Nick Schmaltz’s 7 points sets Coyotes record, most in NHL since 2012

In March, a Coyotes – Senators game carries more 2022 NHL Draft Lottery implications than anything else. Might as well set a record or two, then, huh? Nick Schmaltz just did that on Saturday, generating a Coyotes-record seven points (two goals, five assists) in Arizona’s 8-5 win over the Senators.

Note that Nick Schmaltz’s seven points represents a record that extends from the Coyotes days to the franchise’s roots as the previous rendition of the Winnipeg Jets.

Schmaltz is the first player in the NHL to score at least seven points in a bit more than a decade. Sam Gagner, then with the Edmonton Oilers, scored a whopping eight points on Feb. 2, 2012. Daniel Alfredsson (Jan. 24, 2008) and Jaromir Jagr (Jan. 11, 2003) are the only other NHL players to reach seven points since people stopped worrying about the Y2K bug.

Nick Schmaltz became the first player in @ArizonaCoyotes / Jets history to record seven points in a game.