2016–17 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2016–17 Arizona Coyotes season was 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, and the 45th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.
This season marked the end of the Shane Doan era, as he retired from the NHL after playing 21 seasons for the Winnipeg Jets-Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes franchise. Doan was the last remaining active player from the original Winnipeg Jets team, following Teemu Selanne's retirement in 2014.
== Standings ==
=== Divisional standings ===
=== Conference standings ===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)	2016 pre-season game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)																																																																																								
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
1 	September 26 	Los Angeles 	3–5 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	5,256 	1–0–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
2 	September 26 	Arizona 	3–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Langhamer 	11,064 	1–1–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
3 	September 27 	Arizona 	2–1 	Anaheim 	 	Peters 	14,609 	2–1–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
4 	September 30 	Arizona 	2–3 	San Jose 	OT 	Domingue 	15,985 	2–1–1 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
5 	October 1 	Anaheim 	2–3 	Arizona 	OT 	Smith 	7,181 	3–1–1 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
6 	October 3 	Arizona 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Domingue 	16,869 	4–1–1 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
7 	October 5 	Arizona 	1–2 	Calgary 	SO 	Smith 	17,878 	4–1–2 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
8 	October 7 	San Jose 	1–3 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	7,235 	5–1–2 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
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===Regular season===
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October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)	October: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 15 	Philadelphia 	3–4 	Arizona 	OT 	Smith 	17,125 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 18 	Arizona 	4–7 	Ottawa 	 	Domingue 	11,061 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 20 	Arizona 	2–5 	Montreal 	 	Domingue 	21,288 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap 	
4 	October 21 	Arizona 	2–3 	NY Islanders 	 	Domingue 	13,076 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap 	
5 	October 23 	Arizona 	2–3 	NY Rangers 	 	Domingue 	18,006 	1–4–0 	2 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Arizona 	3–5 	New Jersey 	 	Peters 	12,756 	1–5–0 	2 	Recap 	
7 	October 27 	Arizona 	5–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Domingue 	19,432 	2–5–0 	4 	Recap 	
8 	October 29 	Colorado 	3–2 	Arizona 	 	Domingue 	13,533 	2–6–0 	4 	Recap 	
== Playoffs ==
The Coyotes missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.
== Player statistics ==
Final stats
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	20	35	55	−18	16
 	79	12	27	39	−25	48
 	59	9 	29	38	−9 	40
 	82	6 	30	36	−9 	28
 	80	16	18	34	−8 	6
 	78	15	18	33	7 	22
 	74	6 	21	27	–3 	48
‡ 	51	16	10	26	−15	43
 	77	11	14	25	–8 	40
 	57	14	7 	21	−4 	20
 	68	7 	13	20	−14	47
 	72	9 	8 	17	−23	23
 	77	2 	15	17	−13	45
 	58	5 	10	15	−7 	14
 	39	5 	9 	14	−13	37
† 	26	5 	9 	14	–1 	6
‡ 	46	7 	6 	13	−8 	70
 	72	5 	7 	12	−20	48
† 	40	5 	6 	11	−14	18
† 	42	3 	7 	10	–3 	10
 	16	5 	4 	9 	−1 	15
‡ 	45	1 	8 	9 	−5 	12
 	78	1 	7 	8 	–9 	85
 	24	2 	1 	3 	−2 	12
 	7 	3 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	2 	2 	–3 	0
† 	4 	1 	0 	1 	–1 	4
 	24	0 	1 	1 	−1 	24
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−5 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	55	3202:08	19	26	9	156	2.92	1819	.914	3	0	0	14
 	31	26	1598:41	11	15	1	82 	3.08	888 	.908	0	0	0	0
‡ 	3 	1 	132:55 	0 	1 	0	7 	3.16	70 	.900	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	15:31 	0 	0 	0	1 	3.75	8 	.875	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
==Transactions==
The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Detroit Red WingsJoe VitaleNYR's 1st-round pick in 2016compensatory 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Arizona Coyotescontract of Pavel Datsyuk1st-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Tampa Bay Lightning2nd-round pick in 2016 	To Arizona CoyotesAnthony DeAngelo 	
 	To Florida Panthers3rd-round pick in 2017Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018 	To Arizona CoyotesLawson CrouseDave Bolland 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsConditional 6th-round pick in 2018 	To Arizona CoyotesPeter Holland 	
 	To Dallas Stars Justin PetersJustin Hache 	To Arizona Coyotes Brendan RanfordBranden Troock 	
 	To Edmonton Oilers Henrik Samuelsson 	To Arizona Coyotes Mitch Moroz 	
 	To Calgary Flames Michael Stone 	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2017Conditional 5th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Stefan Fournier 	To Arizona Coyotes Jeremy Morin 	
 	To Edmonton Oilers Henrik Samuelsson 	To Arizona Coyotes Mitch Moroz 	
 	To Minnesota Wild Martin HanzalRyan White4th-round pick in 2017 	To Arizona Coyotes 1st-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2018conditional 4th-round pick in 2019Grayson Downing	
 	To Minnesota Wild Future considerations 	To Arizona Coyotes Teemu Pulkkinen 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Jamie McGinn 	Anaheim Ducks 	3 years, $10 million 	
 	Justin Peters	Hershey Bears 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jamie McBain 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Garret Ross 	Rockford IceHogs 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Chris Mueller	San Diego Gulls 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Ryan White 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1 year, $1 million 	
 	Luke Schenn 	Los Angeles Kings 	2 years, $2.5 million 	
 	Radim Vrbata 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $1 million 	
 	Lane Pederson	Swift Current Broncos 	3 years, $1.98 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jalen Smereck	Flint Firebirds 	3 years, $1.965 million entry-level contract	
 	Hunter Miska 	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	2 years, $3.55 million entry-level 	
 	Mario Kempe 	Vityaz Podolsk 	1 year, $650,000 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Jiri Sekac 	Ak Bars Kazan 	1 year, Undisclosed 	
 	Boyd Gordon 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1 year, $950,000 	
 	Sergei Plotnikov	SKA St. Petersburg 	2 years, Undisclosed 	
 	Alex Grant 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Viktor Tikhonov 	SKA St. Petersburg 	1 year, Undisclosed 	
 	Kyle Chipchura 	HC Slovan Bratislava	1 year, Undisclosed 	
 	Eric Selleck 	Tucson Roadrunners 	1 year, Undisclosed 	
 	Antoine Vermette	Anaheim Ducks 	2 years, $3.5 million 	
 	Alex Grant 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $600,000 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Josh Jooris 	New York Rangers	December 11, 2016 	
Alexander Burmistrov	Winnipeg Jets 	January 2, 2017 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Klas Dahlbeck	Carolina Hurricanes	October 11, 2016 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Craig Cunningham	
===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
 	Louis Domingue 	2 years, $2.1 million 	
 	Kevin Connauton	2 years, $2 million 	
 	Jarred Tinordi 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Klas Dahlbeck 	1 year, $750,000 	
 	Shane Doan 	1 year, $5 million 	
 	Tyler Gaudet 	1 year, $874,125 	
 	Stefan Fournier	1 year, $632,500 	
 	Connor Murphy 	6 years, $23.1 million 	
 	Michael Stone 	1 year, $4 million 	
 	Jakob Chychrun 	3 years, $4.05 million entry-level contract 	
 	Tobias Rieder 	2 years, $4.45 million 	
 	Kyle Capobianco	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Clayton Keller 	3 years, $5.0125 million entry-level contract	
 	Jens Looke 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level 	
 	Cam Dineen 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level 	
==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	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1 	16 	Jakob Chychrun	D 	Canada 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
3 	68 	Cam Dineen 	D 	United States	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
6 	158	Patrick Kudla 	D 	Canada 	Oakville Blades (OJHL)
7 	188	Dean Stewart 	D 	Canada 	Portage Terriers (MJHL)
;Draft notes
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
: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.
* The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015, that sent John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and a conditional first-round pick in 2016 to Arizona in exchange for Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and this pick.
* The Arizona Coyotes' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on June 16, 2016, that sent Alex Goligoski to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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