2016–17 Arizona Coyotes season

2016–17 Arizona Coyotes
Division TBD Pacific
Conference TBD Western
2016–17 record 8–11–4
Home record 5–5–1
Road record 3–6–3
Goals for 56
Goals against 72
Team information
General Manager John Chayka
Coach Dave Tippett
Captain Shane Doan
Alternate captains Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Martin Hanzal
Arena Gila River Arena
Minor league affiliations Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Radim Vrbata (8)
Assists Max Domi (11)
Points Radim Vrbata (17)
Penalties in minutes Ryan White (37)
Plus/minus Jordan Martinook (+4)
Wins Louis Domingue
Mike Smith (4)
Goals against average Mike Smith (2.64)
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The 2016–17 Arizona Coyotes season is the 38th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 21st season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season,[1] and the 45th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Sharks 25 15 9 1 15 60 51 +9 31
2 Edmonton Oilers 27 14 10 3 13 80 70 +10 31
3 Anaheim Ducks 26 12 9 5 12 67 67 0 29
4 Los Angeles Kings 25 13 10 2 12 66 66 0 28
5 Calgary Flames 28 13 13 2 11 71 82 11 28
6 Vancouver Canucks 25 11 12 2 8 58 75 17 24
7 Arizona Coyotes 24 8 12 4 6 57 76 19 20
Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Blackhawks 27 16 8 3 14 74 68 +6 35
2 St. Louis Blues 25 14 7 4 13 69 70 1 32
3 Minnesota Wild 24 12 8 4 12 66 51 +15 28
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Sharks 25 15 9 1 15 60 51 +9 31
2 Edmonton Oilers 27 14 10 3 13 80 70 +10 31
3 Anaheim Ducks 26 12 9 5 12 67 67 0 29
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Los Angeles Kings 25 13 10 2 12 66 66 0 28
2 CE Winnipeg Jets 28 13 13 2 12 74 81 7 28
3 PA Calgary Flames 28 13 13 2 11 71 82 11 28
4 CE Nashville Predators 24 11 9 4 11 71 66 +5 26
5 CE Dallas Stars 26 10 10 6 10 66 85 19 26
6 PA Vancouver Canucks 25 11 12 2 8 58 75 17 24
7 PA Arizona Coyotes 24 8 12 4 6 57 76 19 20
8 CE Colorado Avalanche 23 9 13 1 9 49 69 20 19
Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[3]
December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
22 December 1 Los Angeles 4–3 Arizona Smith 11,327 8–11–3 19 Recap
23 December 3 Columbus 3–2 Arizona SO Smith 11,287 8–11–4 20 Recap
24 December 5 Arizona Columbus ––
25 December 6 Arizona Chicago ––
26 December 8 Calgary Arizona ––
27 December 10 Nashville Arizona ––
28 December 12 Arizona Pittsburgh ––
29 December 13 Arizona Detroit ––
30 December 15 Arizona Toronto ––
31 December 17 Arizona Minnesota ––
32 December 19 Calgary Arizona ––
33 December 21 Edmonton Arizona ––
34 December 23 Toronto Arizona ––
35 December 27 Dallas Arizona ––
36 December 29 NY Rangers Arizona ––
37 December 31 Arizona Calgary ––

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of October 31, 2016

Regular season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Richardson, BradBrad Richardson 8 3 4 7 0 4
Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson 8 5 1 6 −1 4
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 8 4 2 6 2 2
Domi, MaxMax Domi 8 0 6 6 −2 6
Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook 8 3 2 5 0 6
Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal 8 2 2 4 −2 2
Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder 8 2 2 4 0 0
Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski 8 0 4 4 −8 2
Doan, ShaneShane Doan 8 1 2 3 −4 2
Chychrun, JakobJakob Chychrun 7 1 2 3 2 19
Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy 8 0 3 3 1 8
Stone, MichaelMichael Stone 4 0 3 3 −1 0
Dvorak, ChristianChristian Dvorak 7 0 3 3 1 2
Dauphin, LaurentLaurent Dauphin 7 1 1 2 −1 4
McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn 3 1 1 2 0 4
White, RyanRyan White 7 1 0 1 −2 10
Duclair, AnthonyAnthony Duclair 8 0 1 1 −1 0
Strome, DylanDylan Strome 3 0 1 1 −3 0
Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn 8 0 0 0 −1 0
Crouse, LawsonLawson Crouse 5 0 0 0 −3 2
Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton 2 0 0 0 −1 0
McBain, JamieJamie McBain 3 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue 6 5 274 1 5 0 20 4.38 153 0.869 0 0 0 0
Smith, MikeMike Smith 2 2 111 1 0 0 6 3.27 60 0.900 0 0 0 0
Peters, JustinJustin Peters 2 1 93 0 1 0 5 3.23 58 .914 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

Roster

Updated December 3, 2016.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
6 Canada Chychrun, JakobJakob Chychrun D L 18 2016 Boca Raton, Florida
44 Canada Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton D L 26 2016 Edmonton, Alberta
67 Canada Crouse, LawsonLawson Crouse LW L 19 2016 Mount Brydges, Ontario
76 Canada Dauphin, LaurentLaurent Dauphin C L 21 2013 Repentigny, Quebec
77 United States DeAngelo, AnthonyAnthony DeAngelo D R 21 2016 Sewell, New Jersey
19 Canada Doan, ShaneShane Doan (C) RW R 40 1995 Halkirk, Alberta
16 Canada Domi, MaxMax Domi LW L 21 2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba
35 Canada Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue G R 24 2010 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
10 Canada Duclair, AnthonyAnthony Duclair LW L 21 2015 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
18 United States Dvorak, ChristianChristian Dvorak C L 20 2014 Frankfort, Illinois
23 Sweden Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson (A) D L 25 2009 Karlskrona, Sweden
32 Canada Gaudet, TylerTyler Gaudet C L 23 2014 Hamilton, Ontario
33 United States Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski D L 31 2016 Grand Rapids, Minnesota
11 Czech Republic Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal (A) C L 29 2005 Písek, Czechoslovakia
48 Canada Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook LW L 24 2012 Brandon, Manitoba
88 Canada McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn LW L 28 2016 Fergus, Ontario
5 United States Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy D R 23 2011 Boston, Massachusetts
15 Canada Richardson, BradBrad Richardson  RW L 31 2015 Belleville, Ontario
8 Germany Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder RW L 23 2013 Landshut, Germany
2 Canada Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn D R 27 2016 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
41 Canada Smith, MikeMike Smith G L 34 2011 Kingston, Ontario
26 Canada Stone, MichaelMichael Stone D R 26 2008 Winnipeg, Manitoba
17 Czech Republic Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata RW R 35 2016 Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
25 Canada White, RyanRyan White C R 28 2016 Brandon, Manitoba

Transactions

The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To Detroit Red Wings
Joe Vitale
NYR's 1st-round pick in 2016
compensatory 2nd-round pick in 2016
To Arizona Coyotes
contract of Pavel Datsyuk
1st-round pick in 2016
[7]
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To Tampa Bay Lightning
2nd-round pick in 2016
To Arizona Coyotes
Anthony DeAngelo
[8]
August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25) To Florida Panthers
3rd-round pick in 2017
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018
To Arizona Coyotes
Lawson Crouse
Dave Bolland
[9]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jamie McGinn Anaheim Ducks 3 years, $10 million [10]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Justin Peters Hershey Bears 1 year, $600,000 [11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jamie McBain Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $650,000 [12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Garret Ross Rockford IceHogs 1 year, $600,000 [12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Chris Mueller San Diego Gulls 1 year, $600,000 [13]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Ryan White Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $1 million [14]
July 23, 2016 (2016-07-23) Luke Schenn Los Angeles Kings 2 years, $2.5 million [15]
August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16) Radim Vrbata Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $1 million [16]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) Jiri Sekac Ak Bars Kazan 1 year, Undisclosed [17]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Boyd Gordon Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $950,000 [18]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Sergei Plotnikov SKA St. Petersburg 2 years, Undisclosed [19]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Alex Grant Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000 [20]
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17) Viktor Tikhonov SKA St. Petersburg 1 year, Undisclosed [21]
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18) Kyle Chipchura HC Slovan Bratislava 1 year, Undisclosed [22]
August 5, 2016 (2016-08-05) Eric Selleck Tucson Roadrunners 1 year, Undisclosed [23]
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15) Antoine Vermette Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $3.5 million [24]
August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30) Alex Grant Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000 [25]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Klas Dahlbeck Carolina Hurricanes October 11, 2016 [26]

Player signings

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
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) Louis Domingue 2 years, $2.1 million [27]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Kevin Connauton 2 years, $2 million [28]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jarred Tinordi 1 year, $700,000 [12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Klas Dahlbeck 1 year, $750,000 [29]
July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12) Shane Doan 1 year, $5 million [30]
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15) Tyler Gaudet 1 year, $874,125 [31]
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) Stefan Fournier 1 year, $632,500 [32]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) Connor Murphy 6 years, $23.1 million [33]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) Michael Stone 1 year, $4 million [34]
July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30) Jakob Chychrun 3 years, $4.05 million entry-level contract [35]
October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04) Tobias Rieder 2 years, $4.45 million [36]

Draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 7 Clayton Keller C United States United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1 16[a] Jakob Chychrun D Canada Canada Sarnia Sting (OHL)
3 68 Cam Dineen D United States United States North Bay Battalion (OHL)
6 158 Patrick Kudla D Canada Canada Oakville Blades (OJHL)
7 188 Dean Stewart D Canada Canada Portage Terriers (MJHL)
Draft notes[37]
  • [a] The Detroit Red Wings’ first-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick and a compensatory second-round pick both in 2016 (20th and 53rd overall) to Detroit in exchange for Pavel Datsyuk and this pick.[38]
  • The Arizona Coyotes’ second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Anthony DeAngelo to Arizona in exchange for this pick.[39]
  • The Arizona Coyotes' compensatory second-round pick (53rd overall) went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016 (20th overall) and this pick.[38]
Arizona previously received this pick as compensation for not signing 2014 first-round draft pick Conner Bleackley, whom they acquired in an earlier trade with Colorado.[40]

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