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The Arizona Coyotes (13-11-2, 28 points, 5th Central) play the back half of a back-to-back on Tuesday when paying a visit to the Steel City to face the Pittsburgh Penguins (11-12-3, 25 points, 7th Metro), after playing on the road in Upstate New York on Monday against the Buffalo Sabres. Arizona was defeated by the Boston Bruins on Saturday 5-3 and the Coyotes have lost two straight after winning five in a row. Pittsburgh was defeated by the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Friday and the Penguins have lost four straight. Arizona has several players on its injury list including Travis Boyd, Bryan Little, and Jakub Voracek amongst others. Pittsburgh will play without Noel Acciari, Matt Nieto, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell amongst others.
The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 3.23 goals per game, which is 15th while averaging just 27.4 shots per game which is 30th. The Coyotes win 47% of their face offs which is 27th and have the seventh best power play, scoring 24.4% of the time with the man advantage. Michael Carcone is the leading goal scorer for Arizona with 13 and Lawson Crouse is second with 12. Clayton Keller is the leader in assists with 16 and Matias Maccelli is second with 50. Keller has a team best 25 points and Nick Schmaltz is second with 20.
Arizona has a goals against average of 2.96, which is 11th in the NHL. The Coyotes are allowing an average of 31.7 shots per game which is 24th. Arizona’s penalty kill unit is successful 80.7% of the time, which is 14th in the NHL. Connor Ingram is 11-5-0 with a 2.52 goals against average and .920 sav e percentage. Connor has two shutouts.
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