2016–17 Arizona Coyotes season

2016–17 Arizona Coyotes
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2016–17 record	30–42–10
Home record	18–18–5
Road record	12–24–5
Goals for	197
Goals against	260
Team information
General Manager	John Chayka
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Shane Doan
Alternate captains	Oliver Ekman-Larsson Martin Hanzal (Oct–Feb) Radim Vrbata (Feb–Apr)
Arena	Gila River Arena
Average attendance	12,648 (74%)
Team leaders
Goals	Radim Vrbata (20)
Assists	Radim Vrbata (35)
Points	Radim Vrbata (55)
Penalties in minutes	Luke Schenn (85)
Plus/minus	Christian Dvorak (+7)
Wins	Mike Smith (19)
Goals against average	Mike Smith (2.92)
<2015–16 2017–18>

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

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99
4	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
6	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
3	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
4	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
5	CE	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
6	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69
8	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Schedule and results

Pre-season

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
A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2016–17 game log
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
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 2–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 San Jose 2–3 Arizona Domingue 11,046 3–6–0 6 Recap 10 November 3 Nashville 2–3 Arizona SO Domingue 10,745 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 November 4 Arizona 1–5 Anaheim Domingue 16,405 4–7–0 8 Recap 12 November 8 Arizona 4–2 Colorado Domingue 13,858 5–7–0 10 Recap 13 November 10 Winnipeg 3–2 Arizona Domingue 11,185 5–8–0 10 Recap 14 November 12 Boston 2–1 Arizona Domingue 16,531 5–9–0 10 Recap 15 November 16 Arizona 1–2 Calgary OT Smith 18,202 5–9–1 11 Recap 16 November 17 Arizona 2–3 Vancouver OT Domingue 18,027 5–9–2 12 Recap 17 November 19 San Jose 2–3 Arizona OT Smith 13,148 6–9–2 14 Recap 18 November 23 Vancouver 4–1 Arizona Smith 11,256 6–10–2 14 Recap 19 November 25 Edmonton 2–3 Arizona SO Smith 14,950 7–10–2 16 Recap 20 November 27 Arizona 2–1 Edmonton Smith 18,347 8–10–2 18 Recap 21 November 29 Arizona 1–2 San Jose OT Smith 17,377 8–10–3 19 Recap
December: 3–11–2 (Home: 1–6–2 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Los Angeles 4–3 Arizona Smith 11,327 8–11–3 19 Recap 23 December 3 Columbus 3–2 Arizona SO Smith 11,287 8–11–4 20 Recap 24 December 5 Arizona 1–4 Columbus Domingue 11,091 8–12–4 20 Recap 25 December 6 Arizona 0–4 Chicago Smith 21,327 8–13–4 20 Recap 26 December 8 Calgary 2–1 Arizona OT Smith 10,210 8–13–5 21 Recap 27 December 10 Nashville 1–4 Arizona Smith 13,820 9–13–5 23 Recap 28 December 12 Arizona 0–7 Pittsburgh Smith 18,420 9–14–5 23 Recap 29 December 13 Arizona 4–1 Detroit Smith 20,027 10–14–5 25 Recap 30 December 15 Arizona 3–2 Toronto SO Smith 18,903 11–14–5 27 Recap 31 December 17 Arizona 1–4 Minnesota Smith 19,036 11–15–5 27 Recap 32 December 19 Calgary 4–2 Arizona Smith 12,192 11–16–5 27 Recap 33 December 21 Edmonton 3–2 Arizona Smith 11,378 11–17–5 27 Recap 34 December 23 Toronto 4–1 Arizona Smith 14,377 11–18–5 27 Recap 35 December 27 Dallas 3–2 Arizona Smith 14,561 11–19–5 27 Recap 36 December 29 NY Rangers 6–3 Arizona Smith 15,090 11–20–5 27 Recap 37 December 31 Arizona 2–4 Calgary Domingue 19,289 11–21–5 27 Recap
January: 5–6–1 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 4 Arizona 0–3 Vancouver Smith 18,215 11–22–5 27 Recap 39 January 6 Arizona 2–3 Anaheim OT Smith 15,415 11–22–6 28 Recap 40 January 7 NY Islanders 1–2 Arizona SO Domingue 12,380 12–22–6 30 Recap 41 January 13 Winnipeg 3–4 Arizona Smith 12,326 13–22–6 32 Recap 42 January 14 Anaheim 3–0 Arizona Domingue 12,015 13–23–6 32 Recap 43 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Edmonton Smith 18,347 13–24–6 32 Recap 44 January 18 Arizona 3–6 Winnipeg Smith 15,294 13–25–6 32 Recap 45 January 19 Arizona 3–4 Minnesota Domingue 19,027 13–26–6 32 Recap 46 January 21 Tampa Bay 3–5 Arizona Smith 12,177 14–26–6 34 Recap 47 January 23 Florida 2–3 Arizona OT Smith 10,042 15–26–6 36 Recap 48 January 26 Vancouver 0–3 Arizona Smith 11,203 16–26–6 38 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 49 January 31 Los Angeles 3–2 Arizona Smith 11,577 16–27–6 38 Recap
February: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 Chicago 4–3 Arizona Smith 17,125 16–28–6 38 Recap 51 February 4 Arizona 3–2 San Jose SO Smith 17,562 17–28–6 40 Recap 52 February 9 Montreal 5–4 Arizona OT Smith 14,098 17–28–7 41 Recap 53 February 11 Pittsburgh 3–4 Arizona OT Smith 15,879 18–28–7 43 Recap 54 February 13 Arizona 5–0 Calgary Smith 18,486 19–28–7 45 Recap 55 February 14 Arizona 2–5 Edmonton Domingue 18,347 19–29–7 45 Recap 56 February 16 Arizona 5–3 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 20–29–7 47 Recap 57 February 18 San Jose 4–1 Arizona Smith 17,446 20–30–7 47 Recap 58 February 20 Anaheim 2–3 Arizona Langhamer 14,554 21–30–7 49 Recap 59 February 23 Arizona 3–6 Chicago Smith 21,781 21–31–7 49 Recap 60 February 24 Arizona 2–5 Dallas Domingue 18,043 21–32–7 49 Recap 61 February 26 Buffalo 2–3 Arizona Domingue 13,432 22–32–7 51 Recap 62 February 28 Arizona 1–4 Boston Smith 17,565 22–33–7 51 Recap
March: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–3–2 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Arizona 3–6 Buffalo Smith 18,116 22–34–7 51 Recap 64 March 3 Arizona 4–2 Carolina Domingue 10,827 23–34–7 53 Recap 65 March 5 Carolina 2–1 Arizona Smith 10,224 23–35–7 53 Recap 66 March 9 Ottawa 3–2 Arizona OT Smith 10,611 23–35–8 54 Recap 67 March 11 New Jersey 4–5 Arizona Smith 11,223 24–35–8 56 Recap 68 March 13 Colorado 0–1 Arizona Smith 11,521 25–35–8 58 Recap 69 March 14 Arizona 3–2 Los Angeles SO Domingue 18,230 26–35–8 60 Recap 70 March 16 Detroit 5–4 Arizona SO Smith 15,036 26–35–9 61 Recap 71 March 18 St. Louis 3–0 Arizona Smith 15,132 26–36–9 61 Recap 72 March 20 Arizona 1–3 Nashville Smith 17,113 26–37–9 61 Recap 73 March 21 Arizona 5–3 Tampa Bay Domingue 19,092 27–37–9 63 Recap 74 March 23 Arizona 1–3 Florida Smith 11,338 27–38–9 63 Recap 75 March 25 Arizona 1–4 Washington Smith 18,506 27–39–9 63 Recap 76 March 27 Arizona 1–4 St. Louis Smith 19,164 27–40–9 63 Recap 77 March 29 St. Louis 3–1 Arizona Domingue 11,377 27–41–9 63 Recap 78 March 31 Washington 3–6 Arizona Domingue 14,290 28–41–9 65 Recap
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Arizona 2–1 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 29–41–9 67 Recap 80 April 4 Arizona 2–3 Dallas OT Smith 16,876 29–41–10 68 Recap 81 April 6 Vancouver 3–4 Arizona Domingue 11,959 30–41–10 70 Recap 82 April 8 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Smith 17,490 30–42–10 70 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Coyotes missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

Player statistics

Final stats

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Radim Vrbata	81	20	35	55	−18	16
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	79	12	27	39	−25	48
Max Domi	59	9	29	38	−9	40
Alex Goligoski	82	6	30	36	−9	28
Tobias Rieder	80	16	18	34	−8	6
Christian Dvorak	78	15	18	33	7	22
Shane Doan	74	6	21	27	−3	48
Martin Hanzal‡	51	16	10	26	−15	43
Jordan Martinook	77	11	14	25	−8	40
Brendan Perlini	57	14	7	21	−4	20
Jakob Chychrun	68	7	13	20	−14	47
Jamie McGinn	72	9	8	17	−23	23
Connor Murphy	77	2	15	17	−13	45
Anthony Duclair	58	5	10	15	−7	14
Anthony DeAngelo	39	5	9	14	−13	37
Alexander Burmistrov†	26	5	9	14	−1	6
Ryan White‡	46	7	6	13	−8	70
Lawson Crouse	72	5	7	12	−20	48
Peter Holland†	40	5	6	11	−14	18
Josh Jooris†	42	3	7	10	−3	10
Brad Richardson	16	5	4	9	−1	15
Michael Stone‡	45	1	8	9	−5	12
Luke Schenn	78	1	7	8	−9	85
Christian Fischer	7	3	0	3	0	0
Laurent Dauphin	24	2	1	3	−2	12
Clayton Keller	3	0	2	2	−3	0
Teemu Pulkkinen†	4	1	0	1	−1	4
Kevin Connauton	24	0	1	1	−1	24
Tyler Gaudet	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dylan Strome	7	0	1	1	−5	0
Jamie McBain	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Zbynek Michalek	3	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	55	55	3202:08	19	26	9	156	2.92	1819	.914	3	0	0	14
Louis Domingue	31	26	1598:41	11	15	1	82	3.08	888	.908	0	0	0	0
Justin Peters‡	3	1	132:55	0	1	0	7	3.16	70	.900	0	0	0	0
Marek Langhamer	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		Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Detroit Red Wings Joe Vitale NYR's 1st-round pick in 2016 compensatory 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Arizona Coyotes contract of Pavel Datsyuk 1st-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Arizona Coyotes Anthony DeAngelo
August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25)	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2017 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Arizona Coyotes Lawson Crouse Dave Bolland
December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 6th-round pick in 2018	To Arizona Coyotes Peter Holland
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)	To Dallas Stars Justin Peters Justin Hache	To Arizona Coyotes Brendan Ranford Branden Troock
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)	To Edmonton Oilers Henrik Samuelsson	To Arizona Coyotes Mitch Moroz
February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)	To Calgary Flames Michael Stone	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2017 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2018
February 25, 2017 (2017-02-25)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Stefan Fournier	To Arizona Coyotes Jeremy Morin
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)	To Edmonton Oilers Henrik Samuelsson	To Arizona Coyotes Mitch Moroz
February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)	To Minnesota Wild Martin Hanzal Ryan White 4th-round pick in 2017	To Arizona Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018 conditional 4th-round pick in 2019 Grayson Downing
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)	To Minnesota Wild Future considerations	To Arizona Coyotes Teemu Pulkkinen

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jamie McGinn	Anaheim Ducks	3 years, $10 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Justin Peters	Hershey Bears	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jamie McBain	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $650,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Garret Ross	Rockford IceHogs	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Chris Mueller	San Diego Gulls	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Ryan White	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $1 million
July 23, 2016 (2016-07-23)	Luke Schenn	Los Angeles Kings	2 years, $2.5 million
August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)	Radim Vrbata	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $1 million
October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)	Lane Pederson	Swift Current Broncos	3 years, $1.98 million entry-level contract
October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)	Jalen Smereck	Flint Firebirds	3 years, $1.965 million entry-level contract
May 16, 2017 (2017-05-16)	Hunter Miska	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	2 years, $3.55 million entry-level
April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)	Mario Kempe	Vityaz Podolsk	1 year, $650,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06)	Jiri Sekac	Ak Bars Kazan	1 year, Undisclosed
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Boyd Gordon	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $950,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Sergei Plotnikov	SKA St. Petersburg	2 years, Undisclosed
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Alex Grant	Boston Bruins	1 year, $600,000
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)	Viktor Tikhonov	SKA St. Petersburg	1 year, Undisclosed
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Kyle Chipchura	HC Slovan Bratislava	1 year, Undisclosed
August 5, 2016 (2016-08-05)	Eric Selleck	Tucson Roadrunners	1 year, Undisclosed
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)	Antoine Vermette	Anaheim Ducks	2 years, $3.5 million
August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)	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
May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)	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
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)	Louis Domingue	2 years, $2.1 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Kevin Connauton	2 years, $2 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jarred Tinordi	1 year, $700,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Klas Dahlbeck	1 year, $750,000
July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)	Shane Doan	1 year, $5 million
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Tyler Gaudet	1 year, $874,125
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Stefan Fournier	1 year, $632,500
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Connor Murphy	6 years, $23.1 million
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Michael Stone	1 year, $4 million
July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30)	Jakob Chychrun	3 years, $4.05 million entry-level contract
October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)	Tobias Rieder	2 years, $4.45 million
October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)	Kyle Capobianco	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	Clayton Keller	3 years, $5.0125 million entry-level contract
April 12, 2016 (2016-04-12)	Jens Looke	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level
May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)	Cam Dineen	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level

Draft picks

See also: List of Arizona Coyotes 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