# 2010–11 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2010–11 Phoenix Coyotes season was the franchise's 15th season in Phoenix, Arizona, 32nd in the National Hockey League and 39th overall.

## Off-season

On June 17, the Coyotes announced their eight-game pre-season schedule, which includes two split-squad games and a game against Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Riga, Latvia.

## Standings

Pacific Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y-San Jose Sharks | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 3 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
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| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## Schedule and results

2010–11 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

On April 8, 2011, the Coyotes clinched their second consecutive Stanley Cup playoff berth with a 4–3 victory over the San Jose Sharks at Jobing.com Arena. It was the first time since the 1999–2000 season that the Coyotes have gone to the post-season two consecutive years. The Coyotes faced the Detroit Red Wings in the first round for the second consecutive year. Just before the start of the playoffs, news started to spread that when the Coyotes were eliminated from the playoffs, that the announcement would be made that the team would be moving to Winnipeg for the next season. The Coyotes players and coaching staff refused to use this distraction as an excuse.
Key: Win Loss
2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Shane Doan | 72 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 5 | 67 |
| Keith Yandle | 82 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 12 | 68 |
| Ray Whitney | 75 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 0 | 24 |
| Radim Vrbata | 79 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 5 | 20 |
| Eric Belanger | 82 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 36 |
| Lauri Korpikoski | 79 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 20 |
| Lee Stempniak | 82 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 4 | 19 |
| Taylor Pyatt | 76 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 27 |
| Scottie Upshall$^‡$ | 61 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 42 |
| Martin Hanzal | 61 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 54 |
| Kyle Turris | 65 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 16 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 75 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 52 |
| Vernon Fiddler | 71 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 46 |
| Derek Morris | 77 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −2 | 58 |
| Wojtek Wolski$^‡$ | 36 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 10 |
| Ed Jovanovski | 50 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 39 |
| David Schlemko | 43 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 24 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 34 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| Sami Lepisto$^‡$ | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| Michal Rozsival$^†$ | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| Andrew Ebbett | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Brett MacLean | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Yonkman | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
| Petr Prucha | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Paul Bissonnette | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 71 |
| Rostislav Klesla$^†$ | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −6 | 12 |
| Ryan Hollweg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Garrett Stafford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Summers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Shane Doan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| Radim Vrbata | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| Keith Yandle | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| Ray Whitney | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Hanzal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 8 |
| Kyle Turris | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Jovanovski | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Taylor Pyatt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Lauri Korpikoski | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 2 |
| David Schlemko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Eric Belanger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Michal Rozsival | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| Rostislav Klesla | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 |
| Vernon Fiddler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Paul Bissonnette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Stempniak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Andrew Ebbett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 68 | 4060 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 168 | 2.48 | 2125 | .921 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason LaBarbera | 17 | 883 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 3.26 | 529 | .909 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Climie | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.88 | 16 | .938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 4 | 234 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.36 | 140 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Coyotes. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Awards and records
### Records

| Player | Record (Amount) | Achieved |
| Shane Doan | Most games played in franchise history (1,099) | February 23, 2011 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Eric Belanger | 300th Career NHL Point | October 9, 2010 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 1st Career NHL Game | October 9, 2010 |
| Martin Hanzal | 100th Career NHL Point | October 16, 2010 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 23, 2010 |
| Lee Stempniak | 100th Career NHL Goal | November 3, 2010 |
| Vernon Fiddler | 400th Career NHL Game | November 19, 2010 |
| Scottie Upshall | 300th Career NHL Game | November 23, 2010 |
| Lee Stempniak | 400th Career NHL Game | December 5, 2010 |
| Keith Yandle | 100th Career NHL Point | December 9, 2010 |
| Ray Whitney | 1,100th Career NHL Game | December 16, 2010 |
| Sami Lepisto | 100th Career NHL Game | December 23, 2010 |
| Ed Jovanovski | 1,000th Career NHL Game | December 26, 2010 |
| Derek Morris | 900th Career NHL Game | December 26, 2010 |
| Brett MacLean | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | December 29, 2010 |
| Shane Doan | 700th Career NHL Point | December 31, 2010 |
| Kyle Turris | 100th Career NHL Game | January 13, 2011 |
| Radim Vrbata | 300th Career NHL Point | January 15, 2011 |
| Ray Whitney | 900th Career NHL Point | January 15, 2011 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 1st Career NHL Goal | January 17, 2011 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 100th Career NHL Game | January 20, 2011 |
| Chris Summers | 1st Career NHL Game | January 20, 2011 |
| Keith Yandle | 100th Career NHL Assist | January 26, 2011 |
| Shane Doan | 1,000th Career NHL PIM | February 1, 2011 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 300th Career NHL Game | February 5, 2011 |
| Lauri Korpikoski | 200th Career NHL Game | February 22, 2011 |
| Shane Doan | 1,100th Career NHL Game | February 25, 2011 |
| Eric Belanger | 700th Career NHL Game | March 3, 2011 |
| Brett MacLean | 1st Career NHL Assist | March 5, 2011 |
| Eric Belanger | 200th Career NHL Assist | March 18, 2011 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 1,000th Career NHL Game | March 20, 2011 |
| Paul Bissonnette | 100th Career NHL Game | March 26, 2011 |
| Derek Morris | 300th Career NHL Assist | March 26, 2011 |
| Michal Rozsival | 700th Career NHL Game | April 6, 2011 |
| Radim Vrbata | 600th Career NHL Game | April 8, 2011 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Mikkel Boedker | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| David Schlemko | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| Kyle Turris | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 13, 2011 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 18, 2011 |
| David Schlemko | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 18, 2011 |
| Kyle Turris | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | April 18, 2011 |
| Paul Bissonnette | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 20, 2011 |
| Martin Hanzal | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | April 20, 2011 |

### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Shane Doan | NHL Second Star of the Week | January 3, 2011 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | NHL Third Star of the Week | January 17, 2011 |
| Keith Yandle | NHL Second Star of the Month | January 2011 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | NHL Third Star of the Week | February 14, 2011 |

## Transactions

On December 16, 2010, Tom Fenton, a former college goaltender, was signed to a one-day amateur contract as an emergency backup to Jason LaBarbera after Ilya Bryzgalov became ill and could not play. He is a graduate student and a hockey coach at Manhattanville College, and had not played regularly since 2009 at American International College. His uniform number was 35, but he used his college mask with his college number, 30.
The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| May 13, 2010 | To Carolina Hurricanes Jared Staal | To Phoenix Coyotes 5th-round pick in 2010 – Luke Walker |
| June 25, 2010 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick (22nd overall) in 2010 – Jarred Tinordi 4th-round pick in 2010 – Mark Macmillan | To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2010 – Mark Visentin 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Oscar Lindberg |
| June 28, 2010 | To Colorado Avalanche Daniel Winnik | To Phoenix Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2012 – Rhett Holland |
| June 30, 2010 | To Edmonton Oilers Jim Vandermeer | To Phoenix Coyotes Patrick O'Sullivan |
| January 10, 2011 | To New York Rangers Wojtek Wolski | To Phoenix Coyotes Michal Rozsival |
| February 9, 2011 | To New York Islanders Al Montoya | To Phoenix Coyotes 6th-round pick in 2011 – Andrew Fritsch |
| February 28, 2011 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Scottie Upshall Sami Lepisto | To Phoenix Coyotes Rostislav Klesla Dane Byers |
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Maxim Goncharov3 years, $2.325 million entry-level contract
Oliver Ekman-Larsson3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Scottie Upshall1 year, $2.25 million
David Schlemko3 years, $1.65 million
Ryan Hollweg1 year, $500,000
Adrian Aucoin2 years, $4 million
Taylor Pyatt2 years, $2 million
Wojtek Wolski2 years, $7.6 million
Derek Morris4 years, $11 million
Sami Lepisto1 year, $800,000
Al Montoya1 year, $750,000
Alexandre Picard1 year, $868,219
Lee Stempniak2 years, $3.8 million
Martin Hanzal2 years, $3.6 million
Brandon Gormley3 years, $4.125 million entry-level contract
Mark Visentin3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Brett Hextall2 years, $1.4 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

Phoenix's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 13 (from Calgary) | Brandon Gormley | D | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
| 1 | 27 (from Montreal) | Mark Visentin | G | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 2 | 52 | Philip Lane | RW | United States | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
| 2 | 57 (from Montreal) | Oscar Lindberg | C | Sweden | Skellefteå AIK (Elitserien) |
| 5 | 138 (from Nashville via Carolina) | Louis Domingue | G | Canada | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |