2014–15 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2014–15 Arizona Coyotes season was the 36th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 19th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 43rd overall, including the World Hockey Association years. It was also their first season as the "Arizona Coyotes" – the team had been called the "Phoenix Coyotes" for the previous 18 years. The team finished in last place in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight year. The Coyotes earned only 56 points – their worst-ever performance in Arizona and second worst in franchise history after the 1980–81 season.

Off-season The club officially changed their team name to the "Arizona Coyotes" on June 27, 2014, at the 2014 NHL entry draft. The name change was part of the deal approved by the City of Glendale to keep the team from relocating. Coyotes fans to take hit in the wallet

Training camp The Coyotes competed in eight preseason exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season Pre-season game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Los Angeles 4–5 Arizona SO Smith 6,917 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 22 Arizona 3–4 Los Angeles SO Dubnyk 12,989 1–0–1 Recap 3 September 23 Arizona 4–0 Anaheim Domingue 14,104 2–0–1 Recap 4 September 24 Arizona 3–4 Calgary OT Burke 2–0–2 Recap 5 September 26 Arizona 2–1 San Jose SO Dubnyk 15,452 3–0–2 Recap 6 September 29 Arizona 4–2 Vancouver Smith 18,050 4–0–2 Recap 7 October 1 Arizona 2–3 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 4–1–2 Recap 8 October 3 San Jose 3–1 Arizona Smith 7,873 4–2–2 RecapNotes: Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).

Regular season Game log October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Winnipeg 6–2 Arizona Smith 17,125 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Los Angeles 2–3 Arizona OT Dubnyk 12,859 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 15 Edmonton 4–7 Arizona Smith 11,648 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 18 St. Louis 6–1 Arizona Smith 11,100 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 21 Arizona 3–4 Nashville SO Dubnyk 15,694 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 23 Arizona 0–2 Minnesota Smith 18,554 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 25 Florida 1–2 Arizona OT Smith 13,202 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 28 Arizona 3–7 Tampa Bay Smith 17,511 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 30 Arizona 1–2 Florida Smith 7,691 3–5–1 7 Recap November: 6–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Smith 10,870 3–6–1 7 Recap 11 November 2 Arizona 6–5 Washington Dubnyk 18,506 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 November 4 Toronto 2–3 Arizona Smith 14,202 5–6–1 11 Recap 13 November 7 Arizona 3–2 Anaheim SO Smith 16,235 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 November 8 NY Islanders 1–0 Arizona Smith 14,689 6–7–1 13 Recap 15 November 11 Dallas 4–3 Arizona Smith 11,866 6–8–1 13 Recap 16 November 13 Arizona 3–5 Calgary Smith 18,698 6–9–1 13 Recap 17 November 14 Arizona 5–0 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,708 7–9–1 15 Recap 18 November 16 Arizona 2–1 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 18 Washington 2–1 Arizona OT Smith 11,769 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 20 Arizona 1–3 Dallas Smith 16,078 8–10–2 18 Recap 21 November 22 Arizona 4–3 San Jose SO Dubnyk 17,297 9–10–2 20 Recap 22 November 23 Arizona 1–2 Anaheim Smith 15,928 9–11–2 20 Recap 23 November 25 Colorado 4–3 Arizona OT Smith 12,163 9–11–3 21 Recap 24 November 29 Calgary 3–0 Arizona Dubnyk 13,530 9–12–3 21 Recap December: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Arizona 5–2 Edmonton Smith 16,839 10–12–3 23 Recap 26 December 2 Arizona 2–5 Calgary Smith 18,837 10–13–3 23 Recap 27 December 4 Los Angeles 4–0 Arizona Smith 12,254 10–14–3 23 Recap 28 December 6 Boston 5–2 Arizona Dubnyk 13,114 10–15–3 23 Recap 29 December 11 Nashville 5–1 Arizona Smith 10,194 10–16–3 23 Recap 30 December 13 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona SO Dubnyk 13,975 10–16–4 24 Recap 31 December 16 Edmonton 1–2 Arizona OT Dubnyk 12,085 11–16–4 26 Recap 32 December 20 Arizona 2–4 Los Angeles Dubnyk 18,230 11–17–4 26 Recap 33 December 22 Arizona 1–7 Vancouver Smith 18,794 11–18–4 26 Recap 34 December 23 Arizona 5–1 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 12–18–4 28 Recap 35 December 27 Anaheim 1–2 Arizona Dubnyk 13,656 13–18–4 30 Recap 36 December 29 Philadelphia 2–4 Arizona Dubnyk 16,521 14–18–4 32 Recap 37 December 31 Arizona 0–6 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 14–19–4 32 Recap January: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 Columbus 3–6 Arizona Smith 13,159 15–19–4 34 Recap 39 January 6 St. Louis 6–0 Arizona Smith 10,876 15–20–4 34 Recap 40 January 8 Winnipeg 1–4 Arizona Smith 11,390 16–20–4 36 Recap 41 January 10 Ottawa 5–1 Arizona Smith 14,933 16–21–4 36 Recap 42 January 13 San Jose 3–2 Arizona Dubnyk 10,631 16–22–4 36 Recap 43 January 15 Calgary 4–1 Arizona Smith 12,982 16–23–4 36 Recap 44 January 17 Arizona 1–3 Minnesota Smith 19,111 16–24–4 36 Recap 45 January 18 Arizona 3–4 Winnipeg SO Smith 15,016 16–24–5 37 Recap 46 January 20 Arizona 1–6 Chicago Smith 21,427 16–25–5 37 Recap 47 January 27 Arizona 3–4 Philadelphia SO Smith 19,581 16–25–6 38 Recap 48 January 29 Arizona 3–1 Toronto Smith 18,837 17–25–6 40 Recap 49 January 31 Arizona 2–7 Ottawa Smith 18,489 17–26–6 40 Recap February: 3–10–1 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 3–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Arizona 3–2 Montreal Domingue 21,286 18–26–6 42 Recap 51 February 3 Arizona 4–1 Columbus Smith 14,108 19–26–6 44 Recap 52 February 5 Carolina 2–1 Arizona SO Smith 12,649 19–26–7 45 Recap 53 February 7 Detroit 3–1 Arizona Smith 17,125 19–27–7 45 Recap 54 February 9 Arizona 3–2 Chicago SO Smith 21,337 20–27–7 47 Recap 55 February 10 Arizona 1–2 St. Louis Smith 17,312 20–28–7 47 Recap 56 February 13 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Smith 16,713 20–29–7 47 Recap 57 February 14 NY Rangers 5–1 Arizona Smith 14,719 20–30–7 47 Recap 58 February 16 Arizona 2–5 Colorado McKenna 14,132 20–31–7 47 Recap 59 February 21 Tampa Bay 4–2 Arizona Smith 12,997 20–32–7 47 Recap 60 February 23 Arizona 0–3 New Jersey Smith 12,159 20–33–7 47 Recap 61 February 24 Arizona 1–5 NY Islanders Smith 15,888 20–34–7 47 Recap 62 February 26 Arizona 3–4 NY Rangers Smith 18,006 20–35–7 47 Recap 63 February 28 Arizona 1–4 Boston Smith 17,565 20–36–7 47 Recap March: 3–10–1 (Home: 1–8–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 3 Anaheim 4–1 Arizona Smith 11,387 20–37–7 47 Recap 65 March 5 Vancouver 2–3 Arizona SO Smith 12,589 21–37–7 49 Recap 66 March 7 Montreal 2–0 Arizona Smith 14,094 21–38–7 49 Recap 67 March 9 Nashville 2–1 Arizona OT Domingue 11,227 21–38–8 50 Recap 68 March 12 Chicago 2–1 Arizona Smith 17,534 21–39–8 50 Recap 69 March 14 New Jersey 4–1 Arizona Smith 12,425 21–40–8 50 Recap 70 March 16 Arizona 0–1 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 21–41–8 50 Recap 71 March 19 Colorado 5–2 Arizona Domingue 11,684 21–42–8 50 Recap 72 March 21 Pittsburgh 3–1 Arizona Smith 15,581 21–43–8 50 Recap 73 March 22 Vancouver 3–1 Arizona Smith 12,405 21–44–8 50 Recap 74 March 24 Arizona 5–4 Detroit OT Smith 20,027 22–44–8 52 Recap 75 March 26 Arizona 4–3 Buffalo OT Smith 19,070 23–44–8 54 Recap 76 March 28 Arizona 2–3 Pittsburgh Smith 18,627 23–45–8 54 Recap 77 March 30 Buffalo 4–1 Arizona Smith 13,612 23–46–8 54 Recap April: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 3 Arizona 1–3 San Jose Domingue 17,562 23–47–8 54 Recap 79 April 4 San Jose 3–5 Arizona Smith 14,752 24–47–8 56 Recap 80 April 7 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Smith 19,289 24–48–8 56 Recap 81 April 9 Arizona 0–5 Vancouver Smith 18,796 24–49–8 56 Recap 82 April 11 Anaheim 2–1 Arizona Smith 15,733 24–50–8 56 RecapLegend:

Player statistics Final stats Skaters

Regular season Player 82 23 20 43 −18 40 81 15 26 41 −28 28 ‡ 63 4 37 41 −32 32 79 14 22 36 −29 65 ‡ 62 13 22 35 −22 34 79 9 23 32 −16 48 45 14 14 28 −10 6 37 8 16 24 −1 31 72 13 8 21 −19 14 69 6 15 21 −27 12 81 3 15 18 −24 60 † 27 9 7 16 −4 6 70 4 10 14 −23 82 60 4 8 12 −18 24 70 3 6 9 −11 36 ‡ 53 2 6 8 −6 12 73 4 3 7 −27 42 58 3 3 6 −6 79 26 2 3 5 −10 8 † 19 1 4 5 −11 11 27 2 2 4 −7 10 † 19 1 3 4 −3 2 ‡ 20 1 3 4 −5 4 ‡ 19 3 0 3 3 4 ‡ 50 1 2 3 −18 16 † 19 0 3 3 −7 6 ‡ 17 0 3 3 −12 8 † 18 1 1 2 −1 10 5 1 0 1 −2 2 9 1 0 1 −2 2 33 0 1 1 −13 10 12 0 1 1 −1 8 8 0 1 1 −3 0 3 0 0 0 −1 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0 4 0 0 0 −3 0 3 0 0 0 −2 2 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 62 61 3,556 14 42 5 187 3.16 1955 .904 0 0 1 10 ‡ 19 16 1035 9 5 2 47 2.72 561 .916 1 0 0 0 7 4 308 1 2 1 14 2.73 158 .911 0 0 0 0 1 1 60 0 1 0 5 5.00 34 .853 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Coyotes. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL Third Star of the Week December 29, 2014 NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point October 25, 2014 400th career NHL point October 28, 2014 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point November 2, 2014 150th career NHL win November 4, 2014 500th career NHL game November 8, 2014 400th career NHL game November 14, 2014 300th career NHL point November 14, 2014 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point November 16, 2014 10,000 career NHL minutes November 16, 2014 S. Gagner 500th career NHL game November 18, 2014 S. Gagner 200th career NHL assist November 20, 2014 100th career NHL assist November 22, 2014 1st career NHL game November 29, 2014 200th career NHL game December 1, 2014 1st career NHL game December 6, 2014 1st career NHL game December 29, 2014 200th career NHL game January 6, 2015 20,000 career NHL minutes January 8, 2015 300th career NHL point January 20, 2015 A. Vermette 800th career NHL game January 29, 2015 1st career NHL game January 31, 2015 L. Domingue 1st career NHL win February 1, 2015 B. Shinnimin 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point February 3, 2015 100th career NHL game February 28, 2015 400th career NHL game March 22, 2015 200th career NHL game April 3, 2015 100th career NHL game April 4, 2015

Transactions The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades June 28, 2014 To Montreal Canadiens3rd-round pick in 2014 To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 20144th-round pick in 2014 June 29, 2014 To Tampa Bay Lightning6th-round pick in 2015 To Arizona CoyotesSam GagnerB. J. Crombeen December 5, 2014 To Pittsburgh PenguinsRob Klinkhammerconditional 5th-round pick in 2016 To Arizona CoyotesPhilip Samuelsson January 14, 2015 To Minnesota WildDevan Dubnyk To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 2015 February 28, 2015 To Chicago BlackhawksAntoine Vermette To Arizona Coyotes Klas Dahlbeck1st-round pick in 2015 March 1, 2015 To New York RangersKeith YandleChris Summers4th-round pick in 2016 To Arizona CoyotesJohn MooreAnthony Duclair2nd-round pick in 2015Conditional 1st-round pick in 2016 March 2, 2015 To St. Louis BluesZbynek MichalekConditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 To Arizona CoyotesMaxim Letunov March 2, 2015 To New York IslandersMark Louis To Arizona CoyotesDavid Leggio

Free agents acquired