February 20th, 1983
Arizona Coyotes (20-36-6) at
Montreal Canadiens (35-23-3)
The Coyotes come to the Bell Center and the Habs would like to get payback after an embarassing 5-1 loss to the Coyotes last time the teams met. Montreal is looking for LW
Batsaikhany Vanoosten to break the slump, he has 1 assist in his last 9 games, despite being a + 1 player in those games. Vanoosten had 45 points in 80-81, 43 points in 81-82 and has only 19 so far this season. Montreal has recalled G
Richard Day to face the Coyotes on back to back nights. Day has 26 wins with a 2.33 GAA and .916 save % in 43 AHL games this year.
Arizona is dead last in the West with 46 points. A strength of the team is they are ranked 9th on the PK with a 86.9% kill rate. This team just simply cannot score, they are 30th in the league with 2.03 goals per game.
LW
Martin Vacik leads the Coyotes with 45 points and 24 goals in 62 games. The 25 year old goal scorer is a physical player. In 226 career NHL games, all with Arizona, he has 74 goals, 132 points, 226 PIMs and a -15 rating.
C
Tomas Cerny is 2nd on the Coyotes with 33 points, including 14 goals in 59 games. The 20 year old two-way forward will not play due to a arm injury sustained February 3rd. A strong playmaker, Cerny had 16 goals and 34 points last season in his rookie year playing all 82 games. The former Barrie Colt (OHL) was a 2nd round, 36th overall pick of the Coyotes in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
LD
Timothy Dion is 3rd on the team with 29 points, leads the Coyotes with 21 assists and has 8 goals in 62 games. The 20 year old offensive defenseman is a strong playmaker. Last year in his rookie season, he had 4 goals and 31 points in 63 games. He finished junior with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL and was drafted in the 1st round, 6th overall by the Coyotes in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
The Coyotes will start G
Paul Dean, he has 14 wins in 46 starts with a .918 save %. Montreal starts G
Richard Day, he has 4 wins in 6 starts with a .929 save %.
There was no scoring in the 1st period, Montreal out shot the Coyotes 8 to 7.
Montreal gets on the board 1st, C
Chris Hughes gets his 24th of the season at 3:30 of the 2nd to make it 1-0. Montreal makes it 2-0 at 5:51 when RW
Al Ladd gets his 20th of the year. Arizona gets one back, at 17:59 of the 2nd while on a 4 on 4 RD
Bob Youso gets his 4th of the year to make it 2-1. Montreal dominates the period out shooting Arizona 16 to 3.
Montreal shuts down the Coyotes in the 3rd as well out shooting them 11 to 3. Montreal was 0 for 5 on the PP, Arizona was 0 for 3.
Montreal's RD
Matej Ouhrabka is the 1st star, he had an assist was a +2 in 22:58 icetime. The 24 year old now has 5 goals and 21 points in 58 games. In 210 career NHL games, all with Montreal he has 27 goals, 100 points, 100 PIMs and a +8 rating.
Montreal 2 Arizona 1
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st |
| No Scoring |
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| 2nd | MTL | Chris Hughes | 25 | John Herrod | Lorenzo Bocci |
| 2nd | MTL | Al Ladd | 21 | Matej Ouhrabka | Dave Wright |
| 2nd | ARI | Bob Youso | 4 | Michael Morrison | Ron Stephens |
| 3rd |
| No Scoring |
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| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Richard Day | 13 | 1 |
| ARI | Paul Dean | 35 | 2 |
Around the league...........
Pittsburgh Penguins C
Michael McDaniel had 2 goals in a 4-1 win over the Blue Jackets. The 30 year old McDaniel has 24 goals and 61 points in 64 games with the Penguins and Stars this season. McDaniel is with his 3rd NHL team, he has played in 201 career NHL games, has 72 goals, 183 points, 193 PIMs and a +31 rating.
Nashville Predators C
Jeremy Longboat had 2 goals in a 2-1 win over the Ducks. The 25 year old Longboat has 36 goals and 73 points in 62 games. In 226 career NHL games, he has 95 goals, 210 points, 230 PIMs and a +31 rating.
Carolina Hurricanes LW
Gerald Walker had 2 goals in a 3-1 win over the Panthers. The 32 year old Walker now has 28 goals and 58 points in 64 games. In 3 seasons with Carolina, he has played in 214 career NHL games, has 83 goals, 196 points, 191 PIMs and a +44 rating.
Florida Panthers C
Luke Tuin had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win over the Maple Leafs. The 20 year old Tuin now has 24 goals and 55 points in 64 games. In his 2nd year as a NHLer, he has played in 123 games, all with the Panthers, he has 42 goals, 111 points, 80 PIMs and a +43 rating. He was picked 102nd overall by the Panthers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.