2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes season

2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes
2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
2013–14 record	37–30–15
Home record	22–14–5
Road record	15–16–10
Goals for	216
Goals against	231
Team information
General manager	Don Maloney
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Shane Doan
Alternate captains	Martin Hanzal; Keith Yandle
Arena	Jobing.com Arena
Average attendance	13,775 (86.9%); (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Portland Pirates (AHL); Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL); Arizona Sundogs (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Antoine Vermette (24)
Assists	Keith Yandle (45)
Points	Keith Yandle (53)
Penalty minutes	Martin Hanzal (73)
Plus/minus	Paul Bissonnette; Rob Klinkhammer; Zbynek Michalek (+6)
Wins	Mike Smith (27)
Goals against average	Thomas Greiss (2.29)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Phoenix Coyotes season was the franchise's 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), the 18th in Arizona and the 42nd overall, including the seasons the franchise played in the World Hockey Association. The Coyotes finished the season situated ninth in the Western Conference, missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive year.

This was the team's final season as the "Phoenix Coyotes"; as part of the deal approved by the City of Glendale to keep the team in the city on July 2, the franchise had agreed to change its name from the Phoenix Coyotes to the Arizona Coyotes for the 2014–15 season.^[2]

As a result of realignment, this was the first season in which the franchise had the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks as division rivals since the 1992–93 season, when the team was still known as the Winnipeg Jets and the Pacific Division was called the Smythe Division. During that era (in which the top four teams in each division made the playoffs and played each other in the first two rounds), the Jets had intense rivalries with the Flames, Oilers and Canucks.

Off-season

After years of relocation rumors and speculation, the Coyotes were sold to IceArizona AcquisitionCo., LLC on August 5, 2013, keeping the Coyotes in Glendale, Arizona.^[3]

Standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	54	20	8	51	266	209	+57	116
2	x – San Jose Sharks	82	51	22	9	41	249	200	+49	111
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	46	28	8	38	206	174	+32	100
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
6	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
2	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91

3	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
4	CE	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
7	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Los Angeles	2–4	Phoenix		Smith	6,270	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 15	Phoenix	5–1	Los Angeles		Greiss	12,988	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 16	Phoenix	2–6	Anaheim		Visentin	11,541	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 21	Phoenix	2–3	San Jose	OT	Smith	15,841	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 23	Phoenix	1–6	Vancouver		Greiss	18,910	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 25	Phoenix	3–2	Calgary	OT	Smith	19,289	3–2–1	Recap
7	September 27	San Jose	1–2	Phoenix		Greiss	7,757	4–2–1	Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log

October: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–0–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	NY Rangers	1–4	Phoenix		Smith	17,125	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 5	Phoenix	1–4	San Jose		Smith	17,562	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 8	Phoenix	1–6	NY Islanders		Smith	10,288	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 10	Phoenix	4–2	Detroit		Smith	20,066	2–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 11	Phoenix	2–1	Philadelphia		Greiss	19,713	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 13	Phoenix	5–3	Carolina		Smith	15,384	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 15	Ottawa	4–3	Phoenix	OT	Smith	10,594	4–2–1	9	Recap
8	October 18	Phoenix	2–3	Anaheim	SO	Smith	13,206	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 19	Detroit	2–5	Phoenix		Smith	14,624	5–2–2	12	Recap
10	October 22	Calgary	2–4	Phoenix		Smith	10,141	6–2–2	14	Recap
11	October 24	Phoenix	4–7	Los Angeles		Greiss	18,118	6–3–2	14	Recap
12	October 26	Edmonton	4–5	Phoenix		Smith	11,684	7–3–2	16	Recap
13	October 29	Los Angeles	1–3	Phoenix		Smith	10,452	8–3–2	18	Recap
13	October 31	Nashville	4–5	Phoenix	SO	Greiss	7,401	9–3–2	20	Recap

November: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
15	November 2	Phoenix	3–2	San Jose	SO	Smith	17,562	10–3–2	22	Recap
16	November 5	Vancouver	2–3	Phoenix	SO	Smith	13,459	11–3–2	24	Recap
17	November 6	Phoenix	2–5	Anaheim		Smith	14,045	11–4–2	24	Recap
18	November 9	Washington	3–4	Phoenix	SO	Smith	16,106	12–4–2	26	Recap
19	November 12	Phoenix	3–2	St. Louis	OT	Smith	15,678	13–4–2	28	Recap
20	November 14	Phoenix	4–5	Chicago	SO	Smith	21,762	13–4–3	29	Recap
21	November 16	Tampa Bay	3–6	Phoenix		Smith	12,562	14–4–3	31	Recap
22	November 21	Colorado	4–3	Phoenix	OT	Smith	12,285	14–4–4	32	Recap
23	November 23	Anaheim	4–2	Phoenix		Smith	13,490	14–5–4	32	Recap
24	November 25	Phoenix	2–4	Nashville		Smith	15,728	14–6–4	32	Recap
25	November 27	Phoenix	3–1	Minnesota		Greiss	18,265	15–6–4	34	Recap
26	November 30	Chicago	5–2	Phoenix		Smith	17,321	15–7–4	34	Recap

December: 5–3–5 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–4)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 3	Phoenix	6–2	Edmonton		Smith	16,839	16–7–4	36	Recap
28	December 4	Phoenix	1–4	Calgary		Greiss	19,289	16–8–4	36	Recap
29	December 6	Phoenix	2–3	Vancouver	OT	Smith	18,910	16–8–5	37	Recap
30	December 10	Phoenix	3–1	Colorado		Greiss	14,110	17–8–5	39	Recap
31	December 12	NY Islanders	3–6	Phoenix		Smith	10,996	18–8–5	41	Recap
32	December 14	Carolina	3–1	Phoenix		Smith	11,697	18–9–5	41	Recap
33	December 17	Phoenix	1–3	Montreal		Smith	21,273	18–10–5	41	Recap
34	December 19	Phoenix	1–2	Toronto	SO	Smith	19,254	18–10–6	42	Recap
35	December 21	Phoenix	4–3	Ottawa	OT	Smith	16,716	19–10–6	44	Recap
36	December 23	Phoenix	1–2	Buffalo	OT	Smith	18,942	19–10–7	45	Recap
37	December 27	San Jose	4–3	Phoenix	SO	Smith	17,125	19–10–8	46	Recap
38	December 28	Phoenix	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Greiss	17,442	19–10–9	47	Recap
39	December 31	Edmonton	3–4	Phoenix	OT	Greiss	17,416	20–10–9	49	Recap

January: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–6–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2	Columbus	2–0	Phoenix		Smith	10,539	20–11–9	49	Recap
41	January 4	Philadelphia	5–3	Phoenix		Smith	14,875	20–12–9	49	Recap
42	January 7	Calgary	0–6	Phoenix		Greiss	10,229	21–12–9	51	Recap
43	January 9	Minnesota	4–1	Phoenix		Smith	10,075	21–13–9	51	Recap
44	January 11	Anaheim	5–3	Phoenix		Greiss	13,289	21–14–9	51	Recap
45	January 13	Phoenix	1–5	Winnipeg		Smith	15,004	21–15–9	51	Recap
46	January 14	Phoenix	1–2	St. Louis		Smith	16,571	21–16–9	51	Recap
47	January 16	Vancouver	0–1	Phoenix		Smith	12,307	22–16–9	53	Recap
48	January 18	New Jersey	2–3	Phoenix		Smith	14,005	23–16–9	55	Recap
49	January 20	Toronto	4–2	Phoenix		Smith	14,476	23–17–9	55	Recap
50	January 22	Phoenix	2–3	Calgary		Smith	19,289	23–18–9	55	Recap
51	January 24	Phoenix	4–3	Edmonton		Smith	16,839	24–18–9	57	Recap
52	January 26	Phoenix	4–5	Vancouver	OT	Smith	18,910	24–18–10	58	Recap
53	January 28	Los Angeles	0–3	Phoenix		Greiss	13,681	25–18–10	60	Recap
54	January 30	Buffalo	3–2	Phoenix		Greiss	13,000	25–19–10	60	Recap

February: 2–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
55	February 1	Pittsburgh	1–3	Phoenix		Smith	17,362	26–19–10	62	Recap
56	February 4	Dallas	3–1	Phoenix		Smith	12,257	26–20–10	62	Recap
57	February 7	Chicago	0–2	Phoenix		Smith	17,525	27–20–10	64	Recap
58	February 8	Phoenix	1–2	Dallas		Smith	18,532	27–21–10	64	Recap
59	February 27	Phoenix	2–3	Winnipeg	SO	Smith	15,004	27–21–11	65	Recap
60	February 28	Phoenix	2–4	Colorado		Greiss	17,649	27–22–11	65	Recap

March: 9–5–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 5–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
61	March 2	St. Louis	4–2	Phoenix		Smith	13,955	27–23–11	65	Recap
62	March 4	Vancouver	0–1	Phoenix		Smith	13,449	28–23–11	67	Recap
63	March 6	Montreal	2–5	Phoenix		Smith	15,282	29–23–11	69	Recap
64	March 8	Phoenix	2–3	Washington		Smith	18,506	29–24–11	69	Recap
65	March 10	Phoenix	4–3	Tampa Bay	SO	Smith	18,167	30–24–11	71	Recap
66	March 11	Phoenix	3–1	Florida		Smith	12,211	31–24–11	73	Recap
67	March 13	Phoenix	1–2	Boston		Smith	17,565	31–25–11	73	Recap
68	March 15	Calgary	2–3	Phoenix		Smith	16,373	32–25–11	75	Recap
69	March 17	Phoenix	4–3	Los Angeles		Smith	18,118	33–25–11	77	Recap
70	March 20	Florida	1–2	Phoenix		Smith	14,442	34–25–11	79	Recap
71	March 22	Boston	4–2	Phoenix		Smith	17,468	34–26–11	79	Recap
72	March 24	Phoenix	3–4	NY Rangers	OT	Greiss	18,006	34–26–12	80	Recap
73	March 25	Phoenix	3–2	Pittsburgh		Greiss	18,632	35–26–12	82	Recap
74	March 27	Phoenix	3–2	New Jersey	SO	Greiss	15,583	36–26–12	84	Recap
75	March 29	Minnesota	3–1	Phoenix		Greiss	16,691	36–27–12	84	Recap

April: 1–3–3 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
76	April 1	Winnipeg	2–1	Phoenix	SO	Greiss	13,724	36–27–13	85	Recap
77	April 2	Phoenix	0–4	Los Angeles		Greiss	18,118	36–28–13	85	Recap
78	April 4	Edmonton	3–2	Phoenix	SO	Greiss	14,732	36–28–14	86	Recap
79	April 8	Phoenix	3–4	Columbus	OT	Greiss	16,289	36–28–15	87	Recap
80	April 10	Phoenix	0–2	Nashville		Greiss	17,174	36–29–15	87	Recap
81	April 12	San Jose	3–2	Phoenix		Visentin	15,438	36–30–15	87	Recap
82	April 13	Dallas	1–2	Phoenix		Greiss	15,146	37–30–15	89	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

For the second consecutive year, the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs.

Player statistics

Final Stats^[4]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Keith Yandle	82	8	45	53	−23	63
Radim Vrbata	80	20	31	51	−6	22
Mikkel Boedker	82	19	32	51	−9	20
Shane Doan	69	23	24	47	−7	34
Mike Ribeiro	80	16	31	47	−13	52
Antoine Vermette	82	24	21	45	0	44
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	80	15	29	44	−4	50
Martin Hanzal	65	15	25	40	−9	73
Lauri Korpikoski	64	9	16	25	−7	24
David Moss	79	8	14	22	−1	18
Michael Stone	70	8	13	21	−10	38
Rob Klinkhammer	72	11	9	20	6	19
Kyle Chipchura	80	5	15	20	3	45
Derek Morris	63	5	12	17	−2	41
Jeff Halpern	69	5	7	12	−8	24
Zbynek Michalek	59	2	8	10	6	24
David Schlemko	48	1	8	9	2	18
Paul Bissonnette	39	2	6	8	6	53
Tim Kennedy	37	2	6	8	0	4
Connor Murphy	30	1	7	8	5	10
Brandon McMillan	22	2	4	6	0	4
Martin Erat^†	17	2	3	5	4	6
Rostislav Klesla^‡	25	1	3	4	−3	24
Jordan Szwarz	26	3	0	3	−6	19
Chris Summers	18	2	1	3	0	15
Andy Miele	7	0	2	2	4	5
David Rundblad^‡	12	0	1	1	−3	6
Brandon Yip	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Gormley	5	0	0	0	4	2
Lucas Lessio	3	0	0	0	−2	2
Chris Brown^‡	6	0	0	0	0	17

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Mike Smith	62	61	3,609:58	27	21	10	159	2.64	1871	.915	3	1	3	14
Thomas Greiss	25	20	1,312:20	10	8	5	50	2.29	626	.920	2	0	0	0
Mark Visentin	1	1	58:49	0	1	0	3	3.05	32	.906	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 2013–14 season.

Trades

June 30, 2013^[5]	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick (42nd overall) in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick (39th overall) in 2013
March 4, 2014^[6]	To Chicago Blackhawks David Rundblad Mathieu Brisebois	To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2014
March 4, 2014^[7]	To Washington Capitals Chris Brown Rostislav Klesla 4th-round pick in 2015	To Phoenix Coyotes Martin Erat John Mitchell

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Thomas Greiss^[8]	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $750,000
Mike Ribeiro^[9]	Washington Capitals	4 years, $22 million
Tim Kennedy^[10]	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $700,000
Brandon Yip^[11]	Nashville Predators	1 year, $675,000
Jeff Halpern^[12]	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $600,000
Tyler Gaudet^[13]	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Gilbert Brule^[14]	Portland Pirates	1 year, $685,000
Greg Carey^[15]	St. Lawrence University	1 year, $1.1375 million entry-level contract
Dan O'Donoghue^[16]	Mercyhurst College	2 years, $1.27 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Boyd Gordon^[17]	Edmonton Oilers	3 years, $9 million
Jason LaBarbera^[18]	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $1 million
Alexandre Bolduc^[19]	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $550,000
Chris Conner^[20]	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $550,000
Chad Johnson^[21]	Boston Bruins	1 year, $600,000
Nick Johnson^[21]	Boston Bruins	1 year, $600,000

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Mike Smith^[22]	July 1, 2013	6 years, $34 million
Kyle Chipchura^[23]	July 5, 2013	3 years, $2.625 million
Chris Summers^[24]	July 5, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Michael Stone^[25]	July 5, 2013	3 years, $3.45 million
Andy Miele^[26]	July 9, 2013	1 year, $675,000
Lauri Korpikoski^[27]	July 11, 2013	4 years, $10 million
Max Domi^[28]	July 14, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
David Rundblad^[29]	July 22, 2013	2 years, $1.57 million
Brandon McMillan^[29]	July 22, 2013	1 year, $709,500
Mark Louis^[29]	July 22, 2013	2 years, $1.1 million
Mathieu Brodeur^[29]	July 22, 2013	1 year, $605,000
Brett Hextall^[29]	July 22, 2013	1 year, $687,500
Mikkel Boedker^[30]	September 7, 2013	2 years, $5.1 million
Justin Hache^[31]	April 7, 2014	3 years, $2.085 million entry-level contract
Marek Langhamer^[32]	May 8, 2014	3 years, $1.945 million entry-level contract
Chris Summers^[33]	May 12, 2014	2 years, $1.2 million contract extension

Draft picks

Phoenix Coyotes' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, that was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Max Domi	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	39^[a]	Laurent Dauphin	C	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
3	62^[b]	Yan-Pavel Laplante	C	Canada	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
5	133	Connor Clifton	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6	163	Brendan Burke	G	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7	193	Jedd Soleway	C	Canada	Penticton Vees (BCHL)

Draft notes^[34]

^a The New Jersey Devils' second-round pick went to the Phoenix Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent second and third-round picks in 2013 (42nd and 73rd overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.^[35]
^b The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Phoenix Coyotes (via NY Rangers and San Jose) as a result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Raffi Torres to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.^[36]
The Phoenix Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings (via Columbus and Philadelphia), Phoenix traded this pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a February 22, 2012, trade that sent Antoine Vermette to the Coyotes in exchange for Curtis McElhinney, a 2012 second-round pick and this pick.^[37]

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