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| 75 | ARIZONA | +155 | Ov 5,-135 | +155 | Ov 5,-130 | | 76 | SAN JOSE | -175 | Un 5,+115 | -175 | Un 5,+110 |
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| All Games | 8-12-0 | -2.2 | 8-12 | -2.2 | 8-10 | 2.4 | 28.9 | 3.1 | 30.3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 4-7-0 | -1 | 4-7 | -1 | 4-6 | 2.5 | 27.4 | 3.1 | 31.6 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -0.1 | 2-3 | -0.1 | 1-3 | 2.4 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 29.0 | | vs. Division | 5-1-0 | +5.8 | 5-1 | +5.8 | 2-2 | 3.8 | 28.2 | 2.3 | 31.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 20 | 49 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 578 | 8.5% | 76 | 15 | 19.7% | 82 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 11 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 301 | 9.0% | 34 | 9 | 26.5% | 46 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 9.6% | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | 22 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 6 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 169 | 13.6% | 20 | 6 | 30.0% | 39 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 62 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 607 | 10.2% | 66 | 14 | 21.2% | 102 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 34 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 348 | 9.8% | 35 | 7 | 20.0% | 59 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 7.6% | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | 17 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 7.5% | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | 20 |
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| DEVAN DUBNYK (All Games) | 6 | 5 | 160 | 148 | 92.5% | 0 | 4-1 | +4.8 | 4-1-0 | +5 | 2-1 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Road Games) | 5 | 4 | 134 | 124 | 92.5% | 0 | 3-1 | +3.6 | 3-1-0 | +4 | 2-1 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (vs. Division) | 3 | 3 | 95 | 92 | 96.8% | 0 | 3-0 | +4.1 | 3-0-0 | +4 | 0-1 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 108 | 101 | 93.5% | 0 | 3-0 | +4.6 | 3-0-0 | +5 | 1-1 | | MIKE SMITH (All Games) | 15 | 15 | 447 | 398 | 89.0% | 2 | 4-11 | -7 | 4-11-0 | -6 | 6-9 | | MIKE SMITH (Road Games) | 7 | 7 | 214 | 191 | 89.3% | 2 | 1-6 | -4.6 | 1-6-0 | -4 | 2-5 | | MIKE SMITH (vs. Division) | 3 | 3 | 91 | 80 | 87.9% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.7 | 2-1-0 | +2 | 2-1 | | MIKE SMITH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 108 | 94 | 87.0% | 0 | 0-4 | -4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 2-2 |
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| All Games | 10-12-0 | -8.1 | 10-12 | -8.1 | 8-11 | 2.7 | 31.4 | 2.7 | 31.5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 2-4-0 | -6.6 | 2-4 | -6.6 | 1-4 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 2.3 | 23.3 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -3.4 | 2-3 | -3.4 | 0-3 | 1.6 | 31.0 | 2.0 | 29.6 | | vs. Division | 2-1-0 | +1.4 | 2-1 | +1.4 | 0-3 | 3.3 | 34.3 | 1.3 | 29.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 22 | 59 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 691 | 8.5% | 68 | 16 | 23.5% | 99 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 6 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 7.9% | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | 24 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 5.2% | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | 13 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 9.7% | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | 17 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 60 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 692 | 8.7% | 69 | 11 | 15.9% | 102 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 10.0% | 20 | 3 | 15.0% | 22 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 148 | 6.8% | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 18 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4.6% | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 5 |
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| TROY GROSENICK (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 58 | 55 | 94.8% | 0 | 1-1 | -1.4 | 1-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | TROY GROSENICK (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | TROY GROSENICK (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | TROY GROSENICK (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 58 | 55 | 94.8% | 0 | 1-1 | -1.4 | 1-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | ANTTI NIEMI (All Games) | 15 | 15 | 472 | 433 | 91.7% | 0 | 7-8 | -2.9 | 7-8-0 | -4 | 6-7 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Home Games) | 4 | 4 | 95 | 84 | 88.4% | 0 | 1-3 | -4 | 1-3-0 | -4 | 1-2 | | ANTTI NIEMI (vs. Division) | 3 | 3 | 87 | 83 | 95.4% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.4 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 0-3 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 119 | 110 | 92.4% | 0 | 1-3 | -3.6 | 1-3-0 | -4 | 0-2 | | ALEX STALOCK (All Games) | 5 | 5 | 159 | 147 | 92.5% | 2 | 2-3 | -3.8 | 2-3-0 | -4 | 2-3 | | ALEX STALOCK (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 45 | 43 | 95.6% | 1 | 1-1 | -2.6 | 1-1-0 | -3 | 0-2 | | ALEX STALOCK (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ALEX STALOCK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 129 | 117 | 90.7% | 1 | 1-3 | -4.8 | 1-3-0 | -5 | 2-2 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: ARIZONA 3.02, SAN JOSE 2.91 |
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| 10/28/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 3-7 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/30/2014 | at FLORIDA | 1-2 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/1/2014 | at CAROLINA | 0-3 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/2/2014 | at WASHINGTON | 6-5 | W | 0, +165 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/4/2014 | TORONTO | 3-2 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/7/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 3-2 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/8/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | 0-1 | L | 0, +100 | L | 6 un | U | | 11/11/2014 | DALLAS | 3-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/13/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-5 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/14/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 5-0 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5 ov | P | | 11/16/2014 | at EDMONTON | 2-1 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/18/2014 | WASHINGTON | 1-2 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/20/2014 | at DALLAS | 1-3 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/22/2014 | at SAN JOSE | | | 11/23/2014 | at ANAHEIM | | | 11/25/2014 | COLORADO | | | 11/29/2014 | CALGARY | | | 12/1/2014 | at EDMONTON | | | 12/2/2014 | at CALGARY | |
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| 10/26/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 4-1 | W | 0, +150 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/28/2014 | at COLORADO | 3-2 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/30/2014 | at MINNESOTA | 3-4 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5 ov | O | | 11/1/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | 3-1 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/6/2014 | VANCOUVER | 2-3 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/8/2014 | at DALLAS | 5-3 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/9/2014 | at CHICAGO | 2-5 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/11/2014 | at FLORIDA | 1-4 | L | 0, -155 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/13/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 2-1 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/15/2014 | at COLUMBUS | 1-2 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/16/2014 | at CAROLINA | 2-0 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/18/2014 | at BUFFALO | 1-4 | L | 0, -235 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/20/2014 | FLORIDA | 2-3 | L | 0, -180 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/22/2014 | ARIZONA | | | 11/26/2014 | CALGARY | | | 11/29/2014 | ANAHEIM | | | 12/2/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | |
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| |  | ARIZONA: LAST SEASON: 37-30-15, 89 points. Ninth overall in Western Conference.
COACH: Dave Tippett, fifth season with Arizona, 156-96-42; In 10th NHL season as coach, 427-252-107.
ADDED: C Sam Gagner, C Joe Vitale, RW B.J. Crombeen, G Devan Dubnyk.
LOST: RW Radim Vrbata, C Mike Ribeiro, D Derek Morris, LW Paul Bissonnette, G Thomas Greiss.
PLAYER TO WATCH: C Antoine Vermette. As Ribeiro struggled late last season, Vermette surged to the forefront as Arizona's top center. He led the Coyotes with 24 goals last season and is a superb two-way player - a perfect fit for Tippett's defense-first system. A bigger season could be on the horizon as the Coyotes lean on him more.
OUTLOOK: The Coyotes should contend for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Arizona lost captain Shane Doan for 12 games due to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and goalie Mike Smith was out the final 10 games with a knee injury. Even with the injuries, the Coyotes finished two points out of the West's final playoff spot. Stay relatively healthy and get back to their defensive ways, they might be in the mix again this season. | | SAN JOSE: LAST SEASON: 51-22-9, 111 points. Lost to Los Angeles in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Todd McLellan, 7th season with Sharks, 271-130-57; seventh overall in NHL.
ADDED: F John Scott, F Tye McGinn, D Taylor Fedun.
LOST: D Dan Boyle, D Brad Stuart, F Marty Havlat.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Joe Thornton. Despite finishing second in the league in assists last season, Thornton was stripped of his captaincy this summer in response to the Sharks' playoff collapse against Los Angeles. San Jose became the fourth NHL team to lose a best-of-seven series after winning the first three games. That prompted a search for new leaders. Thornton expressed no desire to leave San Jose but how he reacts to the new role and how he plays this season will be key questions going forward.
OUTLOOK: The Sharks began the offseason with general manager Doug Wilson talking of rebuilding and becoming a ''tomorrow'' team after being a Stanley Cup contender for most of the past decade. Wilson has altered his stance a bit and the players still believe this team can compete with the other powers out West. Much of the success will hinge on continued improvement from younger core players like Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl; Brent Burns' move back to defense from forward; and more depth on the bottom two lines to take pressure off Thornton and Patrick Marleau. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (ARIZONA-SAN JOSE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Coyotes-Sharks Preview* ========================
By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer
Arizona (8-10-2) at San Jose (10-9-3), 10:30 p.m. EDT
The San Jose Sharks have yet to find a groove, but they're hoping their new acquisition can change that dynamic.
Brenden Dillon will play his first game for the Sharks as they continue a six-game homestand Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes.
San Jose (10-9-3) dealt defenseman Jason Demers and a future draft pick to Dallas for Dillon on Friday.
The 24-year-old defenseman had nine goals and 17 assists in 149 career games with the Stars. He ranked third on Dallas in total ice time and had one assist, 23 penalty minutes, 27 hits and 29 blocked shots in 20 games this season.
"Brenden is a well-rounded, physical player who brings an important ingredient to our existing group of defensemen," general manager Doug Wilson told the Sharks' official website. "He was physically a late blooming player and we feel, at the age of 24, his game is continuing to trend upwards. He fits really well for our organization now and for the future."
Dillon strengthens a defensive unit that ranks near the bottom of the NHL with 31.5 shots allowed per game, although the play of Antti Niemi (.917 save percentage) and Troy Grosenick (.948) has kept the Sharks' goals-against average at a respectable 2.59.
San Jose lost 3-2 in a shootout to Florida on Thursday in its first home game following a seven-game trip. Niemi gave up a goal 24 seconds in but responded by allowing one on 25 shots the rest of the way.
"We get scored on on the first shot of the game, coming home from that long road trip, and we could have responded differently," coach Todd McLellan said. "At least we responded positively."
The Sharks have played 16 of their 22 games on the road, going 8-6-2.
Most of San Jose's issues have stemmed from a sputtering offense, which has failed to score more than two goals in seven straight games - the Sharks have 11 goals over that span.
"We'll get to our practice facility, get our equipment on, go out and work on a few things, and get settled at home," McClellan said. "We have some work ahead of us. It's pretty obvious."
Arizona (8-10-2) has struggled away from home, losing seven of 11 following a 3-1 defeat in Dallas on Thursday.
The Coyotes have also dealt with problems on offense, averaging 2.40 goals for one of the lowest marks in the NHL. They're in the midst of playing six of seven on the road.
"Everybody has hard parts of their schedule, and it's just a hard part of our schedule," coach Dave Tippett said. "But with that being said, I like the way our guys are competing. We're hanging around games. We're doing a lot of things to give ourselves a chance to win."
Those scoring troubles, however, apply only to the 5-on-5 game as Arizona ranks among the best in the league with 15 power-play goals. Lauri Korpikoski scored Thursday's goal on the man advantage, marking the fourth consecutive road game the Coyotes have netted a power-play goal.
Mike Smith, who owns a 4-10-1 record and 3.30 GAA, is likely to get the nod in net. He's 0-4-1 in his last five starts but 7-1-2 with a 1.46 GAA in his past 10 against the Sharks.
San Jose is 17-2-4 in the last 23 meetings at home.
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| | Last Updated: 4/20/2024 4:43:24 AM EST. |
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