2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season

2019–20 Arizona Coyotes
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
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)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.

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 are scheduled to face the Nashville Predators in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	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^[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	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^[6]
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^[6]
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: National Hockey League^[7]

Tiebreaking procedures

Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
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.
Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
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)

Player statistics

As of March 9, 2020

Skaters

Regular season^[10]
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

Goaltenders

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

^†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 April 19, 2024^[12]^[13]

Utah NHL team roster
No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
17	Nick Bjugstad	C	R	31	2024	Minneapolis, Minnesota
72	Travis Boyd	C	R	30	2024	Edina, Minnesota
3	Josh Brown	D	R	30	2024	London, Ontario
53	Michael Carcone	LW	L	28	2024	Ajax, Ontario
92	Logan Cooley	C	L	20	2024	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
67	Lawson Crouse	LW	L	26	2024	Mount Brydges, Ontario
33	Travis Dermott	D	L	27	2024	Newmarket, Ontario
50	Sean Durzi	D	R	25	2024	Toronto, Ontario
29	Barrett Hayton	C	L	23	2024	Peterborough, Ontario
39	Connor Ingram	G	L	27	2024	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
9	Clayton Keller	LW/C	L	25	2024	Chesterfield, Missouri
15	Alexander Kerfoot	C	L	29	2024	Vancouver, British Columbia
63	Matias Maccelli	LW	L	23	2024	Turku, Finland
22	Jack McBain	C	L	24	2024	Toronto, Ontario
90	J.J. Moser	D	L	23	2024	Zuchwil, Switzerland
38	Liam O'Brien	LW	L	29	2024	Halifax, Nova Scotia
8	Nick Schmaltz	C	R	28	2024	Madison, Wisconsin
4	Juuso Välimäki	D	L	25	2024	Tampere, Finland
70	Karel Vejmelka	G	R	28	2024	Třebíč, Czech Republic

References

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^ "NHL statement on coronavirus". NHL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ Fernandez, Gabriel (March 12, 2020). "Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ Gulitti, Tom (May 26, 2020). "NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup". NHL.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
^ ^a ^b Rosen, Dan (May 26, 2020). "Return to Play: Western Conference". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ NHL Western Conference Points percentage
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^ "Arizona Coyotes Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

[1] National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.

[2] "NHL statement on coronavirus". NHL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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[7] NHL Western Conference Points percentage

[8] "Coyotes Announce 2019 Preseason Schedule". NHL.com. June 13, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

[9] "NHL releases 2019-20 regular-season schedule". NHL.com. June 25, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

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[11] "2019–20 Regular season – Arizona Coyotes Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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