MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
ARIZONA COYOTES
All-Time Wild Record: 47-26-8 (24-12-5 at Xcel Energy
Center, 23-14-3 at Arizona)
2022-23: The Wild is 2-0-0 against Arizona this season…Minnesota earned a 4-3 victory in the series-opening game at Xcel Energy Center (11/27)…The Wild won the second game, 2-1, in St. Paul (1/14)… LW Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with four points (1-3=4)…D Calen Addison (0-2=2), C Joel Eriksson Ek (0-2=2) and C Sam Steel (1-1=2) each have two points…G Marc-Andre Fleury is 2-0-0 with a 2.01 GAA and a .922 SV% in two starts for the Wild…LW Matias Maccelli (0-2=2) and LW Lawson Crouse (2-0=2) lead Arizona with two points each…G Connor Ingram is 0-2-0 with a 3.07 GAA and a .893 SV% in two starts for the Coyotes.
WILD LEADERS: RW Mats Zuccarello (6-17=23 in 25 games) and D Jared Spurgeon (6-16=22 in 35 games) lead the Wild against the Coyotes…Kaprizov owns 19 points (9-10=19) in 13 contests…LW Marcus Foligno has 17 points (9-8=17) in 25 games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 17-9-1 with a 2.13 GAA, a .921 SV% and three shutouts in 29 games (28 starts) against the Coyotes…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-0 with a 4.06 GAA and a .714 SV% in his lone start against Arizona.
COYOTES LEADERS: C Nick Schmaltz leads Arizona with 15 points (3-13=16) in 25 matches…RW Clayton Keller has 12 points (5-7=12) in 21 games…D Shayne Gostisbehere (1-9=10 in 14 games), RW Zack Kassian (4-6=10 in 25 games) and D Jakob Chychrun (7-3=10 in 22 games) all have 10 points.
COYOTES GOALIES: G Karel Vejmelka is 1-1-0 with a 4.84 GAA and a .867 SV% in two career starts against the Wild…Ingram is 1-2-0 with a 2.72 GAA and a .912 SV% in three career starts against the Wild.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota’s 47 all-time wins against Arizona are tied for fourth-most against an opponent…The Wild is 14-2-0 in its last 16 games against the Coyotes and 27-6-3 in its last 36 meetings against Arizona, including a 12-game point streak (9-0-3, 1/9/14-2/8/18) – the longest point streak in franchise history vs. an opponent… Minnesota is 16-5-1 in the last 22 games at Arizona, including 13- 3-1 in the last 17 contests…The Wild is 13-2-2 in the last 17 games played in Saint Paul.
FINDING THEIR GROOVE
HOME SWEET HOME
• Since Oct. 25, the Wild is eighth in the NHL with 26 wins and tied for 10th with 55 points.
• Since Oct. 25, Minnesota is giving up 2.53 goals per game (third in the NHL), allowing 29.5 shots per game (eighth in the NHL) and recording a .914 save percentage (seventh in the NHL).
ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild have converted 30.1 percent (22 of 73) of power-play opportunities at home this season, third-best in the NHL.
• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in a season-high six consecutive games from Nov. 23 – Dec. 4, going eight-for-19 (42.1 pct.) during that span. The streak tied for the fifth-longest in franchise history.
PENALTY KILLERS
• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is tied for ninth in the NHL with a 81.3 penalty-kill percentage (104 for 128).
• Minnesota is sixth in the NHL with a 81.8 penalty-kill percentage (72 of 88) on the road this season.
SHORT (HANDED) KINGS
• Minnesota is third in the NHL with eight shorthanded goals this season.
• The total is tied for the highest in franchise history through a season’s first 48 games (eight SHG in 2001-02 and 2006-07 seasons).
• Minnesota has not eclipsed eight shorthanded goals in season since recording nine during the 2008-09 campaign.
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 3-3-1 in its last seven games. The team finished January with the 3-3-1 record after beginning the month 0-8-0
• The Coyotes netminders have logged a combined .933 SV% since 1/17 (7 GP). Karel Vejmelka’s .951 SV% since then ranks second among NHL goaltenders (min. 3 GP). As a team, the Yotes have surrendered the NHL’s seventh-lowest 2.71 GAA in that span
• Tonight is the Coyotes’ first game since the All-Star break. The team was last in action on 1/28, marking an eight-day layoff between games
LAST GAME
Ducks 2, Coyotes 1 (OT) – January 28, 2023 – Honda Center
ARI Goals: Ritchie (9)
ANA Goals: Jones (4), Zegras (18)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (O) – 43 svs on 45 shots
ANA Goalie: Gibson (W) – 33 svs on 34 shots
PP: 0-4 PK: 4-4
Notes: Arizona snapped its road losing streak but extended its road winless streak to 16 games…Connor Ingram registered a career-high 43 saves…Ingram holds a .929 SV% and a 2.62 GAA since the New Year and a .937 SV% and a 2.24 GAA on the road since 1/1…Nick Ritchie netted his ninth goal of the season and first of his career against ANA, his former team…Christian Fischer tallied his 50th career assist while also finding the scoresheet in consecutive games for the fourth time this season…The Coyotes tallied 16 shots in the third period for the second consecutive matchup with Anaheim, tying their season-high for a third frame.
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (2 / 1/24)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (22 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 109 games
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
-2/5 – Recalled F Jean-Sebastien Dea from Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Assigned F Dylan Guenther to the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
-1/26 – Assigned F Milos Kelemen to Tucson (AHL)
-1/24 – Re-signed D Juuso Valimaki to a 1-year contract extension
-1/24 – Recalled F Milos Kelemen from Tucson (AHL)
-1/23 – Assigned F Michael Carcone to Tucson (AHL)
-1/19 – Recalled F Michael Carcone from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Fri, Feb 10 6:30pm at CHI United Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra 98.7 FM
Sat, Feb 11 6pm at STL Enterprise Center Bally Sports Arizona 620 AM
Mon, Feb 13 6pm at NSH Bridgestone Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & WILD
- Tonight is the third of four ARI-MIN matchups this season and the first one in Tempe. The Wild captured the first meeting 4-3 on 11/27 and the second one 2-1 on 1/14
- The season series concludes on 3/12 at Mullett
- Tonight’s matchup also marks the first time the two teams have played in Arizona since 11/10/21 (5-2, L)
- On 11/27, Arizona cut a 4-1 deficit to 4-3 with goals from Lawson Crouse and JJ Moser in the final 3:18 of regulation
- Crouse also scored in the 1/14 meeting. A goal tonight would mark just the second NHL club he’s tallied a 3-game goal streak against in his career (SJ, 12/28/21 – 12/13/22)
- Moser’s goal in the 11/27 matchup was the 10,000th goal in Coyotes/Jets franchise history
- Jakob Chychrun’s seven goals vs MIN are tied with Roman Josi and Brent Burns for the most a defenseman has posted against them since the start of 2016-17
- Coyotes vs Wild
• All-Time: 31-43-3-4
• Home: 16-21-1-2
• Road: 15-22-2-2
• L10: 1-9-0
• STRK: L2
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE WILD
Nick Schmaltz…3-13-16…25 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…7-3-10…22 career GP
Clayton Keller…5-7-12…21 career GP
Troy Stecher…1-6-7…16 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Chychrun, 7)… Assists (Schmaltz, 13)…Points (Schmaltz, 16)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 7)…Assists (Gostisbehere, 9)…Points (Gostisbehere/Chychrun, 10)
