ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
Blues vs. Coyotes
• The Blues and Coyotes will meet for the 4th and final time this season • The Blues have won back-to-back games against Arizona (6-5 on Nov. 22 in Arizona / 2-1 on Nov. 9 in St. Louis) and are 2-1-0 against Arizona this season (2-6 loss on Oct. 19 in St. Louis) • The Blues are 5-3-0 in their last 8 games against the Coyotes • The Blues are 3-2-0 in their last 5 trips to Arizona • The Blues are 4-1-0 this season on games played on Saturdays • Colton Parayko is expected to dress in his 600th career game and will become the 16th player in franchise history (6th defenseman) to reach that mark • Jordan Binnington stopped 42 of the 46 shots he faced on Thursday vs. Buffalo, marking the 7th game in his career with 42 or more saves • On Thursday vs. Buffalo, the Blues scored 6 goals on just 20 shots, marking just the 5th time in franchise history the Blues have scored 6 or more goals in a game where they had 20 or less shots (5-0-0 in such games)
Extra Notes
• The Blues are 11-0-0 when scoring first this season, which shares the 3rd most wins in the NHL (1. NY Rangers, 13), and the Blues are the only team in the NHL to not have a loss of any kind when scoring first this season • The Blues are 10-1-0 this season when they score at least 3 goals in a game • The Blues are also 10-1-1 this season when allowing 3 or less goals • The Blues have been shorthanded 56 times this season, which is the least in the NHL (2. Ottawa, 61) • The Blues have scored 6 shorthanded goals this season, which shares the most in the NHL with Dallas • Both Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored 3 goals on Nov. 11 at Colorado, becoming the third pair of Blues players to score a hat trick in the same game, following Doug Gilmour and Mark Hunter (Feb. 23, 1986) as well as Kevin LaVallee and Dave Barr (Oct. 20, 1984) • The Blues scored 2 shorthanded goals in the same penalty kill on Nov. 22 at Arizona in a span of 33 seconds (Leddy & Toropchenko), which was the 2nd fastest 2 shorthanded goals in franchise history (1. 26 seconds on Nov. 6, 2019 / Bozak & Barbashev, both empty net goals) • It was also just the 5th time in franchise history the Blues have scored 2 shorthanded goals on the same penalty kill
Blues PK Killing It On The Road
• The Blues are 27 for 29 (93.1%) on the penalty kill on the road this season, which is the 2nd best mark in the NHL (1. Dallas, 38 for 40, 95.0%) • The Blues have allowed just 2 power play goals on the road this season, which shares the least in the NHL with Dallas • The Blues have not allowed a power play goal in their last 4 road games, going 7 for 7 on the kill over those 4 games • The Blues have 5 shorthanded goals on the road this season, which leads the NHL • The Blues have been shorthanded just 29 times on the road this season, the 4th least in the NHL (1. Ottawa, 16) • Pavel Buchnevich is 1 of 5 players in the NHL with 2 shorthanded goals on the road this season (Johnston/Thompson/Konecny/Holmstrom) • The Blues had a 70.7% penalty kill on the road last season, which ranks 31st in the NHL, and had just 4 shorthanded road goals all season
Blues Have A Big November
• The Blues posted a 9-6-0 record in the month of November for 18 points • Their 9 wins in November shared 2nd in the NHL (1. Florida, 10), while their 18 points in the month shared 4th in the NHL (1. Florida, 21) • The Blues scored 53 goals in November, which ranked 3rd in the NHL (1. Vancouver, 56) • The Blues scored 5 shorthanded goals in November, which ranked 2nd in the NHL (1. Dallas, 6) • Robert Thomas posted 18 points in November (7g, 11a), which ranked 10th in the NHL (1. Kucherov, 28)
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes are amid their first three-game win streak of the season after defeating Vegas, Tampa Bay, and Colorado. This is the first time that a team has defeated the last three Stanley Cup champs in a row since the Buffalo Sabres in December 1995. • Connor Ingram is on a three-game win streak, his second streak of three game or more on the year. His lone start against the Blues this season was in a 6-2 win for the Coyotes. • Michael Carcone has the opportunity to extend the first goal streak of his career, having found the net three times in his last two games. He currently leads all qualifying players in shooting percentage this season (32.3%) and is tied with Lawson Crouse for the team lead in goals.
PACK FACTS .
Clayton Keller (8-12-20) is the first Coyote to reach the 20-point mark this season. This is the third straight season that he was first on the team to reach the mark, and the fifth time he has done so since his 2017-18 rookie campaign. . Logan Cooley became the third-youngest Coyote (19y, 191d) to record three points in a game (Chychrun, 18y, 345d) in their win against Nashville. · Matias Maccelli (3-13-16) tied the ARI/WIN franchise record for most consecutive home games with a point to start a season (8 games), previously set by Igor Korolev in 1995-96. · Nick Schmaltz (6-11-17) is second on the squad in points and tied for third in assists and currently averages .77 P/GP. · Nick Bjugstad leads the league in GDG (2) this season and had his first GWG this season against Colorado in OT. Sean Durzi leads the Coyotes in TOI (23:40) and is 28th in the NHL in the category. Among NHL players with 23+ minutes of TOI/G, he is T-third in shot percentage (11.9%). . Alex Kerfoot has recorded four of his eight assists on the season in his last four games. He also carries the seventh longest active consecutive games played streak at 285 games. . Michael Carcone attained his first career goal streak following his goal against Colorado. Half of the six games that he has scored in have been multi-goal games. He has almost doubled his NHL goal total from the previous two years combined (6 G, 30 GP). . Troy Stecher scored his first goal as a Coyote in Nashville in his 73rd game with the team. . Lawson Crouse tied his career long five-game point streak earlier this month (10/24-11/4) and scored all his team-leading ten goals in November. . Jason Zucker scored his third power play goal of the year against Dallas and is one of five players in the NHL with 15 or fewer GP and three or more PPG. . J.J. Moser has the highest plus-minus on the team with +9, which is T-15 th for the highest plus-minus among NHL defensemen. . Josh Brown lit the lamp for the first time this season against Chicago, and now sits one goal away from ten career NHL goals. . Connor Ingram recorded his second point of his career with a secondary assist against Tampa Bay and is now tied with Akira Schmid of the Devils and Jacob Markstrom of the Flames for most points by a goaltender this season. . Karel Vejmelka recorded the first point of his NHL career against LAK, a secondary assist on a Sean Durzi goal. . The Coyotes are T-third in the NHL in goals scored in the first and second period with 53.
YOTES & BLUES
-Tonight is the final of four ARI-STL matchups this season. The four-game series will wrap up in Arizona’s 23rd game of the season, the fastest finish to an ARI-STL season series in franchise history. – Nick Schmaltz leads the Coyotes in career assists and points against the Blues. He has recorded at least one point in 11 of his last 12 games against the franchise (9-10-19) and averages 1.58 P/GP against St. Louis in that time. – Clayton Keller has registered ten points in his last five games against the Blues (4-6-10). Six of his 78 career multi-point games have come against St. Louis. – Lawson Crouse scored his ninth goal of the season against St. Louis on 11/22 and has now registered at least one point in seven of his last eight games against St. Louis. Prior to the eight-game stretch, Crouse had only registered one point in 14 games against the Blues in his career.
Coyotes franchise vs Blues
• All-Time: 71-76-18-6
• Home: 40-36-7-2
• Road: 31-40-11-4
• L10: 4-4-2
• STRK: L2
INJURY UPDATE (total man games lost to injury: 43 games)
Travis Dermott – 10 (11/9-11/30) – Upper-Body
Jack McBain – 9 (11/11-11/30) – Lower-Body
Barrett Hayton – 6 (11/18-11/30) – Lower-Body
Vladislav Kolyachonok – 2 (11/28-11/30) – Lower-Body
KILLING IT
– The Coyotes killed 18 straight opponent power plays from 11/16-11/28, spanning six games. – Since 11/9, the Coyotes have held a 88.9% PK, good for seventh best in the league during that span. In that time, the Coyotes are tied for the sixth most times shorthanded (36) and have the best PK% of any team with 32 or more times shorthanded. – Through the first 12 games of the season, the Coyotes had a PK% of 71.4% (T-25th). Over the next ten games, their 88.9% PK improved their overall season percentage to 79.5% (16 th). – Went 7-7 on the PK against St. Louis on 11/9, one of only three teams to kill 100% of PP opportunities with seven or more times shorthanded in a game this season. The last time the Coyotes went 7/7 or better on the PK was 1/8/15.
