League: | NHL |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Year: | 2014 |
Team: | Arizona Coyotes |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 14th |
Division: | Pacific |
Divisionrank: | 7th |
Record: | 24–50–8 |
Homerecord: | 11–25–5 |
Roadrecord: | 13–25–3 |
Goalsfor: | 170 |
Goalsagainst: | 272 |
Generalmanager: | Don Maloney |
Coach: | Dave Tippett |
Captain: | Shane Doan |
Altcaptain: | Kyle Chipchura (Mar.–Apr.) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Mar.–Apr.) Martin Hanzal Keith Yandle (Oct.–Mar.) |
Arena: | Gila River Arena |
Attendance: | 13,345 (77.9%) 41 Games |
Minorleague: | Portland Pirates (AHL) Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23) |
Assistsleader: | Sam Gagner (26) |
Pointsleader: | Oliver Ekman-Larsson (43) |
Plusminusleader: | Rob Klinkhammer (+3) |
Pimleader: | Kyle Chipchura (82) |
Winsleader: | Mike Smith (14) |
Gaaleader: | Louis Domingue (2.73) |
Prev Season: | 2013–14 |
The 2014–15 Arizona Coyotes season was the 36th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 19th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season,[1] 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.
The club officially changed their team name to the "Arizona Coyotes" on June 27, 2014, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[2] The name change was part of the deal approved by the City of Glendale to keep the team from relocating.[3]
The Coyotes competed in eight preseason exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.[2]
Pre-season game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–2) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 22 | Los Angeles | 4–5 | Arizona | SO | 6,917 | 1–0–0 | Recap | ||
2 | September 22 | Arizona | 3–4 | Los Angeles | SO | 12,989 | 1–0–1 | Recap | ||
3 | September 23 | Arizona | 4–0 | Anaheim | 14,104 | 2–0–1 | Recap | |||
4 | September 24 | Arizona | 3–4 | Calgary | OT | 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 | Recap | ||
Notes: Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game). |
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Legend: |
Final stats[4]
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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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 |
Player | ||||||||||||||||
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style=white-space:nowrap | 62 | 61 | 3,556 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 187 | 3.16 | 1955 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | ‡ | 19 | 16 | 1035 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 2.72 | 561 | .916 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style=white-space:nowrap | 7 | 4 | 308 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2.73 | 158 | .911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 34 | .853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Award | Awarded | |
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NHL Third Star of the Week[5] | December 29, 2014 | ||
NHL All-Star game selection[6] | January 10, 2015 |
Player | Milestone | Reached | |
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1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 25, 2014 | ||
400th career NHL point | October 28, 2014 | ||
1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st 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 goal 1st 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 assist 1st 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 |
The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.
June 28, 2014[7] | To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2014 | To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2014 | |
June 29, 2014[8] | To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2015 | To Arizona Coyotes Sam Gagner B. J. Crombeen | |
December 5, 2014[9] | To Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Klinkhammer conditional 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes Philip Samuelsson | |
January 14, 2015[10] | To Minnesota Wild Devan Dubnyk | To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2015 | |
February 28, 2015[11] | To Chicago Blackhawks Antoine Vermette | To Arizona Coyotes Klas Dahlbeck 1st-round pick in 2015 | |
March 1, 2015[12] | To New York Rangers Keith Yandle Chris Summers 4th-round pick in 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes John Moore Anthony Duclair 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2016 | |
March 2, 2015[13] | To St. Louis Blues Zbynek Michalek Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 | To Arizona Coyotes Maxim Letunov | |
March 2, 2015[14] | To New York Islanders Mark Louis | To Arizona Coyotes David Leggio |
Date | Player | Former team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $800,000 | [15] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | [16] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | ||||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | ||||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | ||||
July 1, 2014 | Dylan Reese | 1 year, $550,000 | |||
July 1, 2014 | 3 years, $3.3 million | [17] | |||
July 5, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | [18] | |||
May 28, 2015 | 1 year, entry-level contract | [19] |
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $1 million | [20] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | [21] | |||
July 2, 2014 | 2 years, $10 million | [22] | |||
July 4, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | [23] | |||
July 15, 2014 | 1 year, $1.05 million | [24] |
Player | Former team | Date claimed off waivers | |
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Mark Arcobello[25] | February 11, 2015 | ||
Tye McGinn[26] | March 2, 2015 | ||
March 2, 2015 |
The following players were signed by the Coyotes. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
July 11, 2014 | 1 year, $800,000 | [28] | ||
July 15, 2014 | 1 year, $625,000* | [29] | ||
July 15, 2014 | 2 years, $1.26 million* | |||
July 18, 2014 | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract | [30] | ||
October 5, 2014 | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract | [31] | ||
April 10, 2015 | 3-year, entry-level contract | [32] | ||
April 17, 2015 | 3-year, entry-level contract | [33] |
See also: List of Arizona Coyotes draft picks. The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[34]
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||||
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align=center | 1 | align=center | 12 | Brendan Perlini | LW | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) | ||
align=center | 2 | align=center | 43 | Ryan MacInnis | C | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | ||
align=center | 2 | align=center | 58 | Christian Dvorak | LW | London Knights (OHL) | ||
align=center | 3 | align=center | 87 | Anton Karlsson | RW | Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr) | ||
align=center | 4 | align=center | 117 | Michael Bunting | LW | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | ||
align=center | 5 | align=center | 133 | Dysin Mayo | D | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) | ||
align=center | 6 | align=center | 163 | David Westlund | D | Brynas IF Jr. (Sweden Jr.) | ||
align=center | 7 | align=center | 191 | Jared Fiegl | LW | USA U–18 (USHL) | ||
align=center | 7 | align=center | 193 | Edgars Kulda | LW | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |