyotes on the board with his 8th goal of the season…Nick Schmaltz tallied an assist for the fifth consecutive game; Schmalz has tallied six assists over that five-game run…Michael Kesselring recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Christian Fischer’s goal…The tally from Fischer was his 12th of the season, making his goal total in 2022-23 the second-most he’s recorded in a campaign…Jack McBain reached 20 pts (11-9-20) on the season with an assist…JJ Moser blocked 7 shots, tied for a season-high by a Coyote (Moser on 11/23)…The Coyotes held Nathan MacKinnon off the scoresheet, who entered yesterday with an 11-game point streak to share the NHL’s longest active run with Keller and VAN’s Elias Pettersson
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Josh Brown…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (6 / 3/14)
Zack Kassian…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (4 / 3/18)
Laurent Dauphin…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (2 / 3/21)
Brett Ritchie…Day-to-Day…Illness (1 / 3/24)
Total man games lost: 142 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
Brett Ritchie – 1 (3/22) – Upper-Body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-3/24 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama to Tucson (AHL)
-3/24 – Recalled F Nathan Smith from Tucson (AHL)
-3/22 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama and F Milos Kelemen from Tucson (AHL)
-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
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Fri, March 31 7:30pm vs DAL Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra 92.3 FM
Sat, April 1 7pm vs SJ Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Mon, April 3 7pm at SEA Climate Pledge Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
YOTES & OIL
- Tonight is the third and final ARI-EDM matchup this season. The Oilers beat the Yotes 8-2 in the first meeting on 12/7 at Rogers Place and edged the Coyotes 4-3 in OT just five days ago
- The final two matchups sees Arizona finishing off a back-to-back set of games
- Clayton Keller scored twice for ARI in the 3/22 contest while Nick Schmaltz picked up an assist on both of Keller’s goals
- Keller has posted 6 pts (4-2-6) across his last four head-to-head meetings against the Oilers, including a 3-point night in one of them (11/24/21) – the last time the Oilers were in AZ
- Keller has also scored in three of the last four games he’s faced the Oilers
- 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
- 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: 85-102-11-3
• Home: 47-46-5-6
• Road: 38-56-6-7
• L10: 2-5-3
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE OILERS
Clayton Keller…4-6-10…17 career GP
Zack Kassian…5-2-7…14 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-8-9…15 career GP
Travis Boyd…3-5-8…15 career GP
Jack McBain…1-0-1…2 career GP
JJ Moser…1-0-1…2 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Kassian, 5)… Assists (Schmaltz, 8)…Points (Keller, 10)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Moser/Nemeth, 1)… Assists (Valimaki, 2)…Points (Valimaki, 2)
