Game day: Jets at Coyotes

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❯❯ About the COYOTES

— Former Jets C Alex Burmistrov is expected to make his debut tonight after being claimed on waivers from Winnipeg Monday. Slow progress on obtaining a work visa has delayed his arrival in Arizona.

— The Coyotes, who completed a league-mandated five-day break after beating the New York Islanders 2-1 in a shootout Saturday, are 12-22-6 and 13th of 14 teams in the Western Conference. It was their first victory since Dec. 15, going 0-8-1 over that span.

— RW Radim Vrbata leads the Coyotes in goals (nine), assists (15) and points (24). Vrbata has been playing on a line with LW Brendan Perlini and C Peter Holland. Vrbata’s shootout goal against the Islanders was the 44th of his career, an NHL record.

–Perlini, who played for the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners during Arizona’s five-day break, scored a hat trick in a 5-2 win over the Manitoba Moose on Tuesday.

— LW Max Domi (hand), C Ryan White (lower body) and C Brad Richardson (fractured tibia, fibula in right leg) are on injured reserve.

 

ARIZONA COYOTES

35 Louis Domingue G

41 Mike Smith G

 

2 Luke Schenn D

5 Connor Murphy D

6 Jakob Chychrun D

8 Tobias Rieder RW

10 Anthony Duclair LW

11 Martin Hanzal (A) C

13 Peter Holland C

17 Radim Vrbata RW

18 Christian Dvorak C

19 Shane Doan (C) RW

23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (A) D

26 Michael Stone D

29 Brendan Perlini LW

33 Alex Goligowski D

44 Kevin Connauton D

48 Jordan Martinook LW

67 Lawson Crouse LW

86 Josh Jooris RW

88 Jamie McGinn LW

91 Alex Burmistrov C

 

Executive vice-president of hockey operations/head coach: Dave Tippett

Associate coach: Jim Playfair

Assistant coaches: Newell Brown, John Slaney

Goaltending coach: Jon Elkin

 

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

 

4 Paul Postma D

5 Mark Stuart D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

12 Drew Stafford RW

16 Shawn Matthias C

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan LW

22 Chris Thorburn RW

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele (A) C

85 Mathieu Perreault C

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

(Lineups subject to change)

— Mike Sawatzky

 

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