WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets continue a three-game road trip on Saturday afternoon when they visit the Arizona Coyotes. The Jets fell 5-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night to start the road trip. Winnipeg finishes the trip against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. After the trip, Winnipeg returns home for a five-game homestand, which begins on Thursday against the Nashville Predators.
Winless in Three
The Jets are winless in their past three games but have points in two of the three contests… Winnipeg hadn’t dropped three consecutive games since a five-game winless streak from Feb. 22-Mar. 3 last season.
Central Rivals
Winnipeg plays seven of their 13 games in November against the Central Division, the first of which is Saturday against Arizona… The Jets went 18-8-0 against their Central Division counterparts during the last season… Winnipeg has won 14 of their past 20 games against Central Division teams… Winnipeg went 14-6-6 against their Central Division rivals in 2021-22 and have a winning record in each of the past six seasons in which the Jets have been in the Central Division… Josh Morrissey (6G, 22A) led the Jets in scoring against their divisional foes last season with 28 points in 25 games.
Matinee
Saturday marks the second of 11 afternoon games the Jets have on their schedule this season… Winnipeg won their first afternoon game 6-4 against the Florida Panthers on Oct. 14… The Jets went 4-2-0 in afternoon games last season… The 11 matinees on Winnipeg’s schedule this season is tied for the second-most in franchise history, one behind the 12 afternoon games the team played in 2019-20… Eight of the 11 matinees after on Saturday afternoons… Mark Scheifele leads current Jets players in career scoring in afternoon games with 58 points (21G, 37A) in 81 games, while Kyle Connor also has 19 goals and is second with 40 points in 49 games.
Road Record
The Jets are 2-2-1 on the road this season and are in the midst of playing five of six games on the road… Kyle Connor leads the Jets with five points (3G, 2A) in five road games this season… Alex Iafallo (1G, 3A), Mason Appleton (1G, 3A), Adam Lowry (2G, 2A), Josh Morrissey (1G, 3A), and Nino Niederreiter (2G, 2A) each have four points in five road games… The Jets went 20-20-1 on the road last season… Kyle Connor (13G, 21A) led the Jets in scoring on the road with 34 points in 41 games… Mark Scheifele had a team-leading 20 goals, which marked the 11th time in franchise history a player has reached 20 goals on the road in a season.
Jets vs. ARI Notes
Season Series
Winnipeg and Arizona play each other four times this season, including twice in a span of two weeks… The Jets host the Coyotes on Nov. 18 and Feb. 25, while Winnipeg makes another trip to Mullett Arena on Jan. 7.
Recent History
Dating back to 2011, the Jets are 22-6-0 against Arizona in 28 games… Winnipeg hasn’t lost consecutive games to the Coyotes during that span and are currently on a six-game winning streak… The Jets have limited Arizona to one goal in five of the past seven contests… The Jets haven’t allowed a power play goal against in eight consecutive games against the Coyotes, going 13-for-13 on the penalty kill.
In Arizona
Winnipeg has won four consecutive games in Arizona and are 6-2-0 in their past eight trips.
Player Notes
Mark Scheifele has 22 points (8G, 43A) in 25 games against Arizona during his career… He had a six-game point streak against the Coyotes from Oct. 9/14-Nov. 10/16 (1G, 5A)… Connor Hellebuyck boasts a 10-3-0 record with a 2.06 goals-against average and .925 save percentage in 14 starts against the Coyotes.
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes are set to meet the Winnipeg Jets, their former namesake before relocating to Arizona in 1996. The Coyotes have won three of their first four home games for the first time since 2019-20, and the Jets are 2-2-1 on the road. • Matias Maccelli is amidst the longest point streak of his career after his assist against Montreal and looks to extend the streak to eight with a point against the Jets. His linemate Lawson Crouse is on a point streak himself, at four games and counting. • With a win against the Jets, Arizona would have its best five-game start at home since 2013-14 when the Coyotes won nine of their first ten home games.
PACK FACTS
· Clayton Keller (4-5-9) has scored in all but two games this season where the Coyotes have recorded a goal. . Sean Durzi (4-2-6) is one of five NHL defenseman with four goals scored. · Nick Schmaltz (4-6-10) paces the squad in assists and points and currently averages 1 P/GP. . Logan Cooley leads all rookies in points and assists (1-7-8) and his .80 P/GP is first among rookies in P/GP (min. 5 GP). . Alex Kerfoot recorded three assists Monday night for his third three-assist game of his career, and his eighth three-point game…currently has the eighth longest active consecutive games played streak at 273 games. . Michael Carcone recorded the 8th, 9th and 10th goals of his NHL career in his career-best performance against the Blackhawks. · Matias Maccelli has an active seven-game point streak after recording an assist in the 3-2 win against Montreal. The streak is the longest of his career (prior career long: five games, 11/21/22-12/5/22) · All of Juuso Valimaki’s (0-4-4) points have been assisted along with Matias Maccelli. . Lawson Crouse is on a four-game point streak with three goals in his last two outings after a scoreless first five games to start the campaign. He is one game away from matching his career long point streak of five games (3/3/23-3/11/23). . Barrett Hayton is averaging the highest TOI in his career, racking up an average of 19:31 per game. . Jack McBain netted two goals against Chicago and picked up two assists and a fight on the way to his first “Gordie Howe hat trick”. He has now set his career-high goal streak at three games. . J.J. Moser (2-2-4) has registered all four of his points in two games, both multi-point games. He now has eight in his NHL career. . Josh Brown lit the lamp for the first time this season against Chicago, and now sits one goal away from ten career NHL goals. . Karel Vejmelka recorded the first point of his NHL career against LAK, a secondary assist on a Sean Durzi goal. . Arizona recorded four goals in one period in two consecutive games (10/27-10/30), only the fourth time the franchise had done so since 2000. . The Coyotes rank second in the NHL in first period goals with 14. Jack McBain and Michael Carcone lead the team in first period goals (2).
YOTES & JETS
-Tonight is the first of four ARI-WPG matchups this season. The Coyotes and Jets will meet again in two weeks for the second game in Winnipeg. – Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz have each recorded a point in their last two games against Winnipeg. – Sean Durzi has recorded an assist in all three of his career games against Winnipeg (0-3-3). – Karel Vejmelka recorded his first career shutout in a 46-save win against the Jets on 11/29/21. His career save percentage of .950 against the Jets is the highest of any team he has faced in the NHL.
Coyotes franchise vs Jets
• All-Time: 19-18-1-5
• Home: 12-6-1-2
• Road: 7-12-0-3
• L10: 2-6-2
• STRK: L2
INJURY UPDATE (total man games lost to injury: 8 games) Jason Zucker – 5 (10/24-11/2) – Lower-Body
