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. 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.http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723375 The name change was part of the deal approved by the City of Glendale to keep the team from relocating. Coyotes fans to take hit in the wallet
=== Training camp ===
The Coyotes will compete in eight preseason exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.
== Regular season ==
== Schedule and results ==
=== Pre-season ===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 22 	Los Angeles 	4–5 	Arizona 	SO 	Smith 	6,917 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 22 	Arizona 	3–4 	Los Angeles 	SO 	Dubnyk 	12,989 	1–0–1 	Recap
3 	September 23 	Arizona 	4–0 	Anaheim 	 	Domingue 	14,104 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 24 	Arizona 	3–4 	Calgary 	OT 	Burke 	 	2–0–2 	Recap
5 	September 26 	Arizona 	2–1 	San Jose 	SO 	Dubnyk 	15,452 	3–0–2 	Recap
6 	September 29 	Arizona 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Smith 	18,050 	4–0–2 	Recap
7 	October 1 	Arizona 	2–3 	Edmonton 	 	Dubnyk 	16,839 	4–1–2 	Recap
8 	October 3 	San Jose 	3–1 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	7,873 	4–2–2 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played in Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Kraft Hockeyville game).
=== Regular season ===
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October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 9 	Winnipeg 	6–2 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	17,125 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 11 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	Arizona 	OT 	Dubnyk 	12,859 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 15 	Edmonton 	4–7 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	11,648 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 18 	St. Louis 	6–1 	Arizona 	 	Smith 	11,100 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 21 	Arizona 	3–4 	Nashville 	SO 	Dubnyk 	15,694 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap
6 	October 23 	Arizona 	0–2 	Minnesota 	 	Smith 	18,554 	2–3–1 	5 	Recap
7 	October 25 	Florida 	1–2 	Arizona 	OT 	Smith 	13,202 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 28 	Arizona 	3–7 	Tampa Bay 	 	Smith 	17,511 	3–4–1 	7 	Recap
9 	October 30 	Arizona 	1–2 	Florida 	 	Smith 	7,691 	3–5–1 	7 	Recap
== Player statistics ==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	23	20	43	−18	40
 	81	15	26	41	−28	28
‡ 	63	4 	37	41	−32	32
 	79	14	22	36	−29	65
‡ 	62	13	22	35	−22	34
 	79	9 	23	32	−16	48
 	45	14	14	28	−10	6
 	37	8 	16	24	−1 	31
 	69	6 	15	21	−27	12
 	72	13	8 	21	−19	14
 	81	3 	15	18	−24	60
† 	27	9 	7 	16	−4 	6
 	70	4 	10	14	−23	82
 	60	4 	8 	12	−18	24
 	70	3 	6 	9 	−11	36
‡ 	53	2 	6 	8 	−6 	12
 	73	4 	3 	7 	−27	42
 	58	3 	3 	6 	−6 	79
† 	19	1 	4 	5 	−11	11
 	26	2 	3 	5 	−10	8
† 	19	1 	3 	4 	−3 	2
 	27	2 	2 	4 	−7 	10
‡ 	20	1 	3 	4 	−5 	4
† 	19	0 	3 	3 	−7 	6
‡ 	19	3 	0 	3 	3 	4
‡ 	50	1 	2 	3 	−18	16
‡ 	17	0 	3 	3 	−12	8
† 	18	1 	1 	2 	−1 	10
 	33	0 	1 	1 	−13	10
 	5 	1 	0 	1 	−2 	2
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	−2 	2
 	12	0 	1 	1 	−1 	8
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	−3 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	61	3,556	14	42	5	187	3.16	1955	.904	0	0	1	10
‡ 	19	16	1035 	9 	5 	2	47 	2.72	561 	.916	1	0	0	0
 	7 	4 	308 	1 	2 	1	14 	2.73	158 	.911	0	0	0	0
 	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
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	December 29, 2014
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
=== Milestones ===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	October 25, 2014
 	400th career NHL point 	October 28, 2014
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	November 2, 2014
 	150th career NHL win 	November 4, 2014
 	500th career NHL game 	November 8, 2014
 	400th career NHL game 	November 14, 2014
 	300th career NHL point 	November 14, 2014
 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	November 16, 2014
 	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
 	100th career NHL assist 	November 22, 2014
 	1st career NHL game 	November 29, 2014
 	200th career NHL game 	December 1, 2014
 	1st career NHL game 	December 6, 2014
 	1st career NHL game 	December 29, 2014
 	200th career NHL game 	January 6, 2015
 	20,000 career NHL minutes 	January 8, 2015
 	300th career NHL point 	January 20, 2015
A. Vermette 	800th career NHL game 	January 29, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	January 31, 2015
L. Domingue 	1st career NHL win 	February 1, 2015
B. Shinnimin	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	February 3, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	February 28, 2015
 	400th career NHL game 	March 22, 2015
 	200th career NHL game 	April 3, 2015
 	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 20144th-round pick in 2014
June 29, 2014 	To Tampa Bay Lightning6th-round pick in 2015 	To Arizona CoyotesSam GagnerB. J. Crombeen
December 5, 2014 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRob Klinkhammerconditional 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 Dahlbeck1st-round pick in 2015
March 1, 2015 	To New York RangersKeith YandleChris Summers4th-round pick in 2016 	To Arizona CoyotesJohn MooreAnthony Duclair2nd-round pick in 2015Conditional 1st-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015 	To St. Louis BluesZbynek MichalekConditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 	To Arizona CoyotesMaxim Letunov
March 2, 2015 	To New York IslandersMark Louis 	To Arizona CoyotesDavid Leggio
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Devan Dubnyk 	Nashville Predators 	1 year, $800,000 	Coyotes Sign Dubnyk to One-Year Contract
July 1, 2014	Mike McKenna 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $550,000 	Coyotes Sign Bolduc, Campbell, Hodgman, McKenna & Reese
July 1, 2014	Andrew Campbell 	Manchester Monarchs 	1 year, $550,000 	
July 1, 2014	Alexandre Bolduc	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 1, 2014	Justin Hodgman 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	1 year, $550,000 	
July 1, 2014	Dylan Reese 	Amur Khabarovsk 	1 year, $550,000 	
July 1, 2014	Joe Vitale 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3 years, $3.3 million 	Coyotes Sign Vitale to Three-Year Contract
July 5, 2014	Patrick McNeill 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $550,000 	
May 28, 2015	Matthias Plachta	Adler Mannheim 	1 year, entry-level contract 	Coyotes Sign Plachta to Entry-Level Contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Thomas Greiss	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $1 million 	Penguins Sign Goaltender Thomas Greiss
July 1, 2014 	Andy Miele 	Detroit Red Wings 	1 year, $600,000 	Wings sign another Hobey Baker winner
July 2, 2014 	Radim Vrbata 	Vancouver Canucks 	2 years, $10 million 	Canucks sign Radim Vrbata to two-year deal
July 4, 2014 	Tim Kennedy 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $550,000 	CAPITALS SIGN TIM KENNEDY AND KRIS NEWBURY
July 15, 2014	Mike Ribeiro 	Nashville Predators	1 year, $1.05 million 	Nashville Predators Sign Mike Ribeiro to a One-Year Contract
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Mark ArcobelloCoyotes Claim Arcobello off Waivers 	Pittsburgh Penguins	February 11, 2015
Tye McGinnCoyotes Claim McGinn & Cunningham off Waivers	San Jose Sharks 	March 2, 2015
Craig Cunningham 	Boston Bruins 	March 2, 2015
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Brandon McMillanCanucks claim Brandon McMillan from waivers	Vancouver Canucks	February 12, 2015
=== 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
July 11, 2014 	David Moss 	1 year, $800,000 	Coyotes Sign Moss to One-Year Contract
July 15, 2014 	Brandon McMillan	1 year, $625,000* 	Coyotes Sign McMillan and Szwarz
July 15, 2014 	Jordan Szwarz 	2 years, $1.26 million* 	
July 18, 2014 	Brendan Perlini 	3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	Coyotes Sign Perlini to Entry-Level Contract
October 5, 2014	Laurent Dauphin 	3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	Coyotes Sign Dauphin to Entry-Level Contract
April 10, 2015 	Ryan MacInnis 	3 year, entry-level contract 	Coyotes Sign MacInnis to Entry-Level Contract
April 17, 2015 	Christian Dvorak	3 year, entry-level contract 	Coyotes Sign Dvorak to 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 	 	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
2 	43 	Ryan MacInnis 	C 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 	58 	Christian Dvorak	LW 	 	London Knights (OHL)
3 	87 	Anton Karlsson 	RW 	 	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr)
4 	117	Michael Bunting 	LW 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5 	133	Dysin Mayo 	D 	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
6 	163	David Westlund 	D 	 	Brynas IF Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
7 	191	Jared Fiegl 	LW 	 	USA U–18 (USHL)
7 	193	Edgars Kulda 	LW 	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
;Draft notes
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
== References ==
Category:Arizona Coyotes seasons
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