2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season is the 42nd season for National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 25th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season,[1] and the 49th overall, including the World Hockey Association years. This would have been the final year of the Coyotes being in the Pacific Division in the 2020–21 season before the new NHL expansion team the Seattle Kraken enters into the Pacific Division in the 2021–22 NHL season.[2] However, on December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Coyotes will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Arizona Coyotes
2020–21 record5–5–1
Home record3–2–1
Road record2–3–0
Goals for30
Goals against30
Team information
General managerBill Armstrong
CoachRick Tocchet
CaptainOliver Ekman-Larsson
Alternate captainsNiklas Hjalmarsson
Phil Kessel
ArenaGila River Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsChristian Dvorak (6)
AssistsConor Garland (8)
PointsConor Garland (12)
Penalty minutesJason Demers (12)
Plus/minusConor Garland (+6)
WinsDarcy Kuemper (3)
Goals against averageDarcy Kuemper (2.46)

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 11 7 3 1 6 38 24 +14 15
2 St. Louis Blues 12 7 4 1 6 40 39 +1 15
3 Vegas Golden Knights 8 6 1 1 5 28 19 +9 13
4 Anaheim Ducks 13 5 5 3 4 25 34 −9 13
5 Minnesota Wild 11 6 5 0 3 30 30 0 12
6 Arizona Coyotes 11 5 5 1 5 30 30 0 11
7 San Jose Sharks 10 4 5 1 1 28 37 −9 9
8 Los Angeles Kings 10 3 5 2 3 28 34 −6 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[4]

2020–21 game log
February: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
9February 2Arizona3–4St. LouisKuemper1,4003–5–17Recap
10February 4Arizona4–3St. LouisRaanta—4–5–19Recap
—February 6Arizona–MinnesotaPostponed due to COVID-19.[5]
11February 6Arizona3–1St. LouisKuemper—5–5–111Recap
—February 7Arizona–MinnesotaPostponed due to COVID-19.
12February 8Arizona–St. Louis
—February 9Arizona–ColoradoPostponed due to COVID-19.[6]
—February 11Arizona–ColoradoPostponed due to COVID-19.
13February 13St. Louis–Arizona
14February 15St. Louis–Arizona
15February 18Los Angeles–Arizona
16February 20Los Angeles–Arizona
17February 22Anaheim–Arizona
18February 24Anaheim–Arizona
19February 25Colorado–Arizona
20February 27Colorado–Arizona

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

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated January 30, 2021[7][8]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
16 Derick Brassard C L 33 2020 Hull, Quebec
91 Drake Caggiula LW L 26 2020 Pickering, Ontario
75 Kyle Capobianco D L 23 2015 Mississauga, Ontario
26 Michael Chaput C L 28 2019 Ile Bizard, Quebec
6 Jakob Chychrun D L 22 2016 Boca Raton, Florida
67 Lawson Crouse LW L 23 2016 Mount Brydges, Ontario
55 Jason Demers D R 32 2017 Dorval, Quebec
18 Christian Dvorak C L 25 2014 Frankfort, Illinois
23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (C)  D L 29 2009 Karlskrona, Sweden
24 Hudson Fasching RW R 25 2018 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
36 Christian Fischer RW R 23 2015 Chicago, Illinois
83 Conor Garland RW R 24 2015 Scituate, Massachusetts
34 Frederik Gauthier C L 25 2021 Laval, Quebec
33 Alex Goligoski D L 35 2016 Grand Rapids, Minnesota
79 Jordan Gross D R 25 2018 Maple Grove, Minnesota
15 John Hayden C R 25 2020 Chicago, Illinois
29 Barrett Hayton C L 20 2018 Peterborough, Ontario
31 Adin Hill G L 24 2016 Comox, British Columbia
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson (A) D L 33 2017 Eksjö, Sweden
28 Dryden Hunt LW L 26 2020 Nelson, British Columbia
9 Clayton Keller LW/C L 22 2017 Chesterfield, Missouri
81 Phil Kessel (A) RW R 33 2019 Madison, Wisconsin
35 Darcy Kuemper G L 30 2018 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22 Johan Larsson LW L 28 2020 Lau, Sweden
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D R 26 2018 Moscow, Russia
42 Aaron Ness D L 30 2019 Bemidji, Minnesota
82 Jordan Oesterle D L 28 2018 Dearborn Heights, Michigan
17 Tyler Pitlick RW R 29 2020 Minneapolis, Minnesota
32 Antti Raanta G L 31 2017 Rauma, Finland
8 Nick Schmaltz C R 24 2018 Madison, Wisconsin

Draft picks
See also: List of Arizona Coyotes draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 49 Forfeited pick[lower-alpha 1]
4 111 Mitchell Miller (renounced)[lower-alpha 2] D United States Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5 142 Carson Bantle LW United States Michigan Tech (WCHA)
6 173 Filip Barklund C Sweden Orebro Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7 192 Elliot Ekefjard RW Sweden Malmö Redhawks Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7 204 Ben McCartney LW Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Draft notes
  1. The Coyotes' second-round pick in 2020 was forfeited as the result of a penalty sanction due to violations of the NHL Combine Testing Policy during the 2019–20 NHL season. The penalty included the forfeiture of a first-round pick in 2021.[9]
  2. After controversy with Mitchell Miller, the Coyotes decided to renounce the pick on October 29, 2020.[10][11]

References
  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. Kaplan, Emily (December 4, 2018). "Seattle gets NHL expansion team, to debut in 2021–22 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  3. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  4. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. "Wild have four games postponed; players added to NHL COVID-19 protocol". NHL.com. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. "Avalanche have four more games postponed due to COVID-19 protocol". NHL.com. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. "Arizona Coyotes Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  8. "Arizona Coyotes Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  9. "NHL announces sanctions to Coyotes for violating combine testing policy". August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  10. "NHL draft pick Mitchell Miller under fire for bullying black, disabled classmate". October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  11. "Coyotes renounce draft pick Mitchell Miller after report of bullying, racism". October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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