Coyotes goalie Mike Smith didn’t know he was within reach of the record before the season started.
“I don’t really keep tabs on that kind of stuff,” he said.
But Smith was well aware that he was closing in on the milestone during Monday’s game against the Avalanche and when time ran out, preserving a 1-0 win for the Coyotes at Gila River Arena, Smith was glad to finally be the franchise’s shutout leader with 22 clean slates.
“To get that many shutouts with one team is a pretty cool achievement,” he said. “I played with a lot of different teammates throughout my time in Arizona here, a lot of special people that (I) will be friends with for a long time and deserve a lot of credit with this, too.