2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season

2020–21 Arizona Coyotes
Division	5th West
2020–21 record	24–26–6
Home record	12–12–4
Road record	12–14–2
Goals for	153
Goals against	176
Team information
General manager	Bill Armstrong
Coach	Rick Tocchet
Captain	Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Alternate captains	Niklas Hjalmarsson Phil Kessel
Arena	Gila River Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Kessel (20)
Assists	Conor Garland (27)
Points	Phil Kessel (43)
Penalty minutes	Lawson Crouse (46)
Plus/minus	Victor Soderstrom (+4)
Wins	Darcy Kuemper (10)
Goals against average	Darcy Kuemper (2.56)

The 2020–21 Arizona Coyotes season was the 42nd season for National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 25th season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 49th overall, including the World Hockey Association years. This would have been the final year of the Coyotes being in the Pacific Division in the 2020–21 season before the new NHL expansion team the Seattle Kraken enters into the Pacific Division in the 2021–22 NHL season. However, on December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Coyotes played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.

On May 5, 2021, the Coyotes were eliminated from playoff contention after a 4–2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63
5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was announced on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 3–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 San Jose 4–3 Arizona SO Kuemper 2,274 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 January 16 San Jose 3–5 Arizona Raanta 2,384 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 January 18 Arizona 2–4 Vegas Kuemper 0 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 January 20 Arizona 2–5 Vegas Kuemper 0 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 January 22 Vegas 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 2,712 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 January 24 Vegas 1–0 Arizona Kuemper 2,672 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 26 Anaheim 1–0 Arizona Kuemper 1,808 2–4–1 5 Recap 8 January 28 Anaheim 2–3 Arizona Kuemper 2,252 3–4–1 7 Recap
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–4–2 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 2 Arizona 3–4 St. Louis Kuemper 1,400 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 4 Arizona 4–3 St. Louis Raanta — 4–5–1 9 Recap — February 6 Arizona – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 16. 11 February 6 Arizona 3–1 St. Louis Kuemper — 5–5–1 11 Recap — February 7 Arizona – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 14. 12 February 8 Arizona 4–3 St. Louis SO Kuemper — 6–5–1 13 Recap — February 9 Arizona – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 31. — February 11 Arizona – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 12. 13 February 12 St. Louis 4–1 Arizona Kuemper 2,457 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 February 13 St. Louis 5–4 Arizona OT Raanta 3,237 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 February 15 St. Louis 0–1 Arizona Kuemper 2,554 7–6–2 16 Recap 16 February 18 Los Angeles 3–2 Arizona SO Kuemper 2,281 7–6–3 17 Recap 17 February 20 Los Angeles 4–2 Arizona Kuemper 3,187 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 February 22 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona Kuemper 2,346 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 February 24 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Hill 2,319 9–7–3 21 Recap 20 February 26 Colorado 3–2 Arizona Hill 2,495 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 February 27 Colorado 6–2 Arizona Raanta 3,224 9–9–3 21 Recap
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 3 Arizona 3–2 Los Angeles Raanta 0 10–9–3 23 Recap 23 March 5 Minnesota 5–1 Arizona Raanta 2,541 10–10–3 23 Recap 24 March 6 Minnesota 2–5 Arizona Kuemper 3,141 11–10–3 25 Recap 25 March 8 Arizona 3–2 Colorado Raanta 0 12–10–3 27 Recap 26 March 10 Arizona 1–2 Colorado OT Raanta 0 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 March 12 Arizona 0–4 Minnesota Hill 0 12–11–4 28 Recap 28 March 14 Arizona 1–4 Minnesota Raanta 0 12–12–4 28 Recap 29 March 16 Arizona 0–3 Minnesota Hill 0 12–13–4 28 Recap 30 March 18 Arizona 2–3 Anaheim OT Hill 0 12–13–5 29 Recap 31 March 20 Arizona 5–1 Anaheim Raanta 0 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 March 22 Colorado 5–1 Arizona Raanta 2,593 13–14–5 31 Recap 33 March 23 Colorado 4–5 Arizona SO Hill 2,539 14–14–5 33 Recap 34 March 26 San Jose 2–5 Arizona Hill 3,007 15–14–5 35 Recap 35 March 27 San Jose 0–4 Arizona Hill 3,217 16–14–5 37 Recap 36 March 31 Arizona 3–9 Colorado Hill 0 16–15–5 37 Recap
April: 6–9–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 4–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 2 Arizona 4–2 Anaheim Hill 0 17–15–5 39 Recap 38 April 4 Arizona 3–2 Anaheim OT Hill 0 18–15–5 41 Recap 39 April 5 Arizona 5–2 Los Angeles Hill 0 19–15–5 43 Recap 40 April 7 Arizona 3–4 Los Angeles Hill 0 19–16–5 43 Recap 41 April 9 Arizona 4–7 Vegas Hill 3,950 19–17–5 43 Recap 42 April 11 Arizona 0–1 Vegas Hill 3,950 19–18–5 43 Recap 43 April 12 Arizona 2–4 Colorado Prosvetov 4,042 19–19–5 43 Recap 44 April 14 Arizona 2–5 Minnesota Raanta 3,000 19–20–5 43 Recap 45 April 17 St. Louis 2–3 Arizona Kuemper 3,981 20–20–5 45 Recap 46 April 19 Minnesota 5–2 Arizona Kuemper 3,481 20–21–5 45 Recap 47 April 21 Minnesota 4–1 Arizona Kuemper 3,736 20–22–5 45 Recap 48 April 24 Arizona 4–0 Los Angeles Kuemper 1,497 21–22–5 47 Recap 49 April 26 Arizona 4–6 San Jose Hill 520 21–23–5 47 Recap 50 April 28 Arizona 2–4 San Jose Kuemper 1,037 21–24–5 47 Recap 51 April 30 Vegas 0–3 Arizona Hill 5,111 22–24–5 49 Recap
May: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Vegas 3–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 5,671 22–24–6 50 Recap 53 May 3 Los Angeles 3–2 Arizona Kuemper 4,983 22–25–6 50 Recap 54 May 5 Los Angeles 4–2 Arizona Hill 6,964 22–26–6 50 Recap 55 May 7 Arizona 5–2 San Jose Kuemper 1,145 23–26–6 52 Recap 56 May 8 Arizona 5–4 San Jose OT Hill 1,249 24–26–6 54 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)       Postponement

Draft picks

See also: List of Arizona Coyotes draft picks

Below are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	49	Forfeited pick
4	111	Mitchell Miller (renounced)	D	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	142	Carson Bantle	LW	United States	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
6	173	Filip Barklund	C	Sweden	Orebro Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7	192	Elliot Ekefjard	RW	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7	204	Ben McCartney	LW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)