The 2018–19 Arizona Coyotes season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 47th overall, including the World Hockey Association years. On April 4, 2019, the Coyotes were eliminated from playoff contention after the Colorado Avalanche's 3–2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets. However, the team secured their first winning season since 2013-14.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018. 2018 preseason game log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Arizona 2–7 Vegas Kuemper 17,567 0–1–0 2 September 18 Los Angeles 2–4 Arizona Raanta 9,807 1–1–0 3 September 18 Arizona 4–3 Los Angeles Kuemper 10,612 2–1–0 4 September 22 Anaheim 1–6 Arizona Raanta 6,559 3–1–0 5 September 24 Arizona 2–4 Anaheim Kuemper 13,834 3–2–0 6 September 27 Arizona 2–3 Edmonton OT Raanta 18,347 3–2–1 7 September 29 Arizona 4–1 Vancouver Kuemper – 4–2–1 Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018. 2018–19 game logOctober: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Arizona 0–3 Dallas Raanta 18,532 0–1–0 0 2 October 6 Anaheim 1–0 Arizona Raanta 17,125 0–2–0 0 3 October 10 Arizona 3–2 Anaheim SO Raanta 17,015 1–2–0 2 4 October 13 Buffalo 3–0 Arizona Raanta 15,304 1–3–0 2 5 October 16 Arizona 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,795 1–4–0 2 6 October 18 Arizona 4–1 Chicago Raanta 21,210 2–4–0 4 7 October 20 Arizona 3–5 Winnipeg Raanta 15,321 2–5–0 4 8 October 23 Arizona 4–1 Columbus Kuemper 11,458 3–5–0 6 9 October 25 Vancouver 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 12,955 4–5–0 8 10 October 27 Tampa Bay 1–7 Arizona Raanta 13,623 5–5–0 10 11 October 30 Ottawa 1–5 Arizona Raanta 13,988 6–5–0 12 November: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Carolina 3–4 Arizona OT Raanta 10,562 7–5–0 14 13 November 5 Philadelphia 5–2 Arizona Kuemper 13,719 7–6–0 14 14 November 8 Arizona 4–5 Philadelphia OT Kuemper 18,884 7–6–1 15 15 November 10 Arizona 0–4 Pittsburgh Kuemper 18,596 7–7–1 15 16 November 11 Arizona 4–1 Washington Kuemper 18,506 8–7–1 17 17 November 13 Arizona 1–6 Detroit Kuemper 18,257 8–8–1 17 18 November 15 Nashville 1–2 Arizona Kuemper 13,315 9–8–1 19 19 November 17 Boston 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 16,386 9–9–1 19 20 November 21 Vegas 3–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 14,151 9–9–2 20 21 November 23 Colorado 5–1 Arizona Raanta 12,029 9–10–2 20 22 November 25 Calgary 6–1 Arizona Raanta 12,821 9–11–2 20 23 November 27 Arizona 4–3 Minnesota Hill 18,706 10–11–2 22 24 November 29 Arizona 3–0 Nashville Hill 17,165 11–11–2 24 December: 6–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 St. Louis 1–6 Arizona Hill 13,451 12–11–2 26 26 December 4 Arizona 2–1 Los Angeles Hill 17,203 13–11–2 28 27 December 6 Washington 4–2 Arizona Hill 11,910 13–12–2 28 28 December 8 San Jose 5–3 Arizona Hill 13,780 13–13–2 28 29 December 11 Arizona 3–4 Boston Kuemper 17,565 13–14–2 28 30 December 13 Arizona 1–3 Buffalo Kuemper 16,872 13–15–2 28 31 December 14 Arizona 4–3 NY Rangers OT Hill 17,441 14–15–2 30 32 December 16 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Hill 13,051 14–16–2 30 33 December 18 NY Islanders 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 11,640 14–17–2 30 34 December 20 Montreal 2–1 Arizona Kuemper 11,149 14–18–2 30 35 December 22 Colorado 4–6 Arizona Hill 13,896 15–18–2 32 36 December 23 Arizona 4–3 San Jose SO Kuemper 17,325 16–18–2 34 37 December 27 Arizona 1–2 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 16–19–2 34 38 December 29 Arizona 5–4 Anaheim OT Hill 17,174 17–19–2 36 39 December 30 Vegas 5–1 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 17–20–2 36 January: 6–3–2 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Edmonton 3–1 Arizona Hill 12,583 17–21–2 36 41 January 4 New Jersey 3–2 Arizona SO Kuemper 12,636 17–21–3 37 42 January 6 NY Rangers 0–5 Arizona Kuemper 12,396 18–21–3 39 43 January 10 Arizona 4–3 Vancouver OT Kuemper 18,527 19–21–3 41 44 January 12 Arizona 3–2 Edmonton Kuemper 18,347 20–21–3 43 45 January 13 Arizona 1–7 Calgary Hill 17,849 20–22–3 43 46 January 16 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Kuemper 13,342 21–22–3 45 47 January 18 Pittsburgh 3–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 14,757 21–22–4 46 48 January 20 Arizona 4–2 Toronto Kuemper 19,165 22–22–4 48 49 January 22 Arizona 3–2 Ottawa Kuemper 12,236 23–22–4 50 50 January 23 Arizona 1–2 Montreal Pickard 21,002 23–23–4 50 February: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Arizona 2–3 San Jose OT Kuemper 17,227 23–23–5 51 52 February 4 Arizona 4–5 Dallas Kuemper 17,996 23–24–5 51 53 February 5 Arizona 2–5 Nashville Pickard 17,295 23–25–5 51 54 February 7 Columbus 4–2 Arizona Kuemper 15,319 23–26–5 51 55 February 9 Dallas 2–3 Arizona Kuemper 13,418 24–26–5 53 56 February 12 Arizona 5–2 Vegas Kuemper 18,212 25–26–5 55 57 February 14 St. Louis 4–0 Arizona Kuemper 12,533 25–27–5 55 58 February 16 Toronto 0–2 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 26–27–5 57 59 February 18 Arizona 2–5 Calgary Pickard 18,985 26–28–5 57 60 February 19 Arizona 3–2 Edmonton SO Kuemper 18,347 27–28–5 59 61 February 21 Arizona 3–2 Vancouver OT Kuemper 18,568 28–28–5 61 62 February 24 Winnipeg 1–4 Arizona Kuemper 17,125 29–28–5 63 63 February 26 Florida 3–4 Arizona SO Kuemper 11,912 30–28–5 65 64 February 28 Vancouver 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 12,767 31–28–5 67 March: 7–5–3 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 1–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Detroit 1–3 Arizona Kuemper 15,552 32–28–5 69 66 March 5 Anaheim 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 11,305 32–29–5 69 67 March 7 Calgary 0–2 Arizona Kuemper 13,341 33–29–5 71 68 March 9 Los Angeles 2–4 Arizona Kuemper 14,976 34–29–5 73 69 March 11 Arizona 1–7 Chicago Kuemper 21,574 34–30–5 73 70 March 12 Arizona 3–1 St. Louis Kuemper 18,428 35–30–5 75 71 March 14 Anaheim 1–6 Arizona Kuemper 14,202 36–30–5 77 72 March 16 Edmonton 3–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 15,016 36–30–6 78 73 March 18 Arizona 1–4 Tampa Bay Kuemper 19,092 36–31–6 78 74 March 21 Arizona 2–4 Florida Kuemper 12,576 36–32–6 78 75 March 23 Arizona 1–2 New Jersey SO Kuemper 16,514 36–32–7 79 76 March 24 Arizona 0–2 NY Islanders Kuemper 13,917 36–33–7 79 77 March 26 Chicago 0–1 Arizona Kuemper 15,055 37–33–7 81 78 March 29 Arizona 2–3 Colorado SO Kuemper 18,045 37–33–8 82 79 March 31 Minnesota 0–4 Arizona Kuemper 17,431 38–33–8 84 April: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Los Angeles 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 14,687 38–34–8 84 81 April 4 Arizona 4–1 Vegas Kuemper 18,485 39–34–8 86 82 April 6 Winnipeg 4–2 Arizona Pickard 17,125 39–35–8 86 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 6, 2019

Skaters Regular season Player 82 14 33 47 −21 24 81 14 30 44 −16 52 72 19 22 41 −19 34 72 16 23 39 −4 14 72 15 20 35 −2 14 75 14 19 33 −3 44 66 19 8 27 6 22 81 7 20 27 −8 35 76 3 24 27 −7 16 81 11 14 25 5 67 68 12 10 22 1 15 71 6 14 20 −3 12 53 5 15 20 −12 28 47 13 5 18 1 12 71 11 7 18 −13 27 41 9 7 16 −2 8 † 17 5 9 14 −8 2 82 0 10 10 8 44 52 4 5 9 5 18 35 2 6 8 9 12 50 1 7 8 −2 22 20 2 5 7 −2 2 ‡ 20 3 3 6 −10 6 ‡ 22 2 4 6 −5 8 41 0 4 4 −9 13 †‡ 19 1 1 2 −3 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 −2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 55 55 3,251:15 27 20 8 126 2.33 1,677 .925 5 0 2 14 13 11 696:21 7 5 0 32 2.76 322 .906 1 0 0 0 12 12 687:06 5 6 0 33 2.88 351 .906 0 0 1 0 † 6 4 282:38 0 4 0 17 3.61 157 .892 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:16 0 0 0 1 3.28 9 .889 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.

Transactions The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Chicago BlackhawksCGY's 3rd-round pick in 2018To Arizona CoyotesTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2018 To San Jose SharksTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018To Arizona Coyotes4th-round pick in 20185th-round pick in 2018 To Detroit Red WingsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019To Arizona CoyotesRobbie Russo To Chicago BlackhawksAndrew CampbellMacKenzie EntwistleMarcus KrugerJordan Maletta5th-round pick in 2019To Arizona CoyotesVinnie HinostrozaMarian HossaJordan Oesterle3rd-round pick in 2019 To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan MacInnisTo Arizona CoyotesJacob GravesConditional 6th-round pick in 2019 To Chicago BlackhawksDylan StromeBrendan PerliniTo Arizona CoyotesNick Schmaltz To Anaheim DucksTrevor MurphyTo Arizona CoyotesGiovanni Fiore To Philadelphia FlyersJacob Graves6th-round pick in 2019To Arizona CoyotesJordan Weal To Nashville PredatorsLaurent DauphinAdam HelewkaTo Arizona CoyotesEmil Pettersson To Montreal CanadiensJordan WealTo Arizona CoyotesMichael Chaput

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Michael Grabner from New Jersey Devils 3-year Joel Hanley to Dallas Stars 1-year Zac Rinaldo to Nashville Predators 1-year Luke Schenn to Anaheim Ducks 1-year Pierre-Cedric Labrie to Wichita Thunder (ECHL) 1-year Tye McGinn to Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1-year Jens Looke to Timrå IK (HockeyAllsvenskan) 1-year David Ullstrom to Dinamo Riga (KHL) 1-year Emil Pettersson to Växjö Lakers (SHL) 2-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Calvin Pickard from Philadelphia Flyers

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Jens Looke Mutual termination

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Kevin Connauton 2-year Niklas Hjalmarsson 2-year Oliver Ekman-Larsson 8-year Dakota Mermis 1-year Brad Richardson 2-year Barrett Hayton 3-year Michael Bunting 1-year Laurent Dauphin 1-year Hudson Fasching 1-year Trevor Murphy 1-year Christian Dvorak 6-year Jakob Chychrun 6-year Nathan Schnarr 3-year Jordan Oesterle 2-year Conor Garland 2-year Kevin Bahl 3-year Jan Jenik 3-year Nick Schmaltz 7-year Erik Kallgren 2-year Robbie Russo 1-year Ilya Lyubushkin 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)15 Barrett Hayton C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)2551 Kevin Bahl D Ottawa 67's (OHL)365 Jan Jenik RW HC Benátky nad Jizerou (Czech 1.Liga)3732 Ty Emberson D U.S. NTDP (USHL)41143 Ivan Prosvetov G Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)51424 Michael Callahan D Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)51453 Dennis Busby D Flint Firebirds (OHL)6158 David Tendeck G Vancouver Giants (WHL)7189 Liam Kirk LW Sheffield Steelers (EIHL) Notes: The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on February 26, 2017, that sent Martin Hanzal, Ryan White and a fourth-round pick in 2017 to Minnesota in exchange for Grayson Downing, a first-round pick in 2017, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2019 and this pick. The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on May 3, 2018, that sent Jordan Martinook and a fourth-round pick in 2018 to Carolina in exchange for Marcus Kruger and this pick.