Coyotes at Wild
The Arizona Coyotes have yet to find their offensive groove this season, as they have been shut out in three of their first four contests. They attempt to make a rare appearance on the scoreboard Tuesday as they visit the Minnesota Wild for the opener of their four-game road trip.
Arizona has produced a total of two goals over its last five contests as it also was blanked in the 2017-18 season finale. Dylan Strome and Brad Richardson tallied in the Coyotes' 3-2 shootout victory at Anaheim last Wednesday before the club suffered a 3-0 home loss to Buffalo three days later. Minnesota is coming off its second straight setback, a 4-2 defeat at Nashville on Monday. Captain Mikko Koivu scored one goal and set up the other for the Wild, who have gone beyond regulation in each of their three home games this season (1-1 in overtime, 0-1 in shootouts).
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ABOUT THE COYOTES (1-3-0): Arizona's run of futility has not occurred due to a lack of effort, as the team has registered at least 30 shots in each of its four games. "I'd like to see somebody score a goal," coach Rick Tocchet told reporters. "We've had point-blank shots in the slot. You just got to keep shooting, I guess. You got to work at your game. I don't have a recipe other than that." Eight players have reached double digits in shots, with Derek Stepan leading the way with 19.
ABOUT THE WILD (1-2-2): Zach Parise, who leads the team with seven points, enters Tuesday having registered a pair of assists in each of his last three contests. The 34-year-old native of Minneapolis is two power-play goals shy of 100 for his career and eight points away from 700. Koivu needs six tallies to reach 200 in the NHL while Mikael Granlund got within eight of the 200-assist plateau by setting up a goal on Monday.
OVERTIME
1. Wild D Matt Dumba scored his second goal of the season on Monday, joining LW Jason Zucker (three) as the only members of the team with more than one tally.
2. Coyotes RW Mario Kempe leads the team with an even plus/minus rating, as the other 19 skaters who have appeared in a game all have minus ratings.
3. Minnesota G Devan Dubnyk (1-1-2, .934 save percentage) will start against Arizona as Alex Stalock made his season debut on Monday.