2017–18 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2017–18 Arizona Coyotes season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 46th overall, including the World Hockey Association years. The Coyotes failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Off-season On June 22, 2017, the Coyotes announced they have mutually parted ways with head coach Dave Tippett. He was named the team's 17th head coach on September 24, 2009. During his tenure, the team went 282–257–83, and made the postseason three times, but only won two series.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The team's preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2017. 2017 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Los Angeles – Arizona Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions 2 September 20 Arizona 5–1 Anaheim Domingue 13,447 1–0–0 Recap 3 September 22 Arizona 2–4 Calgary Domingue 18,961 1–1–0 Recap 4 September 23 San Jose 5–4 Arizona SO Raanta 6,703 1–1–1 Recap 5 September 25 Anaheim 6–4 Arizona – – 1–2–1 Recap 6 September 28 Arizona 1–4 Los Angeles Domingue 11,214 1–3–1 Recap 7 September 30 Arizona 4–0 San Jose Domingue 16,761 2–3–1 RecapNotes: Game was played at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.

Regular season The team's regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017. 2017–18 game log October: 1–11–1 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Arizona 4–5 Anaheim Domingue 17,174 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Vegas 2–1 Arizona OT Raanta 17,125 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 10 Arizona 2–5 Vegas Raanta 18,191 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 12 Detroit 4–2 Arizona Domingue 13,584 0–3–1 1 Recap 5 October 14 Boston 6–2 Arizona Domingue 14,810 0–4–1 1 Recap 6 October 17 Arizona 1–3 Dallas Hill 16,007 0–5–1 1 Recap 7 October 19 Dallas 5–4 Arizona Hill 11,225 0–6–1 1 Recap 8 October 21 Chicago 4–2 Arizona Domingue 13,777 0–7–1 1 Recap 9 October 24 Arizona 3–5 NY Islanders Domingue 9,795 0–8–1 1 Recap 10 October 26 Arizona 2–5 NY Rangers Hill 18,006 0–9–1 1 Recap 11 October 28 Arizona 3–4 New Jersey Domingue 15,132 0–10–1 1 Recap 12 October 30 Arizona 4–3 Philadelphia OT Wedgewood 18,731 1–10–1 3 Recap 13 October 31 Arizona 3–5 Detroit Wedgewood 19,515 1–11–1 3 Recap November: 5–7–3 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 3–3–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 Buffalo 5–4 Arizona Raanta 11,477 1–12–1 3 Recap 15 November 4 Carolina 1–2 Arizona SO Raanta 12,019 2–12–1 5 Recap 16 November 6 Arizona 2–3 Washington OT Wedgewood 18,506 2–12–2 6 Recap 17 November 7 Arizona 1–3 Pittsburgh Raanta 18,498 2–13–2 6 Recap 18 November 9 Arizona 2–3 St. Louis SO Raanta 18,156 2–13–3 7 Recap 19 November 11 Winnipeg 4–1 Arizona Raanta 16,078 2–14–3 7 Recap 20 November 14 Arizona 1–4 Winnipeg Raanta 15,321 2–15–3 7 Recap 21 November 16 Arizona 5–4 Montreal Raanta 21,302 3–15–3 9 Recap 22 November 18 Arizona 3–2 Ottawa OT Raanta 16,471 4–15–3 11 Recap 23 November 20 Arizona 4–1 Toronto Raanta 19,196 5–15–3 13 Recap 24 November 22 San Jose 3–1 Arizona Wedgewood 11,214 5–16–3 13 Recap 25 November 24 Los Angeles 2–3 Arizona OT Wedgewood 12,285 6–16–3 15 Recap 26 November 25 Vegas 4–2 Arizona Wedgewood 13,226 6–17–3 15 Recap 27 November 28 Arizona 2–3 Edmonton OT Wedgewood 18,347 6–17–4 16 Recap 28 November 30 Arizona 0–3 Calgary Wedgewood 18,093 6–18–4 16 Recap December: 3–9–1 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 New Jersey 0–5 Arizona Wedgewood 14,338 7–18–4 18 Recap 30 December 3 Arizona 2–3 Vegas OT Wedgewood 17,519 7–18–5 19 Recap 31 December 7 Arizona 1–6 Boston Wedgewood 17,565 7–19–5 19 Recap 32 December 9 Arizona 0–1 Columbus Raanta 17,785 7–20–5 19 Recap 33 December 10 Arizona 1–3 Chicago Wedgewood 21,654 7–21–5 19 Recap 34 December 14 Tampa Bay 4–1 Arizona Raanta 11,591 7–22–5 19 Recap 35 December 16 Pittsburgh 4–2 Arizona Raanta 13,051 7–23–5 19 Recap 36 December 19 Florida 3–2 Arizona Raanta 10,203 7–24–5 19 Recap 37 December 22 Washington 2–3 Arizona OT Wedgewood 10,904 8–24–5 21 Recap 38 December 23 Colorado 6–2 Arizona Raanta 11,838 8–25–5 21 Recap 39 December 27 Arizona 3–1 Colorado Raanta 15,671 9–25–5 23 Recap 40 December 28 Toronto 7–4 Arizona Wedgewood 17,125 9–26–5 23 Recap 41 December 31 Arizona 2–5 Anaheim Raanta 17,174 9–27–5 23 Recap January: 3–2–4 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 4 Nashville 2–3 Arizona OT Raanta 13,190 10–27–5 25 Recap 43 January 6 NY Rangers 2–1 Arizona SO Raanta 13,420 10–27–6 26 Recap 44 January 12 Edmonton 4–2 Arizona Raanta 14,077 10–28–6 26 Recap 45 January 13 Arizona 5–6 San Jose OT Wedgewood 17,562 10–28–7 27 Recap 46 January 16 San Jose 3–2 Arizona SO Raanta 11,961 10–28–8 28 Recap 47 January 18 Arizona 2–3 Nashville SO Raanta 17,138 10–28–9 29 Recap 48 January 20 Arizona 5–2 St. Louis Raanta 19,235 11–28–9 31 Recap 49 January 22 NY Islanders 2–3 Arizona OT Raanta 11,707 12–28–9 33 Recap 50 January 25 Columbus 2–1 Arizona Raanta 12,281 12–29–9 33 Recap February: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Dallas 4–1 Arizona Wedgewood 10,998 12–30–9 33 Recap 52 February 3 Arizona 0–6 Los Angeles Wedgewood 18,230 12–31–9 33 Recap 53 February 6 Arizona 3–4 Winnipeg Raanta 15,321 12–32–9 33 Recap 54 February 8 Arizona 4–3 Minnesota OT Raanta 18,816 13–32–9 35 Recap 55 February 10 Philadelphia 4–3 Arizona SO Raanta 13,004 13–32–10 36 Recap 56 February 12 Chicago 1–6 Arizona Raanta 14,357 14–32–10 38 Recap 57 February 13 Arizona 2–1 San Jose Wedgewood 17,125 15–32–10 40 Recap 58 February 15 Montreal 2–5 Arizona Raanta 11,489 16–32–10 42 Recap 59 February 17 Edmonton 0–1 Arizona Raanta 16,304 17–32–10 44 Recap 60 February 22 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Raanta 11,904 17–33–10 44 Recap 61 February 24 Anaheim 0–2 Arizona Raanta 11,959 18–33–10 46 Recap 62 February 25 Vancouver 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 10,935 18–34–10 46 Recap March: 10–6–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Minnesota 3–5 Arizona Raanta 10,904 19–34–10 48 Recap 64 March 3 Ottawa 1–2 Arizona Raanta 10,955 20–34–10 50 Recap 65 March 5 Arizona 3–4 Edmonton OT Kuemper 18,347 20–34–11 51 Recap 66 March 7 Arizona 2–1 Vancouver Kuemper 17,742 21–34–11 53 Recap 67 March 10 Arizona 2–5 Colorado Kuemper 17,127 21–35–11 53 Recap 68 March 11 Vancouver 0–1 Arizona Kuemper 11,697 22–35–11 55 Recap 69 March 13 Los Angeles 3–4 Arizona SO Hill 11,346 23–35–11 57 Recap 70 March 15 Nashville 3–2 Arizona Kuemper 14,527 23–36–11 57 Recap 71 March 17 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Raanta 13,735 23–37–11 57 Recap 72 March 19 Calgary 2–5 Arizona Raanta 13,288 24–37–11 59 Recap 73 March 21 Arizona 4–1 Buffalo Raanta 17,029 25–37–11 61 Recap 74 March 22 Arizona 5–6 Carolina Kuemper 10,535 25–38–11 61 Recap 75 March 24 Arizona 2–4 Florida Kuemper 14,905 25–39–11 61 Recap 76 March 26 Arizona 4–1 Tampa Bay Raanta 19,092 26–39–11 63 Recap 77 March 28 Arizona 3–2 Vegas Raanta 18,121 27–39–11 65 Recap 78 March 29 Arizona 2–4 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 27–40–11 65 Recap 79 March 31 St. Louis 0–6 Arizona Raanta 17,380 28–40–11 67 Recap April: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Arizona 4–1 Calgary Raanta 18,677 29–40–11 69 Recap 81 April 5 Arizona 3–4 Vancouver OT Kuemper 18,865 29–40–12 70 Recap 82 April 7 Anaheim 3–0 Arizona Raanta 17,382 29–41–12 70 RecapLegend:

Player statistics Final Skaters

Regular season Player 82 23 42 65 −7 24 82 14 42 56 −7 26 82 9 36 45 −7 73 82 14 28 42 −28 44 78 15 22 37 −19 22 78 12 23 35 −31 26 79 15 18 33 −17 14 74 17 13 30 −2 28 73 11 10 21 3 20 69 6 14 20 −4 37 71 12 7 19 −7 31 † 35 8 11 19 4 12 ‡ 58 8 11 19 −11 6 ‡ 33 9 6 15 −5 10 81 6 9 15 −24 45 76 3 12 15 −24 45 50 4 10 14 2 16 † 39 5 6 11 −2 25 21 4 5 9 4 8 48 1 8 9 −3 18 53 5 2 7 −7 44 64 1 6 7 −12 35 18 2 2 4 −1 4 8 1 2 3 5 0 ‡ 5 0 2 2 −1 2 11 1 0 1 −6 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 2 † 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 47 46 2,599:07 21 17 6 97 2.24 1388 .930 3 0 0 0 ‡ 20 17 1,096:30 5 9 4 63 3.45 587 .893 1 0 0 2 † 10 10 596:40 2 6 2 32 3.22 317 .899 1 0 0 0 4 4 240:45 1 3 0 14 3.49 129 .891 0 0 0 0 ‡ 7 5 387:45 0 6 0 28 4.33 194 .856 0 0 0 0 1 0 28:53 0 0 0 0 0.00 10 1.000 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

Transactions The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Chicago BlackhawksLaurent DauphinConnor Murphy To Arizona CoyotesNiklas Hjalmarsson To New York RangersTony DeAngelo1st-round pick in 2017 To Arizona CoyotesDerek StepanAntti Raanta To New Jersey DevilsCGY's 5th-round pick in 2018 To Arizona CoyotesScott Wedgewood To Tampa Bay LightningLouis Domingue To Arizona CoyotesMichael LeightonTye McGinn To New Jersey DevilsMichael Latta To Arizona CoyotesRyan Kujawinski To Pittsburgh PenguinsMichael Leighton4th-round pick in 2019 To Arizona CoyotesJosh ArchibaldSean Maguire6th-round pick in 2019 To Chicago BlackhawksAdam ClendeningAnthony Duclair To Arizona CoyotesLaurent DauphinRichard Panik To Columbus Blue JacketsFuture considerations To Arizona CoyotesJohn Ramage To Los Angeles KingsTobias RiederScott Wedgewood To Arizona CoyotesDarcy Kuemper To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan Kujawinski To Arizona CoyotesJordan Maletta To Nashville PredatorsTyler GaudetJohn Ramage To Arizona CoyotesPierre-Cedric LabrieTrevor Murphy To Carolina HurricanesJordan Martinook3rd-round pick in 2018 To Arizona CoyotesMarcus Kruger4th-round pick in 2018 To Buffalo SabresRights to Brandon HickeyRights to Mike Sislo To Arizona CoyotesHudson Fasching To San Jose SharksKyle Wood To Arizona CoyotesAdam Helewka To Montreal CanadiensMax Domi To Arizona CoyotesAlex Galchenyuk Notes: Arizona to retain 15% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Adam Clendening New York Rangers 1-year, $650,000 Zac Rinaldo Boston Bruins 1-year, $700,000 Mike Sislo Colorado Avalanche 1-year, $650,000 Joel Hanley Montreal Canadiens 1-year, $725,000 Andrew Campbell Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year, $1.3 million Michael Latta Chicago Blackhawks 1-year, $650,000 Emerson Etem Anaheim Ducks 1-year, $850,000 Brayden Burke Moose Jaw Warriors 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract Jordan Gross Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-year, $3.55 million entry-level contract David Ullstrom HV71 1-year, $650,000 Ilya Lyubushkin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1-year, $1.35 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Chad Johnson Buffalo Sabres 1-year, $2.5 million contract Josh Jooris Carolina Hurricanes 1-year, $750,000 Grayson Downing Edmonton Oilers 1-year Radim Vrbata Florida Panthers 1-year, $2.5 million Peter Holland Montreal Canadiens 2-year, $1.3 million Jarred Tinordi Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year, $650,000 Jamie McBain Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year, $650,000 Chris Mueller Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year, $1.3 million Alexander Burmistrov Vancouver Canucks 1-year, $900,000 Jeremy Morin Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 1-year Mitch Moroz Idaho Steelheads 1-year Joe Whitney Hartford Wolf Pack 1-year Branden Troock Greenville Swamp Rabbits Unknown Garret Ross Rochester Americans 1-year Zbynek Michalek Sparta Praha Unknown

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Freddie Hamilton Calgary Flames

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref

Players released Date Player Via Ref Emerson Etem Contract termination