2018–19 Arizona Coyotes season

2018–19 Arizona Coyotes
Division	Pacific
Conference	Western
2018–19 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General manager	John Chayka
Coach	Rick Tocchet
Captain	TBD
Arena	Gila River Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)

The 2018–19 Arizona Coyotes season will be the 40th season for the National Hockey League 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.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.

2018 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Arizona	–	Vegas
2[A]	September 18	Los Angeles	–	Arizona
3[A]	September 18	Arizona	–	Los Angeles
4	September 22	Anaheim	–	Arizona
5	September 24	Arizona	–	Anaheim
6	September 27	Arizona	–	Edmonton
7[a]	September 29	Arizona	–	Vancouver
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. a Game will be played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.

2018–19 game log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Arizona – Dallas 2 October 6 Anaheim – Arizona 3 October 10 Arizona – Anaheim 4 October 13 Buffalo – Arizona 5 October 16 Arizona – Minnesota 6 October 18 Arizona – Chicago 7 October 20 Arizona – Winnipeg 8 October 23 Arizona – Columbus 9 October 25 Vancouver – Arizona 10 October 27 Tampa Bay – Arizona 11 October 30 Ottawa – Arizona
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Carolina – Arizona 13 November 5 Philadelphia – Arizona 14 November 8 Arizona – Philadelphia 15 November 10 Arizona – Pittsburgh 16 November 11 Arizona – Washington 17 November 13 Arizona – Detroit 18 November 15 Nashville – Arizona 19 November 17 Boston – Arizona 20 November 21 Vegas – Arizona 21 November 23 Colorado – Arizona 22 November 25 Calgary – Arizona 23 November 27 Minnesota – Arizona 24 November 29 Arizona – Nashville
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 St. Louis – Arizona 26 December 4 Arizona – Los Angeles 27 December 6 Washington – Arizona 28 December 8 San Jose – Arizona 29 December 11 Arizona – Boston 30 December 13 Arizona – Buffalo 31 December 14 Arizona – NY Rangers 32 December 16 Arizona – Carolina 33 December 18 NY Islanders – Arizona 34 December 20 Montreal – Arizona 35 December 22 Colorado – Arizona 36 December 23 Arizona – San Jose 37 December 27 Arizona – Los Angeles 38 December 29 Arizona – Anaheim 39 December 30 Arizona – Vegas
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Edmonton – Arizona 41 January 4 New Jersey – Arizona 42 January 6 NY Rangers – Arizona 43 January 10 Arizona – Vancouver 44 January 12 Arizona – Edmonton 45 January 13 Arizona – Calgary 46 January 16 San Jose – Arizona 47 January 18 Pittsburgh – Arizona 48 January 20 Arizona – Toronto 49 January 22 Arizona – Ottawa 50 January 23 Arizona – Montreal
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Arizona – San Jose 52 February 4 Arizona – Dallas 53 February 5 Arizona – Nashville 54 February 7 Columbus – Arizona 55 February 9 Dallas – Arizona 56 February 12 Arizona – Vegas 57 February 14 St. Louis – Arizona 58 February 16 Toronto – Arizona 59 February 18 Arizona – Calgary 60 February 19 Arizona – Edmonton 61 February 21 Arizona – Vancouver 62 February 24 Winnipeg – Arizona 63 February 26 Florida – Arizona 64 February 28 Vancouver – Arizona
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Detroit – Vegas 66 March 5 Anaheim – Vegas 67 March 7 Calgary – Vegas 68 March 9 Los Angeles – Vegas 69 March 11 Vegas – Chicago 70 March 12 Vegas – St. Louis 71 March 14 Anaheim – Vegas 72 March 16 Edmonton – Vegas 73 March 18 Vegas – Tampa Bay 74 March 21 Vegas – Florida 75 March 23 Vegas – New Jersey 76 March 24 Vegas – NY Islanders 77 March 26 Chicago – Vegas 78 March 29 Vegas – Colorado 79 March 31 Minnesota – Vegas
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Los Angeles – Arizona 81 April 4 Arizona – Vegas 82 April 6 Winnipeg – Arizona
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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Roster

Updated July 20, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
–		Andrew Agozzino	C	L	33	2024	Kleinburg, Ontario
17		Nick Bjugstad	C	R	32	2024	Minneapolis, Minnesota
53		Michael Carcone	LW	L	28	2024	Ajax, Ontario
–		Ian Cole	D	L	35	2024	Ann Arbor, Michigan
–		Kevin Connauton	D	L	34	2024	Edmonton, Alberta
92		Logan Cooley	C	L	20	2024	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
67		Lawson Crouse	LW	L	27	2024	Mount Brydges, Ontario
50		Sean Durzi	D	R	25	2024	Toronto, Ontario
29		Barrett Hayton	C	L	24	2024	Peterborough, Ontario
39		Connor Ingram	G	L	27	2024	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
9		Clayton Keller	LW/C	L	25	2024	Chesterfield, Missouri
15		Alexander Kerfoot	C	L	29	2024	Vancouver, British Columbia
5		Michael Kesselring	D	R	24	2024	Manchester, New Hampshire
63		Matias Maccelli	LW	L	23	2024	Turku, Finland
–		John Marino	D	R	27	2024	North Easton, Massachusetts
22		Jack McBain	C	L	24	2024	Toronto, Ontario
38		Liam O'Brien	LW	L	29	2024	Halifax, Nova Scotia
98		Mikhail Sergachev	D	L	26	2024	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
8		Nick Schmaltz	C	R	28	2024	Madison, Wisconsin
–		Jaxson Stauber	G	L	25	2024	Wayzata, Minnesota
–		Kevin Stenlund	C	L	27	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
4		Juuso Valimaki	D	L	25	2024	Tampere, Finland
70		Karel Vejmelka	G	R	28	2024	Třebíč, Czech Republic

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Chicago Blackhawks CGY's 3rd-round pick in 2018 — Niklas Nordgren	To Arizona Coyotes TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018 — Linus Karlsson CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2018 — Michael Callahan
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To San Jose Sharks TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018 — Linus Karlsson	To Arizona Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2018 — Ivan Prosvetov 5th-round pick in 2018 — Dennis Busby
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	To Arizona Coyotes Robbie Russo

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Grabner	New Jersey Devils	3-year

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Joel Hanley	Dallas Stars	1-year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	Kevin Connauton	2-year, $2.75 million
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	Niklas Hjalmarsson	2-year, $10 million contract extension
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	8-year, $66 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Arizona Coyotes draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Barrett Hayton	C	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	551	Kevin Bahl	D	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	65	Jan Jenik	RW	Czech Republic	Benatky nad Jizerou (Czech 1.Liga)
3	732	Ty Emberson	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	743	Ivan Prosvetov	G	Russia	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
5	1424	Michael Callahan	D	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
5	1455	Dennis Busby	D	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6	158	David Tendeck	G	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	189	Liam Kirk	LW	Great Britain	Sheffield Steelers (EIHL)

Notes:

1. The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick will go 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.
2. The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick will go 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.
3. The Calgary Flames' third-round pick will go to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017, that sent Mike Smith to Calgary in exchange for Chad Johnson, Brandon Hickey and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
4. The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018 that sent Calgary's third-round pick in 2018 (74th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Toronto's third-round pick in 2018 (87th overall) and this pick.

   Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and the Islanders' sixth-round pick in 2017 to Columbus in exchange for Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and this pick.

5. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018 that sent Toronto's third-round pick in 2018 (87th overall) to San Jose in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2018 (114th overall) and this pick.

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