2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 24th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season,[1] and the 48th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.

2019–20 Arizona Coyotes
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
2019–20 record	33–29–8
Home record	17–12–4
Road record	16–17–4
Goals for	195
Goals against	187
Team information
General Manager	John Chayka (Oct. 3 – Jul. 26) Steve Sullivan (interim) (Jul. 26 – present)
Coach	Rick Tocchet
Captain	Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Alternate captains	Niklas Hjalmarsson Phil Kessel Derek Stepan
Arena	Gila River Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Conor Garland (22)
Assists	Nick Schmaltz (34)
Points	Nick Schmaltz (45)
Penalty minutes	Jakob Chychrun Oliver Ekman-Larsson (38)
Plus/minus	Alex Goligoski (+8)
Wins	Darcy Kuemper (16)
Goals against average	Darcy Kuemper (2.22)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Coyotes advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2011–12 season and defeated the Nashville Predators in the qualifying round for their first series win since 2012.[5]

Standings

Arizona in action at Detroit in December 2019

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League[6]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[7]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[7]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019. [8]

2019 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Arizona	2–6	Vegas		Hill	17,767	0–1–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 17	Los Angeles	4–1	Arizona		Raanta	—	0–2–0	Recap
3^[A]	September 17	Arizona	5–0	Los Angeles		Kuemper	8,133	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 21	Anaheim	3–4	Arizona	SO	Kuemper	—	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 24	Arizona	4–2	Edmonton		Hill	15,976	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 26	Arizona	4–2	Vancouver		Hill	18,528	4–2–0	Recap
7	September 28	Arizona	1–2	Anaheim		Kuemper	15,105	4–3–0	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[9]

2019–20 game log
October: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Arizona 1–2 Anaheim Kuemper 17,174 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 5 Boston 1–0 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 10 Vegas 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 13,864 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Raanta 18,053 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 15 Arizona 4–2 Winnipeg Kuemper 14,764 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 17 Nashville 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 13,521 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 19 Ottawa 2–5 Arizona Raanta 17,125 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 22 Arizona 3–2 NY Rangers OT Kuemper 17,435 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 24 Arizona 2–4 NY Islanders Kuemper 10,752 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 25 Arizona 5–3 New Jersey Raanta 14,724 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 28 Arizona 3–2 Buffalo SO Kuemper 15,358 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 October 30 Montreal 4–1 Arizona Raanta 14,004 7–4–1 15 Recap
November: 8–5–3 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Colorado 0–3 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 8–4–1 17 Recap 14 November 4 Arizona 3–2 Edmonton OT Kuemper 17,105 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 5 Arizona 3–4 Calgary OT Raanta 17,824 9–4–2 20 Recap 16 November 7 Columbus 3–2 Arizona Kuemper 12,115 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 9 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona Kuemper 14,428 9–6–2 20 Recap 18 November 11 Arizona 4–3 Washington SO Raanta 18,573 10–6–2 22 Recap 19 November 12 Arizona 3–2 St. Louis SO Kuemper 18,096 11–6–2 24 Recap 20 November 14 Arizona 2–3 Minnesota Raanta 17,079 11–7–2 24 Recap 21 November 16 Calgary 0–3 Arizona Kuemper 13,534 12–7–2 26 Recap 22 November 18 Los Angeles 0–3 Arizona Raanta 12,210 13–7–2 28 Recap 23 November 21` Toronto 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 12,495 13–8–2 28 Recap 24 November 23 Arizona 3–2 Los Angeles Raanta 15,912 14–8–2 30 Recap 25 November 24 Edmonton 4–3 Arizona SO Kuemper 12,908 14–8–3 31 Recap 26 November 27 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Kuemper 14,741 15–8–3 33 Recap 27 November 29 Arizona 1–2 Vegas SO Kuemper 18,326 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 November 30 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Raanta 15,485 15–9–4 34 Recap
December: 7–7–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 3 Arizona 4–2 Columbus Kuemper 14,455 16–9–4 36 Recap 30 December 5 Arizona 3–1 Philadelphia Kuemper 17,440 17–9–4 38 Recap 31 December 6 Arizona 0–2 Pittsburgh Raanta 18,432 17–10–4 38 Recap 32 December 8 Arizona 4–3 Chicago SO Kuemper 21,232 18–10–4 40 Recap 33 December 10 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Raanta 11,198 18–11–4 40 Recap 34 December 12 Chicago 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 13,150 19–11–4 42 Recap 35 December 14 New Jersey 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 19–12–4 42 Recap 36 December 17 Arizona 3–2 San Jose Kuemper 16,076 20–12–4 44 Recap 37 December 19 Minnesota 8–5 Arizona Kuemper 15,582 20–13–4 44 Recap 38 December 22 Arizona 5–2 Detroit Raanta 19,515 21–13–4 46 Recap 39 December 23 Arizona 2–3 Nashville Raanta 17,697 21–14–4 46 Recap 40 December 28 Arizona 1–4 Vegas Raanta 18,461 21–15–4 46 Recap 41 December 29 Dallas 4–2 Arizona Raanta 17,125 21–16–4 46 Recap 42 December 31 St. Louis 1–3 Arizona Raanta 14,618 22–16–4 48 Recap
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–0–2 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Anaheim 2–4 Arizona Raanta 14,651 23–16–4 50 Recap 44 January 4 Philadelphia 2–6 Arizona Raanta 17,125 24–16–4 52 Recap 45 January 7 Arizona 5–2 Florida Hill 12,120 25–16–4 54 Recap 46 January 9 Arizona 0–4 Tampa Bay Hill 19,092 25–17–4 54 Recap 47 January 10 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Raanta 16,476 25–18–4 54 Recap 48 January 12 Pittsburgh 4–3 Arizona SO Hill 13,755 25–18–5 55 Recap 49 January 14 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Hill 14,716 26–18–5 57 Recap 50 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Vancouver Hill 18,871 26–19–5 57 Recap 51 January 18 Arizona 3–7 Edmonton Raanta 18,347 26–20–5 57 Recap 52 January 29 Arizona 2–4 Anaheim Raanta 16,730 26–21–5 57 Recap 53 January 30 Los Angeles 3–2 Arizona OT Hill 13,346 26–21–6 58 Recap
February: 6–6–2 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 Chicago 3–2 Arizona SO Raanta 17,125 26–21–7 59 Recap 55 February 4 Edmonton 0–3 Arizona Raanta 14,725 27–21–7 61 Recap 56 February 6 Carolina 5–3 Arizona Raanta 11,632 27–22–7 61 Recap 57 February 8 Arizona 2–4 Boston Hill 17,850 27–23–7 61 Recap 58 February 10 Arizona 3–2 Montreal Raanta 20,789 28–23–7 63 Recap 59 February 11 Arizona 2–3 Toronto OT Hill 19,039 28–23–8 64 Recap 60 February 13 Arizona 2–3 Ottawa Raanta 9,762 28–24–8 64 Recap 61 February 15 Washington 1–3 Arizona Raanta 17,139 29–24–8 66 Recap 62 February 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona Raanta 13,956 30–24–8 68 Recap 63 February 19 Arizona 2–3 Dallas Hill 18,227 30–25–8 68 Recap 64 February 20 Arizona 0–1 St. Louis Raanta 18,096 30–26–8 68 Recap 65 February 22 Tampa Bay 3–7 Arizona Raanta 14,825 31–26–8 70 Recap 66 February 25 Florida 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 12,391 31–27–8 70 Recap 67 February 29 Buffalo 2–5 Arizona Raanta 17,125 32–27–8 72 Recap
March: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 March 4 Arizona 4–2 Vancouver Kuemper 17,363 33–27–8 74 Recap 69 March 6 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Kuemper 19,206 33–28–8 74 Recap 70 March 9 Arizona 2–4 Winnipeg Kuemper 15,325 33–29–8 74 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 12 Vancouver Arizona 72 March 14 NY Rangers Arizona 73 March 16 Dallas Arizona 74 March 18 Vegas Arizona 75 March 20 Detroit Arizona 76 March 22 Arizona Los Angeles 77 March 25 Arizona Vegas 78 March 28 Nashville Arizona 79 March 29 Arizona San Jose 80 March 31 Arizona Colorado 81 April 2 Vancouver Arizona 82 April 4 Winnipeg Arizona
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Coyotes defeated the Nashville Predators in four games in the qualifying round.[10]

The Coyotes will face the Colorado Avalanche in the first round.[11]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Qualifying Round vs. (6) Nashville Predators: Arizona won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 2 Arizona 4–3 Nashville Kuemper 1–0 Recap 2 August 4 Arizona 2–4 Nashville Kuemper 1–1 Recap 3 August 5 Nashville 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 2–1 Recap 4 August 7 Nashville 3–4 Arizona OT Kuemper 3–1 Recap
Western Conference First Round vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado leads 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Kuemper 0–1 Recap 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Kuemper 0–2 Recap 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Kuemper 1–2 Recap 4 August 17 Colorado 7–1 Arizona Kuemper 1–3 Recap 5 August 19 Arizona – Colorado 6 August 21 Colorado – Arizona (if necessary) 7 August 23 Arizona – Colorado (if necessary)
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of August 7, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[12] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nick Schmaltz 70 11 34 45 3 20 Clayton Keller 70 17 27 44 −6 28 Conor Garland 68 22 17 39 1 20 Christian Dvorak 70 18 20 38 6 12 Phil Kessel 70 14 24 38 −21 22 Carl Soderberg 70 17 18 35 6 18 Alex Goligoski 70 4 28 32 8 24 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 66 9 21 30 −3 38 Derek Stepan 70 10 18 28 −4 16 Taylor Hall^† 35 10 17 27 −3 14 Jakob Chychrun 63 12 14 26 4 38 Lawson Crouse 66 15 10 25 0 33 Vinnie Hinostroza 68 5 17 22 1 14 Jordan Oesterle 58 3 10 13 −9 14 Michael Grabner 46 8 3 11 −4 6 Brad Richardson 59 6 5 11 1 20 Jason Demers 50 0 11 11 5 25 Christian Fischer 56 6 3 9 2 16 Niklas Hjalmarsson 27 1 4 5 −2 14 Barrett Hayton 20 1 3 4 2 14 Ilya Lyubushkin 51 0 4 4 4 18 Kyle Capobianco 9 1 0 1 −1 2 Aaron Ness 24 0 1 1 1 0 Jordan Gross 2 0 1 1 2 0 Michael Chaput 2 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs[13] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Clayton Keller 4 2 2 4 3 0 Phil Kessel 4 1 3 4 1 4 Taylor Hall 4 1 3 4 0 8 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 4 1 3 4 3 6 Christian Dvorak 4 2 1 3 2 0 Derek Stepan 4 0 3 3 1 4 Michael Grabner 4 2 0 2 1 2 Jordan Oesterle 4 1 1 2 3 0 Conor Garland 4 1 0 1 1 0 Lawson Crouse 4 1 0 1 1 0 Carl Soderberg 4 1 0 1 2 0 Brad Richardson 4 1 0 1 1 0 Jason Demers 4 0 1 1 3 2 Vinnie Hinostroza 2 0 1 1 3 0 Niklas Hjalmarsson 4 0 1 1 0 2 Christian Fischer 4 0 1 1 0 2 Jakob Chychrun 4 0 0 0 0 2 Alex Goligoski 4 0 0 0 1 0 Barrett Hayton 2 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[14]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Darcy Kuemper	29	29	1,753:24	16	11	2	65	2.22	903	.928	2	0	0	6
Antti Raanta	33	32	1,822:54	15	14	3	80	2.63	1,014	.921	2	0	0	2
Adin Hill	13	9	640:46	2	4	3	28	2.62	343	.918	0	0	0	2

Playoffs[15]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Darcy Kuemper	4	4	238:25	3	1	11	2.77	163	.933	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Coyotes. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated August 1, 2020[16][17]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
80		Brayden Burke	LW	L	23	2018	Edmonton, Alberta
75		Kyle Capobianco	D	L	23	2015	Mississauga, Ontario
26		Michael Chaput	C	L	28	2019	Ile Bizard, Quebec
6		Jakob Chychrun	D	L	22	2016	Boca Raton, Florida
67		Lawson Crouse	LW	L	23	2016	Mount Brydges, Ontario
55		Jason Demers	D	R	32	2017	Dorval, Quebec
18		Christian Dvorak	C	L	24	2014	Frankfort, Illinois
23		Oliver Ekman-Larsson (C)	D	L	29	2009	Karlskrona, Sweden
24		Hudson Fasching	RW	R	25	2018	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
36		Christian Fischer	RW	R	23	2015	Chicago, Illinois
83		Conor Garland	RW	R	24	2015	Scituate, Massachusetts
33		Alex Goligoski	D	L	35	2016	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
40		Michael Grabner	RW	L	32	2018	Villach, Austria
79		Jordan Gross	D	R	25	2018	Maple Grove, Minnesota
91		Taylor Hall	LW	L	28	2019	Calgary, Alberta
29		Barrett Hayton	C	L	20	2018	Peterborough, Ontario
31		Adin Hill	G	L	24	2016	Comox, British Columbia
13		Vinnie Hinostroza	C/RW	R	26	2018	Bartlett, Illinois
4		Niklas Hjalmarsson (A)	D	L	33	2017	Eksjö, Sweden
9		Clayton Keller	LW/C	L	22	2017	Chesterfield, Missouri
81		Phil Kessel (A)	RW	R	32	2019	Madison, Wisconsin
35		Darcy Kuemper	G	L	30	2018	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
46		Ilya Lyubushkin	D	R	26	2018	Moscow, Russia
42		Aaron Ness	D	L	30	2019	Bemidji, Minnesota
82		Jordan Oesterle	D	L	28	2018	Dearborn Heights, Michigan
32		Antti Raanta	G	L	31	2017	Rauma, Finland
15		Brad Richardson	C	L	35	2015	Belleville, Ontario
8		Nick Schmaltz	C	R	24	2018	Madison, Wisconsin
34		Carl Soderberg	C	L	34	2019	Malmö, Sweden
77		Victor Soderstrom	D	R	19	2019	Skutskär, Sweden
21		Derek Stepan (A)	C	R	30	2017	Hastings, Minnesota

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