Arizona Coyotes goaltender Connor Ingram left Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Wild after the second period due to an undisclosed injury and did not return.
Ingram, 26, stopped 28 of 30 shots he faced during the first 40 minutes of Wednesday’s game at Mullett Arena before being replaced by Karel Vejmelka in the third. Vejmelka gave up another goal in the final frame as the Coyotes fell 3-1 to the Wild on Wednesday evening.
After the game, Coyotes head coach André Tourigny confirmed that Ingram will miss seven to ten days to recover. The Coyotes are on a seven-game losing streak.
Ingram has a 17-13-2 record with the Coyotes this season, including five shutouts, a.912 save percentage, and a 2.76 goals-against average.
The Coyotes have four NHL goaltenders signed for the 2023-24 season: Ingram, Vejmelka, Matt Villalta, and Anson Thornton.
Villalta, 24, is the most likely candidate to be called up by Arizona during Ingram’s absence. This season, the AHL All-Star goaltender has a 22-11-1 record and a.913 save percentage in 34 games with the Tucson Roadrunners; he has yet to play in the NHL.
The Coyotes were in the playoff race for much of the first half of the 2023-24 season, but have since fallen out due to their current seven-game losing streak. They are now ranked 27th in the NHL, with a 23-25-4 record and 50 points after 52 games.
The Wild outshot the Coyotes 43-26 on Wednesday night. Logan Cooley scored the game’s only goal for Arizona; Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy, and Jonas Brodin scored for Minnesota, and Marc-André Fleury stopped 25 shots in the win.
The Coyotes will play against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. MT.
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