# 2014–15 Arizona Coyotes season

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, 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.

## Off-season

The club officially changed their team name to the "Arizona Coyotes" on June 27, 2014, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. The name change was part of the deal approved by the City of Glendale to keep the team from relocating.

### Training camp

The Coyotes competed in eight preseason exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 236 | 226 | +10 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 48 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 242 | 222 | +20 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Calgary Flames | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 41 | 241 | 216 | +25 | 97 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 7 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 231 | 201 | +30 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 36 | 230 | 210 | +20 | 99 |
| 3 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 261 | 260 | +1 | 92 |
| 5 | CE | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 219 | 227 | −8 | 90 |
| 6 | PA | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 7 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 8 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

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

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 82 | 23 | 20 | 43 | −18 | 40 |
| Sam Gagner | 81 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −28 | 28 |
| Keith Yandle$^‡$ | 63 | 4 | 37 | 41 | −32 | 32 |
| Shane Doan | 79 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −29 | 65 |
| Antoine Vermette$^‡$ | 62 | 13 | 22 | 35 | −22 | 34 |
| Martin Erat | 79 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −16 | 48 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 45 | 14 | 14 | 28 | −10 | 6 |
| Martin Hanzal | 37 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −1 | 31 |
| Tobias Rieder | 72 | 13 | 8 | 21 | −19 | 14 |
| Lauri Korpikoski | 69 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −27 | 12 |
| Michael Stone | 81 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −24 | 60 |
| Mark Arcobello$^†$ | 27 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −4 | 6 |
| Kyle Chipchura | 70 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −23 | 82 |
| David Moss | 60 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −18 | 24 |
| Joe Vitale | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −11 | 36 |
| Zbynek Michalek$^‡$ | 53 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −6 | 12 |
| Connor Murphy | 73 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −27 | 42 |
| B. J. Crombeen | 58 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −6 | 79 |
| Lucas Lessio | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −10 | 8 |
| John Moore$^†$ | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −11 | 11 |
| Brandon Gormley | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 10 |
| Craig Cunningham$^†$ | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| David Schlemko$^‡$ | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 4 |
| Rob Klinkhammer$^‡$ | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Brandon McMillan$^‡$ | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −18 | 16 |
| Klas Dahlbeck$^†$ | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 6 |
| Chris Summers$^‡$ | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −12 | 8 |
| Tye McGinn$^†$ | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
| Justin Hodgman | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Jordan Szwarz | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Andrew Campbell | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −13 | 10 |
| Brendan Shinnimin | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 |
| Jordan Martinook | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Alexandre Bolduc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Dylan Reese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Philip Samuelsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Henrik Samuelsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Tyler Gaudet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Mike Smith | 62 | 61 | 3,556 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 187 | 3.16 | 1955 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Devan Dubnyk$^‡$ | 19 | 16 | 1035 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 2.72 | 561 | .916 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Domingue | 7 | 4 | 308 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2.73 | 158 | .911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenna | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 34 | .853 | 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

## Notable achievements
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| S. Gagner | NHL Third Star of the Week | December 29, 2014 |
| O. Ekman-Larsson | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| J. Hodgman | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 25, 2014 |
| A. Vermette | 400th career NHL point | October 28, 2014 |
| T. Rieder | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 2, 2014 |
| M. Smith | 150th career NHL win | November 4, 2014 |
| Z. Michalek | 500th career NHL game | November 8, 2014 |
| B. Crombeen | 400th career NHL game | November 14, 2014 |
| S. Gagner | 300th career NHL point | November 14, 2014 |
| B. Gormley | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 16, 2014 |
| D. Dubnyk | 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 |
| M. Boedker | 100th career NHL assist | November 22, 2014 |
| B. Shinnimin | 1st career NHL game | November 29, 2014 |
| D. Schlemko | 200th career NHL game | December 1, 2014 |
| J. Martinook | 1st career NHL game | December 6, 2014 |
| T. Gaudet | 1st career NHL game | December 29, 2014 |
| J. Vitale | 200th career NHL game | January 6, 2015 |
| M. Smith | 20,000 career NHL minutes | January 8, 2015 |
| K. Yandle | 300th career NHL point | January 20, 2015 |
| A. Vermette | 800th career NHL game | January 29, 2015 |
| L. Domingue | 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 |
| M. Arcobello | 100th career NHL game | February 28, 2015 |
| L. Korpikoski | 400th career NHL game | March 22, 2015 |
| M. Stone | 200th career NHL game | April 3, 2015 |
| C. Murphy | 100th career NHL game | April 4, 2015 |

## Transactions

The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

### Trades

| June 28, 2014 | To Montreal Canadiens3rd-round pick in 2014 | To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| June 29, 2014 | To Tampa Bay Lightning6th-round pick in 2015 | To Arizona CoyotesSam Gagner B. J. Crombeen |
| December 5, 2014 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRob Klinkhammer conditional 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Arizona CoyotesPhilip Samuelsson |
| January 14, 2015 | To Minnesota WildDevan Dubnyk | To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| February 28, 2015 | To Chicago BlackhawksAntoine Vermette | To Arizona Coyotes Klas Dahlbeck 1st-round pick in 2015 |
| March 1, 2015 | To New York RangersKeith Yandle Chris Summers 4th-round pick in 2016 | To Arizona CoyotesJohn Moore Anthony Duclair 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2016 |
| March 2, 2015 | To St. Louis BluesZbynek Michalek Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 | To Arizona CoyotesMaxim Letunov |
| March 2, 2015 | To New York IslandersMark Louis | To Arizona CoyotesDavid Leggio |

### 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) |
| July 11, 2014 | David Moss | 1 year, $800,000 |
| July 15, 2014 | Brandon McMillan | 1 year, $625,000* |
| July 15, 2014 | Jordan Szwarz | 2 years, $1.26 million* |
| July 18, 2014 | Brendan Perlini | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| October 5, 2014 | Laurent Dauphin | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| April 10, 2015 | Ryan MacInnis | 3-year, entry-level contract |
| April 17, 2015 | Christian Dvorak | 3-year, entry-level contract |

## Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 12 | Brendan Perlini | LW | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 2 | 43 | Ryan MacInnis | C | United States | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 2 | 58 | Christian Dvorak | LW | United States | London Knights (OHL) |
| 3 | 87 | Anton Karlsson | RW | Sweden | Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr) |
| 4 | 117 | Michael Bunting | LW | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 5 | 133 | Dysin Mayo | D | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |
| 6 | 163 | David Westlund | D | Sweden | Brynas IF Jr. (Sweden Jr.) |
| 7 | 191 | Jared Fiegl | LW | United States | USA U–18 (USHL) |
| 7 | 193 | Edgars Kulda | LW | Latvia | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |

### Draft notes

* $^a$ The Chicago Blackhawks second-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent David Rundblad, Mathieu Brisebois to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.
* $^b$ The Arizona Coyotes third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent a third and fourth-round pick in 2014 to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
* The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on January 16, 2013, that sent Matthew Lombardi to the Coyotes in exchange for this pick.
* $^c$ The New Jersey Devils seventh-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Steve Sullivan to the Devils in exchange for this pick.