ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
Scott Perunovich – Shoulder (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Oct. 4)
Marco Scandella – Right Hip (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Sep. 20)
Ryan O’Reilly – Broken Foot (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Robert Bortuzzo – Lower-Body (announced on Jan. 9)
Pavel Buchnevich – Lower-Body (announced on Jan. 24)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 209
Recent Transactions
January
24 – Placed forward Pavel Buchnevich on IR
24 – Activated defenseman Torey Krug from IR
24 – Activated forward Vladimir Tarasenko from IR
22 – Assigned defenseman Steven Santini to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
20 – Activated forward Logan Brown from IR
BLUES VS. COYOTES
- The Blues and Coyotes will meet for the 1st of 3 matchups this season (Also: Feb. 11 in St. Louis & Mar. 7 in Arizona)
- The Blues went 3-1-0 against Arizona last season (2-0-0 away; 1-1-0 at home)
- The Blues are 5-3-1 in their last 9 games against the Coyotes
- The Blues have won back-to-back games in Arizona and are 4-2-0 in their last 6 trips to Arizona
- The Blues have scored a power play goal in 3 straight games in Arizona, going 3 for 7 (42.9%) on the power play in those 3 games
- With his next win, Jordan Binnington will pass Grant Fuhr for 4th on the Blues all-time franchise list with 109 wins
- Binnington’s next appearance will be the 200th game played of his career
- Craig Berube will appear in his 321st game as the Blues Head Coach, moving ahead of Brian Sutter for 3rd on the Blues all-time franchise list (2. Hitchcock, 413)
- Ivan Barbashev is expected to dress in his 400th career game
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
1/28 – at Colorado
1/30 – at Winnipeg
2/11 – vs. Arizona
2/14 – vs. Florida
2/16 – vs. New Jersey
A LOOK AHEAD
- The Blues will embark on a 3-game road trip starting Thursday in Arizona, before hitting the All-Star break
- After their 3-game road trip, the Blues will play 9 games in February, 7 of which will come at Enterprise Center
-The Blues’ next 4 games will come against Central Division opponents
EXTRA NUGGETS
- The Blues are 20-7-0 this season when scoring first, which shares the 6th most wins in the NHL (1. Boston, 24-0-2)
- The Blues are 1 of 4 teams to record 3 multi-goal third period comeback wins this season (Kings/Islanders/Ducks)
- The Blues have 8 players who have scored at least 10 goals this season, which shares the most in the NHL with Boston
SPECIAL TEAMS BIG FACTOR IN BLUES RECENT SUCCESS
- The Blues have scored a power play goal in 5 straight games 3 different times this season (Dec. 16-27, Nov. 17-25, & Jan. 3-10)
- The Blues have also scored a power play goal in 12 of their last 18 games (since Dec. 16), going 14 for 54 (25.9%) on the power play, which ranks 6th in the NHL in that span (1. Florida, 35.5%), while their 14 power play goals share 8th in the NHL (1. Florida, 22)
- Since the start of 2023, the Blues are 8 for 32 (25.0%) on the power play, which shares 6th in the NHL (1. Florida, 41.5%), while their 8 power play goals share 9th in the NHL in 2023 (1. Florida, 17)
- In their last 21 games since Dec. 11, the Blues have gone 50 for 58 (86.2%), on the penalty kill, which is the 3rd best penalty kill in the NHL in that span (1. Boston, 59 for 67, 88.1%)
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona is 2-3-0 in its last five games, 5-12-0 in its last 17 games and 8-15-1 since 12/9 (24 GP)
• Keller (3 pts from 300 career pts), Shayne Gostisbehere (1 pt from 300 career pts), Christian Fischer (1 pt from 100 career pts) and Nick Ritchie (1 assist from 100 career assists) all come into tonight within striking distance of notable milestones
• Tonight is the Coyotes’ final home game before the bye week/All-Star break. They will play one more game on Saturday in Anaheim before their break officially begins, concluding a stretch of 15 games in 26 days
LAST GAME
Ducks 5, Coyotes 2 – January 24, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Hayton (6), Schmaltz (8)
ANA Goals: Vatrano (8), Terry (13), Fowler (6, 7), Henrique (17)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (L) – 38 svs on 42 shots
ANA Goalie: Stolarz (W) – 37 svs on 39 shots
PP: 1-4 PK: 2-3
Notes: Barrett Hayton scored the first Coyotes goal, his third unassisted goal of the season to lead Arizona in that category…Hayton also registered an assist which was his third power-play helper of the season to match his output from 2021-22; The multi-point performance was the eighth of Hayton’s career and third of 2022-23…All 6 of Hayton’s goals this season have come at home…Nick Schmaltz scored on the power play and has 3 pts (1-2-3) in his last two games…Schmaltz set a career-high with 8 shots on goal and matched the season-high by a Coyote…Jakob Chychrun reached the 20-assist and 25-point plateaus… Chychrun’s 27:28 TOI is the highest by a Coyote this season in a regulation game…Arizona’s 39 shots on goal tied a season-high for most SOG as a team (12/19 vs MTL)…The 16 shots on goal in the third period are the most the team has tallied in a third period this season… Milos Kelemen made his NHL debut, playing 10:04 and recording 1 shot on goal
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Lawson Crouse…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (4 / 1/17)
Matias Maccelli…Week-to-Week…Lower-Body (16 / 12/23)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (20 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 105 games
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-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
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-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
Sat, Jan 28 8:30pm at ANA Honda Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra 92.3 FM
Mon, Feb 6 7pm vs MIN Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Fri, Feb 10 6:30pm at CHI United Center Bally Sports Arizona Extra 98.7 FM
YOTES & NOTES
- Tonight is the first of three ARI-STL games this season. They’ll play in St. Louis on 2/11 and once more in Tempe on 3/7
- The Blues are one of the two Central Division teams that the Coyotes only play three games against this season (WPG)
- The Coyotes went 1-2-1 against the Blues last season. Barrett Hayton scored twice in the victory on 11/16/21
- Arizona erased a 3-goal deficit to force OT the last time the teams went head-to-head (4/23/22). JJ Moser scored the game-tying goal in that contest with under five minutes to play in regulation
- Nick Schmaltz’s career assists (14) and points (19, tied) versus STL are the most he’s totaled against an NHL club
- Clayton Keller, a Chesterfield, MO native, has produced 7 goals and 18 points in his career against the Blues, both tied for his highest total against an NHL team
- Coyotes franchise vs Blues
• All-Time: 68-74-18-5
• Home: 38-35-7-2
• Road: 30-39-11-3
• L10: 5-3-2
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLUES
Nick Schmaltz…5-14-19…26 career GP
Clayton Keller…7-11-18…21 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…4-7-11…19 career GP
Nick Bjugstad…3-4-7…16 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…0-8-8…10 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Keller, 7)… Assists (Schmaltz, 14)…Points (Schmaltz, 19)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 4)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 8)…Points (Chychrun, 11)
