# 2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2019–20 Arizona Coyotes season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 24th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 48th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 2011–12 season, ending the second longest playoff drought in the NHL, and longest in the Western Conference. The team defeated the Nashville Predators in the qualifying round for their first series win since 2012, but were defeated in the first round by the Colorado Avalanche in five games.
Due to the pandemic, this was the Coyotes' final season in the Pacific Division. The following season saw the Coyotes moved to the temporarily reformed West Division. As per the league's previously agreed realignment, the team returned to the Central Division in 2021 to make room for the expansion Seattle Kraken. Due to suspending operations in 2024, this was the last season the Coyotes made the playoffs and won a playoff series.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | 86 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | 83 |
| 3 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 79 |
| 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | 78 |
| 5 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 74 |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | 67 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | 64 |
| 8 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | 63 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

#### Tiebreaking procedures

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
* 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.
* Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
* Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Coyotes defeated the Nashville Predators in four games in the qualifying round.
The Coyotes were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round in five games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Nick Schmaltz | 70 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 20 |
| Clayton Keller | 70 | 17 | 27 | 44 | −6 | 28 |
| Conor Garland | 68 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 20 |
| Christian Dvorak | 70 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 12 |
| Phil Kessel | 70 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −21 | 22 |
| Carl Soderberg | 70 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 6 | 18 |
| Alex Goligoski | 70 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 24 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 66 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −3 | 38 |
| Derek Stepan | 70 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −4 | 16 |
| Taylor Hall$^†$ | 35 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −3 | 14 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 63 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 38 |
| Lawson Crouse | 66 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 33 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 68 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 14 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 58 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −9 | 14 |
| Michael Grabner | 46 | 8 | 3 | 11 | −4 | 6 |
| Brad Richardson | 59 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| Jason Demers | 50 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| Christian Fischer | 56 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 14 |
| Barrett Hayton | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Kyle Capobianco | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ness | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Gross | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Chaput | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Clayton Keller | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 10 |
| Derek Stepan | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 6 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Kessel | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Jason Demers | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Michael Grabner | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
| Brad Richardson | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Christian Dvorak | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawson Crouse | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carl Soderberg | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Conor Garland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
| Christian Fischer | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 6 |
| Alex Goligoski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Barrett Hayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Darcy Kuemper | 29 | 29 | 1,753:24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 65 | 2.22 | 903 | .928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Antti Raanta | 33 | 32 | 1,822:54 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 80 | 2.63 | 1,014 | .921 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adin Hill | 13 | 9 | 640:46 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 2.62 | 343 | .918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Darcy Kuemper | 9 | 9 | 501:59 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 3.47 | 334 | .913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antti Raanta | 2 | 0 | 40:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 14 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Coyotes. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.