2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season was 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, 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. 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 played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.
On May 5, 2021, the Coyotes were eliminated from playoff contention after a 4–2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was announced on December 23, 2020.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	San Jose 	4–3 	Arizona 	SO 	Kuemper 	2,274 	0–0–1 	1 	Recap
2 	January 16 	San Jose 	3–5 	Arizona 	 	Raanta 	2,384 	1–0–1 	3 	Recap
3 	January 18 	Arizona 	2–4 	Vegas 	 	Kuemper 	0 	1–1–1 	3 	Recap
4 	January 20 	Arizona 	2–5 	Vegas 	 	Kuemper 	0 	1–2–1 	3 	Recap
5 	January 22 	Vegas 	2–5 	Arizona 	 	Kuemper 	2,712 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap
6 	January 24 	Vegas 	1–0 	Arizona 	 	Kuemper 	2,672 	2–3–1 	5 	Recap
7 	January 26 	Anaheim 	1–0 	Arizona 	 	Kuemper 	1,808 	2–4–1 	5 	Recap
8 	January 28 	Anaheim 	2–3 	Arizona 	 	Kuemper 	2,252 	3–4–1 	7 	Recap
==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 	 	 	
4 	111	Mitchell Miller (renounced)	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===
==References==
Category:Arizona Coyotes seasons
Category:2020–21 NHL season by team