2015–16 Arizona Coyotes season

The 2015–16 Arizona Coyotes season is the 37th 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,^[1] and the 44th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.

The season will begin its regular games on October 9, 2015 against the Los Angeles Kings.^[2]

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Los Angeles Kings	55	33	19	3	31	153	131	+22	69
2	San Jose Sharks	54	29	20	5	27	160	146	+14	63
3	Anaheim Ducks	54	27	19	8	25	125	130	−5	62
4	Arizona Coyotes	55	25	24	6	24	145	169	−24	56
5	Vancouver Canucks	55	22	21	12	18	131	152	−21	56
6	Calgary Flames	54	25	26	3	23	146	162	−16	53
7	Edmonton Oilers	57	22	29	6	18	143	171	−28	50

Updated to game(s) played on February 14, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dallas Stars	57	37	15	5	35	187	154	+33	79
2	Chicago Blackhawks	60	37	18	5	36	170	139	+31	79
3	St. Louis Blues	58	32	17	9	29	143	138	+5	73

Source: National Hockey League

Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Los Angeles Kings	55	33	19	3	31	153	131	+22	69
2	Anaheim Ducks	55	28	19	8	26	131	134	−3	64
3	San Jose Sharks	54	29	20	5	27	160	146	+14	63

Source: National Hockey League

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	Nashville Predators	57	26	21	10	24	151	152	−1	62
2	CE	Colorado Avalanche	59	29	26	4	27	158	164	−6	62

3	PA	Arizona Coyotes	56	26	24	6	25	151	171	−20	58
4	CE	Minnesota Wild	56	24	22	10	24	140	142	−2	58
5	PA	Vancouver Canucks	56	22	22	12	18	133	157	−24	56
6	PA	Calgary Flames	55	25	27	3	23	150	168	−18	53
7	CE	Winnipeg Jets	55	25	27	3	23	142	160	−18	53
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	57	22	29	6	18	143	171	−28	50

Updated to game(s) played on February 15, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 0–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 21	Los Angeles	5–1	Arizona		Lindback	––	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 22	Arizona	2–3	Los Angeles	OT	Treutle	12,996	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 25	Arizona	1–4	San Jose		Lindback	14,048	0–2–1	Recap
4	September 28	Arizona	0–1	Vancouver		Smith	––	0–3–1	Recap
5	September 29	Arizona	0–4	Edmonton		Lindback	16,839	0–4–1	Recap
6	October 2	San Jose	3–0	Arizona		Smith	9,530	0–5–1	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played in at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California.

Regular season

Game Log^[2]

October: 5–5–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 4–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Arizona	4–1	Los Angeles		Smith	18,230	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 10	Pittsburgh	1–2	Arizona		Smith	17,125	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 14	Arizona	4–0	Anaheim		Smith	15,172	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 15	Minnesota	4–3	Arizona		Smith	12,029	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 17	Boston	5–3	Arizona		Smith	13,411	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 20	Arizona	2–3	New Jersey	OT	Smith	12,171	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 22	Arizona	1–4	NY Rangers		Smith	18,006	3–3–1	7	Recap
8	October 24	Arizona	4–1	Ottawa		Lindback	17,270	4–3–1	9	Recap
9	October 26	Arizona	4–3	Toronto		Smith	18,944	5–3–1	11	Recap
10	October 27	Arizona	0–6	Boston		Smith	17,565	5–4–1	11	Recap
11	October 30	Vancouver	4–3	Arizona		Lindback	12,166	5–5–1	11	Recap

November: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 5	Colorado	2–4	Arizona		Smith	10,270	6–5–1	13	Recap
13	November 7	NY Rangers	4–1	Arizona		Smith	13,029	6–6–1	13	Recap
14	November 9	Arizona	4–3	Anaheim	OT	Lindback	13,864	7–6–1	15	Recap
15	November 10	Arizona	3–2	Los Angeles		Smith	18,230	8–6–1	17	Recap
16	November 12	Edmonton	1–4	Arizona		Smith	15,545	9–6–1	19	Recap
17	November 14	Arizona	2–5	Columbus		Smith	13,702	9–7–1	19	Recap
18	November 16	Arizona	2–5	NY Islanders		Lindback	11,841	9–8–1	19	Recap
19	November 19	Arizona	3–2	Montreal		Smith	21,288	10–8–1	21	Recap
20	November 21	Arizona	2–3	Winnipeg		Lindback	15,294	10–9–1	21	Recap
21	November 25	Anaheim	2–4	Arizona		Smith	11,578	11–9–1	23	Recap
22	November 27	Calgary	1–2	Arizona	OT	Smith	11,495	12–9–1	25	Recap
23	November 28	Ottawa	3–4	Arizona		Lindback	12,727	13–9–1	27	Recap

December: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 1–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 1	Arizona	2–5	Nashville		Smith	15,091	13–10–1	27	Recap
25	December 3	Arizona	1–5	Detroit		Smith	20,027	13–11–1	27	Recap
26	December 4	Arizona	2–5	Buffalo		Smith	18,204	13–12–1	27	Recap
27	December 6	Arizona	4–5	Carolina		Lindback	9,021	13–13–1	27	Recap
28	December 8	Arizona	1–4	St. Louis		Smith	16,301	13–14–1	27	Recap
29	December 11	Minnesota	1–2	Arizona	OT	Lindback	14,404	14–14–1	29	Recap
30	December 12	Carolina	5–4	Arizona	OT	Lindback	12,668	14–14–2	30	Recap
31	December 17	Columbus	7–5	Arizona		Lindback	11,120	14–15–2	30	Recap
32	December 19	NY Islanders	0–1	Arizona		Domingue	11,878	15–15–2	32	Recap
33	December 22	Toronto	2–3	Arizona		Domingue	12,234	16–15–2	34	Recap
34	December 26	Los Angeles	4–3	Arizona	OT	Domingue	15,277	16–15–3	35	Recap
35	December 27	Arizona	2–1	Colorado	OT	Lindback	18,064	17–15–3	37	Recap
36	December 29	Chicago	7–5	Arizona		Domingue	17,197	17–16–3	37	Recap
37	December 31	Winnipeg	2–4	Arizona		Domingue	14,027	18–16–3	39	Recap

January: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 2	Arizona	3–4	Edmonton	SO	Domingue	16,839	18–16–4	40	Recap
39	January 4	Arizona	3–2	Vancouver		Domingue	18,377	19–16–4	42	Recap
40	January 7	Arizona	2–1	Calgary		Domingue	19,272	20–16–4	44	Recap
41	January 9	Nashville	0–4	Arizona		Domingue	12,345	21–16–4	46	Recap
42	January 12	Edmonton	3–4	Arizona	OT	Domingue	11,391	22–16–4	48	Recap
43	January 14	Detroit	3–2	Arizona	OT	Domingue	12,014	22–16–5	49	Recap
44	January 16	New Jersey	2–0	Arizona		Lindback	11,745	22–17–5	49	Recap
45	January 18	Buffalo	2–1	Arizona		Domingue	11,134	22–18–5	49	Recap
46	January 21	San Jose	3–1	Arizona		Domingue	12,251	22–19–5	49	Recap
47	January 23	Los Angeles	2–3	Arizona		Domingue	14,195	23–19–5	51	Recap
48	January 25	Arizona	2–1	Minnesota	SO	Domingue	19,020	24–19–5	53	Recap
49	January 26	Arizona	2–5	Winnipeg		Domingue	15,294	24–20–5	53	Recap

February: 0–2–1 (Home: 0–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	Los Angeles	6–2	Arizona		Domingue	12,261	24–21–5	53	Recap
51	February 4	Chicago	5–4	Arizona	OT	Domingue	17,125	24–21–6	54	Recap
52	February 5	Arizona	2–5	Anaheim		Lindback		24–22–6	54
53	February 10	Vancouver		Arizona
54	February 12	Calgary		Arizona
55	February 13	Arizona		San Jose
56	February 15	Montreal		Arizona
57	February 18	Dallas		Arizona
58	February 20	St. Louis		Arizona
59	February 22	Arizona		Washington
60	February 23	Arizona		Tampa Bay
61	February 25	Arizona		Florida
62	February 27	Arizona		Philadelphia
63	February 29	Arizona		Pittsburgh

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 3	Anaheim		Arizona
65	March 5	Florida		Arizona
66	March 7	Arizona		Colorado
67	March 9	Arizona		Vancouver
68	March 11	Arizona		Calgary
69	March 12	Arizona		Edmonton
70	March 17	San Jose		Arizona
71	March 19	Tampa Bay		Arizona
72	March 20	Arizona		San Jose
73	March 22	Edmonton		Arizona
74	March 24	Dallas		Arizona
75	March 26	Philadelphia		Arizona
76	March 28	Calgary		Arizona
77	March 31	Arizona		Dallas

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Washington		Arizona
79	April 4	Arizona		St. Louis
80	April 5	Arizona		Chicago
81	April 7	Arizona		Nashville
82	April 9	Arizona		San Jose

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

Player statistics

Updated as of games played on February 1, 2016

Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker	49	12	22	34	−18	6
Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson	49	14	20	34	−5	48
Domi, MaxMax Domi	49	13	19	32	−1	19
Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder	49	10	20	30	−6	8
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	40	17	10	27	0	54
Duclair, AnthonyAnthony Duclair	48	13	12	25	6	24
Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal	36	6	17	23	−3	32
Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	43	8	12	20	−11	38
Richardson, BradBrad Richardson	49	5	15	20	8	30
Stone, MichaelMichael Stone	49	3	16	19	−9	36
Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook	48	5	11	16	−1	8
Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy	45	4	7	11	8	28
Chipchura, KyleKyle Chipchura	48	4	6	10	−7	27
Grossmann, NicklasNicklas Grossmann	40	3	4	7	0	12
Downie, SteveSteve Downie	25	3	3	6	2	53
Elliott, StefanStefan Elliott^‡	19	2	4	6	−2	4
Dahlbeck, KlasKlas Dahlbeck	44	2	3	5	1	20
Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek	39	2	2	4	2	14
Tikhonov, ViktorViktor Tikhonov^†	20	2	1	3	−3	8
Gordon, BoydBoyd Gordon	45	0	2	2	−4	6
Jeffrey, DustinDustin Jeffrey	7	1	1	2	2	2
Cunningham, CraigCraig Cunningham	9	0	1	1	−1	2
Dauphin, LaurentLaurent Dauphin	3	1	0	1	2	4
Gaudet, TylerTyler Gaudet	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Scott, JohnJohn Scott^‡	11	0	1	1	0	25
Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale	1	0	0	0	1	5
Samuelsson, PhilipPhilip Samuelsson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton^†	5	0	0	0	−5	4
Thomas, ChristianChristian Thomas^†	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tinordi, JarredJarred Tinordi^†	3	0	0	0	1	5

Goaltenders

Regular season^[4]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A
Smith, MikeMike Smith	22	22	1157:05	10	9	1	59	3.06	598	0.901	1	1
Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue	17	15	962:51	9	5	3	37	2.31	487	0.924	2	1
Lindback, AndersAnders Lindback	17	12	829:05	5	6	1	41	2.97	392	0.895	0	1

^†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

Roster

Updated January 15, 2016.^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
89	Denmark !	Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker	6.0 !LW	L	26	2008	Brøndby, Denmark
24	Canada !	Chipchura, KyleKyle Chipchura	4.0 !C	L	29	2011	Westlock, Alberta
44	Canada !	Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton	2.0 !D	L	25	2016	Edmonton, Alberta
34	Sweden !	Dahlbeck, KlasKlas Dahlbeck	2.0 !D	L	24	2015	Katrineholm, Sweden
19	Canada !	Doan, ShaneShane Doan (C)	7.0 !RW	R	39	1995	Halkirk, Alberta
16	Canada !	Domi, MaxMax Domi	6.0 !LW	L	20	2013	Winnipeg, Manitoba
35	Canada !	Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue	1.0 !G	R	23	2010	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
17	Canada !	Downie, SteveSteve Downie	7.0 !RW	R	28	2015	Newmarket, Ontario
10	Canada !	Duclair, AnthonyAnthony Duclair	6.0 !LW	L	20	2015	Pointe-Claire, Quebec
23	Sweden !	Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson (A)	2.0 !D	L	24	2009	Karlskrona, Sweden
15	Canada !	Gordon, BoydBoyd Gordon	4.0 !C	R	32	2015	Unity, Saskatchewan
2	Sweden !	Grossmann, NicklasNicklas Grossmann	2.0 !D	L	31	2015	Stockholm, Sweden
11	Czech Republic !	Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal (A)	4.0 !C	L	28	2005	Písek, Czechoslovakia
37	Canada !	Jeffrey, DustinDustin Jeffrey	4.0 !C	L	27	2015	Sarnia, Ontario
29	Sweden !	Lindback, AndersAnders Lindback	1.0 !G	L	27	2015	Gävle, Sweden
48	Canada !	Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook	6.0 !LW	L	23	2012	Brandon, Manitoba
4	Czech Republic !	Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek	2.0 !D	R	33	2015	Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
5	United States !	Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy	2.0 !D	R	22	2011	Boston, Massachusetts
12	Canada !	Richardson, BradBrad Richardson	7.0 !RW	L	31	2015	Belleville, Ontario
8	Germany !	Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder	7.0 !RW	L	23	2013	Landshut, Germany
41	Canada !	Smith, MikeMike Smith	1.0 !G	L	33	2011	Kingston, Ontario
26	Canada !	Stone, MichaelMichael Stone	2.0 !D	R	25	2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9	Russia !	Tikhonov, ViktorViktor Tikhonov	7.0 !RW	R	27	2015	Riga, Soviet Union
28	United States !	Tinordi, JarredJarred Tinordi	2.0 !D	L	23	2016	Burnsville, Minnesota
50	Canada !	Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	4.0 !C	L	33	2015	Saint-Agapit, Quebec
14	United States !	Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale	4.0 !C	R	30	2014	St. Louis, Missouri

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Smith, M.M. Smith	NHL Third Star of the Week^[6]	October 12, 2015
Scott, J.J. Scott	NHL All-Star game captain^[7]	January 2, 2016
Doan, S.S. Doan	NHL Second Star of the Week^[8]	January 4, 2016
Domingue, L.L. Domingue	NHL Rookie of the Month^[9]	February 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Domi, M.M. Domi	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 9, 2015
Martinook, J.J. Martinook	1st career NHL goal	October 10, 2015
Duclair, A.A. Duclair	1st career NHL hat-trick	October 14, 2015
Doan, S.S. Doan	900th career NHL point	October 17, 2015
Ekman-Larsson, O.O. Ekman-Larsson	100th career NHL assist	October 17, 2015
S. Doan	1,400th career NHL game	October 20, 2015
Hanzal, M.M. Hanzal	500th career NHL game	October 22, 2015
Smith, M.M. Smith	400th career NHL game	November 10, 2015
Boedker, M.M. Boedker	400th career NHL game	November 14, 2015
Chipchura, K.K. Chipchura	100th career NHL point	December 1, 2015
Rieder, T.T. Rieder	100th career NHL game	December 8, 2015
Domingue, L.L. Domingue	1st career NHL shutout	December 19, 2015

Transactions

The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Philadelphia Flyers Sam Gagner Conditional 4th-round pick in 2016	To Arizona Coyotes Nicklas Grossmann Chris Pronger	^[10]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Calgary Flames NYR's 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2015 WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2015	^[11]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	To Edmonton Oilers Lauri Korpikoski	To Arizona Coyotes Boyd Gordon	^[12]
September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)	To Colorado Avalanche Brandon Gormley	To Arizona Coyotes Stefan Elliott	^[13]
December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)	To Montreal Canadiens Lucas Lessio	To Arizona Coyotes Christian Thomas	^[14]
January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)	To Nashville Predators Stefan Elliott	To Arizona Coyotes Victor Bartley	^[15]
January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)	To Montreal Canadiens Victor Bartley John Scott	To Arizona Coyotes Jarred Tinordi Stefan Fournier	^[15]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Brad Richardson	Vancouver Canucks	3 years, $6.25 million	^[16]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zbynek Michalek	St. Louis Blues	2 years, $6.4 million	^[17]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Anders Lindback	Buffalo Sabres	1 years, $875,000	^[18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Steve Downie	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $1.75 million	^[19]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Dakota Mermis	Oshawa Generals	3 years, entry-level contract	^[20]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Dustin Jeffrey	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	3 years, entry-level contract	^[21]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Antoine Vermette	Chicago Blackhawks	2 years, $7.5 million	^[22]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Alex Grant	Binghamton Senators	1 year, $600,000*	^[23]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Eric Selleck	Portland Pirates	1 year, $575,000*	^[24]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Derek Smith	ZSC Lions	1 year, $650,000*	^[25]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	John Scott	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $575,000	^[26]
July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)	Niklas Treutle	EHC Munchen	1 year, entry-level contract	^[27]
October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)	Corey Potter	Calgary Flames	1 year, $650,000	^[28]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mike McKenna	Florida Panthers	2 years, $1.15 million	^[29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mark Arcobello	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $1.1 million	^[30]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	John Moore	New Jersey Devils	3 years, $5 million	^[31]
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)	Justin Hodgman	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $575,000	^[32]
July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)	Tye McGinn	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $660,000	^[33]
September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)	Martin Erat	Avangard Omsk	undisclosed	^[34]
September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)	Andrew Campbell	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 years, $1.15 million	^[35]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Viktor Tikhonov	Chicago Blackhawks	December 6, 2015	^[36]
Kevin Connauton	Columbus Blue Jackets	January 13, 2016	^[37]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

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 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Craig Cunningham	1 year, $600,000*	^[38]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Dylan Reese	1 year, $575,000*	^[39]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Dylan Strome	3 years, entry-level contract*	^[40]
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)	Mikkel Boedker	1 year, $3.75 million	^[41]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Philip Samuelsson	1 year, $600,000*	^[42]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Brendan Shinnimin	1 year, $600,000*	^[42]
July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)	Klas Dahlbeck	1 year, $605,000*	^[43]
July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)	Jordan Martinook	1 year, $600,000*	^[43]
July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23)	Michael Bunting	3 years, entry-level contract*	^[44]
September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03)	Nick Merkley	3 years, entry-level contract*	^[45]
September 5, 2015 (2015-09-05)	Louis Domingue	1 year, $605,000	^[46]
December 23, 2015 (2015-12-23)	Conor Garland	3 years, entry-level contract*	^[47]
December 26, 2015 (2015-12-26)	Dysin Mayo	3 years, entry-level contract*	^[48]

Draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Dylan Strome	C	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
1	30^[a]	Nicholas Merkley	RW	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
2	32	Christian Fischer	RW	United States	USA U-18 (USHL)
3	63	Kyle Capobianco	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	76^[b]	Adin Hill	G	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	81^[c]	Brendan Warren	LW	United States	USA U-18 (USHL)
3	83^[d]	Jens Looke	RW	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)
5	123	Conor Garland	RW	United States	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
7	183	Erik Kallgren	G	Sweden	Linkopings HC (SHL)

Draft notes^[49]

^a The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Antoine Vermette to Chicago in exchange for Klas Dahlbeck and this pick.^[50]

^b The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a 2015 second-round pick to Calgary in exchange for a 2013 third round pick (from Washington) and this pick.^[11]

^c The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on January 14, 2015 that sent Devan Dubnyk to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.^[51]

^d The Washington Capitals’ third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Tampa Bay’s second-round pick in 2015 (60th overall) to Calgary in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 (76th overall) and this pick.^[11]

Calgary previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Curtis Glencross to Washington in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.

The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Tim Gleason to Washington in exchange for Jack Hillen and this pick.^[52]

Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014 that sent Martin Erat and John Mitchell to Phoenix in exchange for Rostislav Klesla, Chris Brown and this pick.^[53]

The Arizona Coyotes' sixth-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 29, 2014 that sent Sam Gagner and B. J. Crombeen to Arizona in exchange for this pick.^[54]

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Arizona Coyotes

Previously known as the Phoenix Coyotes Formerly the Winnipeg Jets Founded in 1996 Based in Glendale, Arizona

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Bankruptcy Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Renaissance Sports and Entertainment Group General manager Don Maloney Head coach Dave Tippett Team captain Shane Doan Current roster

Arenas	America West Arena Gila River Arena

Affiliates	AHL Springfield Falcons ECHL Rapid City Rush

General managers	Paddock Smith Fletcher Barnett Maloney

Head coaches	Hay Schoenfeld Francis Bowness Gretzky Tippett

Media	TV FSArizona KAZT-TV Radio KGME

Culture/Lore	Winnipeg Jets (1972–96) Howler

Arizona Coyotes seasons

Pre-1996	Winnipeg Jets

1990s	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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