Arizona Coyotes vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The Arizona Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Coyotes 31-30.
Goals came from Michael Kesselring, Anthony Duclair, Clayton Keller, Alexander Kerfoot, Filip Zadina, Nick Schmaltz and Lawson Crouse.
Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 of 30.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ARI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
 SJS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Michael Kesselring (3)Clayton Keller (17)1–004:58 ARI
Anthony Duclair (7)Fabian Zetterlund (5)1–106:20 SJS
Clayton Keller (12)Alexander Kerfoot (16), Sean Durzi (9)2–108:30 ARI
Alexander Kerfoot (3)Nick Schmaltz (12), Sean Durzi (10)3–112:56 ARI
3rd period
Filip Zadina (4)Mario Ferraro (5), William Eklund (9)3–200:26 SJS
Nick Schmaltz (10)Alexander Kerfoot (17), Clayton Keller (18)4–207:45 ARI · PPG
Lawson Crouse (14)Matias Maccelli (18), Nick Bjugstad (14)5–212:50 ARI
Team stats
ARISJS
30Shots on goal31
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
13Hits11
18Blocked shots18
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways2
Penalties
- 2nd 10:13Liam O'Brien · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:53Mikael Granlund · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:44Nikita Okhotiuk · interference2 min
- 3rd 13:29Fabian Zetterlund · tripping2 min
Season series
Arizona Coyotes
| 9Clayton KellerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 15Alexander KerfootC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 50Sean DurziD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:23 |
| 17Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 63Matias MaccelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:38 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 5Michael KesselringD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 12Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:29 |
| 22Jack McBainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 38Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 53Michael CarconeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 92Logan CooleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 33Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Connor IngramG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Karel VejmelkaG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 59:38 |
San Jose Sharks
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 18Filip ZadinaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:07 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:32 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:11 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 16Jack StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 54Givani SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:21 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 15:01 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 90Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 4Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 9Jacob MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 83Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 84Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 60:00 |
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |