The 2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season was 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, 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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 2011–12 season, ending the second longest playoff drought in the NHL, and longest in the Western Conference. The team defeated the Nashville Predators in the qualifying round for their first series win since 2012, but were defeated in the first round by the Colorado Avalanche in five games.

Due to the pandemic, this was the Coyotes' final season in the Pacific Division. The following season saw the Coyotes moved to the temporarily reformed West Division. As per the league's previously agreed realignment, the team returned to the Central Division in 2021 to make room for the expansion Seattle Kraken. Due to suspending operations in 2024, this was the last season the Coyotes made the playoffs and won a playoff series.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

Tiebreaking procedures Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number 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 number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019. 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 2 September 17 Los Angeles 4–1 Arizona Raanta – 0–2–0 3 September 17 Arizona 5–0 Los Angeles Kuemper 8,133 1–2–0 4 September 21 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Kuemper – 2–2–0 5 September 24 Arizona 4–2 Edmonton Hill 15,976 3–2–0 6 September 26 Arizona 4–2 Vancouver Hill 18,528 4–2–0 7 September 28 Arizona 1–2 Anaheim Kuemper 15,105 4–3–0 Notes: Indicates split-squad.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 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 2 October 5 Boston 1–0 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 0–2–0 0 3 October 10 Vegas 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 13,864 1–2–0 2 4 October 12 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Raanta 18,053 1–2–1 3 5 October 15 Arizona 4–2 Winnipeg Kuemper 14,764 2–2–1 5 6 October 17 Nashville 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 13,521 3–2–1 7 7 October 19 Ottawa 2–5 Arizona Raanta 17,125 4–2–1 9 8 October 22 Arizona 3–2 NY Rangers OT Kuemper 17,435 5–2–1 11 9 October 24 Arizona 2–4 NY Islanders Kuemper 10,752 5–3–1 11 10 October 25 Arizona 5–3 New Jersey Raanta 14,724 6–3–1 13 11 October 28 Arizona 3–2 Buffalo SO Kuemper 15,358 7–3–1 15 12 October 30 Montreal 4–1 Arizona Raanta 14,004 7–4–1 15 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 14 November 4 Arizona 3–2 Edmonton OT Kuemper 17,105 9–4–1 19 15 November 5 Arizona 3–4 Calgary OT Raanta 17,824 9–4–2 20 16 November 7 Columbus 3–2 Arizona Kuemper 12,115 9–5–2 20 17 November 9 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona Kuemper 14,428 9–6–2 20 18 November 11 Arizona 4–3 Washington SO Raanta 18,573 10–6–2 22 19 November 12 Arizona 3–2 St. Louis SO Kuemper 18,096 11–6–2 24 20 November 14 Arizona 2–3 Minnesota Raanta 17,079 11–7–2 24 21 November 16 Calgary 0–3 Arizona Kuemper 13,534 12–7–2 26 22 November 18 Los Angeles 0–3 Arizona Raanta 12,210 13–7–2 28 23 November 21` Toronto 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 12,495 13–8–2 28 24 November 23 Arizona 3–2 Los Angeles Raanta 15,912 14–8–2 30 25 November 24 Edmonton 4–3 Arizona SO Kuemper 12,908 14–8–3 31 26 November 27 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Kuemper 14,741 15–8–3 33 27 November 29 Arizona 1–2 Vegas SO Kuemper 18,326 15–8–4 34 28 November 30 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Raanta 15,485 15–9–4 34 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 30 December 5 Arizona 3–1 Philadelphia Kuemper 17,440 17–9–4 38 31 December 6 Arizona 0–2 Pittsburgh Raanta 18,432 17–10–4 38 32 December 8 Arizona 4–3 Chicago SO Kuemper 21,232 18–10–4 40 33 December 10 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Raanta 11,198 18–11–4 40 34 December 12 Chicago 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 13,150 19–11–4 42 35 December 14 New Jersey 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 19–12–4 42 36 December 17 Arizona 3–2 San Jose Kuemper 16,076 20–12–4 44 37 December 19 Minnesota 8–5 Arizona Kuemper 15,582 20–13–4 44 38 December 22 Arizona 5–2 Detroit Raanta 19,515 21–13–4 46 39 December 23 Arizona 2–3 Nashville Raanta 17,697 21–14–4 46 40 December 28 Arizona 1–4 Vegas Raanta 18,461 21–15–4 46 41 December 29 Dallas 4–2 Arizona Raanta 17,125 21–16–4 46 42 December 31 St. Louis 1–3 Arizona Raanta 14,618 22–16–4 48 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 44 January 4 Philadelphia 2–6 Arizona Raanta 17,125 24–16–4 52 45 January 7 Arizona 5–2 Florida Hill 12,120 25–16–4 54 46 January 9 Arizona 0–4 Tampa Bay Hill 19,092 25–17–4 54 47 January 10 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Raanta 16,476 25–18–4 54 48 January 12 Pittsburgh 4–3 Arizona SO Hill 13,755 25–18–5 55 49 January 14 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Hill 14,716 26–18–5 57 50 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Vancouver Hill 18,871 26–19–5 57 51 January 18 Arizona 3–7 Edmonton Raanta 18,347 26–20–5 57 52 January 29 Arizona 2–4 Anaheim Raanta 16,730 26–21–5 57 53 January 30 Los Angeles 3–2 Arizona OT Hill 13,346 26–21–6 58 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 55 February 4 Edmonton 0–3 Arizona Raanta 14,725 27–21–7 61 56 February 6 Carolina 5–3 Arizona Raanta 11,632 27–22–7 61 57 February 8 Arizona 2–4 Boston Hill 17,850 27–23–7 61 58 February 10 Arizona 3–2 Montreal Raanta 20,789 28–23–7 63 59 February 11 Arizona 2–3 Toronto OT Hill 19,039 28–23–8 64 60 February 13 Arizona 2–3 Ottawa Raanta 9,762 28–24–8 64 61 February 15 Washington 1–3 Arizona Raanta 17,139 29–24–8 66 62 February 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona Raanta 13,956 30–24–8 68 63 February 19 Arizona 2–3 Dallas Hill 18,227 30–25–8 68 64 February 20 Arizona 0–1 St. Louis Raanta 18,096 30–26–8 68 65 February 22 Tampa Bay 3–7 Arizona Raanta 14,825 31–26–8 70 66 February 25 Florida 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 12,391 31–27–8 70 67 February 29 Buffalo 2–5 Arizona Raanta 17,125 32–27–8 72 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 69 March 6 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Kuemper 19,206 33–28–8 74 70 March 9 Arizona 2–4 Winnipeg Kuemper 15,325 33–29–8 74 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 ArizonaLegend:

Playoffs

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

The Coyotes were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round in five games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern 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 2 August 4 Arizona 2–4 Nashville Kuemper 1–1 3 August 5 Nashville 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 2–1 4 August 7 Nashville 3–4 Arizona OT Kuemper 3–1 Western Conference First Round vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Kuemper 0–1 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Kuemper 0–2 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Kuemper 1–2 4 August 17 Colorado 7–1 Arizona Kuemper 1–3 5 August 19 Arizona 1–7 Colorado Kuemper 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 70 11 34 45 3 20 70 17 27 44 −6 28 68 22 17 39 1 20 70 18 20 38 6 12 70 14 24 38 −21 22 70 17 18 35 6 18 70 4 28 32 8 24 66 9 21 30 −3 38 70 10 18 28 −4 16 † 35 10 17 27 −3 14 63 12 14 26 4 38 66 15 10 25 0 33 68 5 17 22 1 14 58 3 10 13 −9 14 46 8 3 11 −4 6 59 6 5 11 1 20 50 0 11 11 5 25 56 6 3 9 2 16 27 1 4 5 −2 14 20 1 3 4 2 14 51 0 4 4 4 18 9 1 0 1 −1 2 24 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs Player 9 4 3 7 1 0 9 2 4 6 −4 10 9 1 4 5 −4 6 9 1 3 4 1 0 9 1 3 4 −1 4 9 1 3 4 3 8 9 0 4 4 5 8 9 3 0 3 −1 6 9 2 1 3 −1 4 9 2 1 3 1 0 9 2 0 2 1 2 9 1 1 2 0 2 8 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 2 2 1 2 9 1 0 1 −4 8 9 0 1 1 0 6 9 0 1 1 −7 6 9 0 0 0 −5 2 3 0 0 0 −3 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 29 29 1,753:24 16 11 2 65 2.22 903 .928 2 0 0 6 33 32 1,822:54 15 14 3 80 2.63 1,014 .921 2 0 0 2 13 9 640:46 2 4 3 28 2.62 343 .918 0 0 0 2 Playoffs Player 9 9 501:59 4 5 29 3.47 334 .913 0 0 0 0 2 0 40:00 0 0 4 6.00 14 .714 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.

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