2007–08 Phoenix Coyotes season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2007–08
Year:	2007
Team:	Phoenix Coyotes
Conferencerank:	12th
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	38–37–7
Homerecord:	17–20–4
Roadrecord:	21–17–3
Goalsfor:	214
Goalsagainst:	231
Attendance:	14,820 (83.3%)
Goalsleader:	Shane Doan (28)
Assistsleader:	Shane Doan (50)
Pointsleader:	Shane Doan (78)
Plusminusleader:	Zbynek Michalek (+9)
Pimleader:	Daniel Carcillo (324)
Winsleader:	Ilya Bryzgalov (26)
Gaaleader:	Ilya Bryzgalov (2.42)^[1]

The 2007–08 Phoenix Coyotes season began on October 4, 2007. It was the franchise's 36th season, 29th in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 12th season as the Phoenix Coyotes.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23.
The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Conference standings

Schedule and results

October

Record: 4–6–0; Home: 1–5–0; Road: 3–1–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4		2 – 3	Phoenix			17,799	1–0–0	2
2	October 6		3 – 1	Phoenix		Tellqvist	14,087	1–1–0	2
3	October 10	Phoenix	0 – 3				11,944	1–2–0	2
4	October 11	Phoenix	6 – 3				12,155	2–2–0	4
5	October 13		3 – 2	Phoenix		Auld	12,088	2–3–0	4
6	October 18		4 – 2	Phoenix		Auld	10,448	2–4–0	4
7	October 20		5 – 2	Phoenix		Tellqvist	14,154	2–5–0	4
8	October 25	Phoenix	1 – 0			Auld	17,174	3–5–0	6
9	October 27		5 – 3	Phoenix		Auld	13,741	3–6–0	6
10	October 30	Phoenix	2 – 1			Tellqvist	14,222	4–6–0	8

November

Record: 7–6–0; Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–4–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 2	Phoenix	5 – 0			Tellqvist	18,203	5–6–0	10
12	November 3		5 – 2	Phoenix		Auld	15,888	5–7–0	10
13	November 7	Phoenix	6 – 5		OT	Auld	17,174	6–7–0	12
14	November 8		2 – 5	Phoenix		Tellqvist	12,027	7–7–0	14
15	November 10	Phoenix	1 – 4			Auld	17,496	7–8–0	14
16	November 12	Phoenix	0 – 5			Tellqvist	17,496	7–9–0	14
17	November 15		6 – 0	Phoenix		Auld	12,953	7–10–0	14
18	November 17	Phoenix	1 – 0				15,659	8–10–0	16
19	November 21		1 – 4	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	12,161	9–10–0	18
20	November 23	Phoenix	4 – 3		SO	Bryzgalov	17,174	10–10–0	20
21	November 24		1 – 5	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,190	11–10–0	22
22	November 28	Phoenix	1 – 3			Bryzgalov	18,568	11–11–0	22
23	November 30	Phoenix	1 – 6			Bryzgalov	16,234	11–12–0	22

December

Record: 7–6–1; Home: 2–3–1; Road: 5–3–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1	Phoenix	2 – 3			Bryzgalov	18,557	11–13–0	22
25	December 3	Phoenix	1 – 3			Bryzgalov	16,979	11–14–0	22
26	December 5		1 – 4	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	11,401	12–14–0	24
27	December 7		1 – 0	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	12,972	12–15–0	24
28	December 8	Phoenix	4 – 2			Bryzgalov	16,053	13–15–0	26
29	December 13	Phoenix	2 – 3			Bryzgalov	9,581	13–16–0	26
30	December 15	Phoenix	4 – 1			Tellqvist	16,636	14–16–0	28
31	December 16	Phoenix	5 – 1			Bryzgalov	18,200	15–16–0	30
32	December 18	Phoenix	3 – 2			Bryzgalov	19,211	16–16–0	32
33	December 20	Phoenix	3 – 2		SO	Bryzgalov	17,136	17–16–0	34
34	December 22		2 – 1	Phoenix	SO	Bryzgalov	17,471	17–16–1	35
35	December 27		3 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	13,756	17–17–1	35
36	December 29		4 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,866	17–18–1	35
37	December 31		4 – 3	Phoenix	SO	Bryzgalov	12,973	18–18–1	37

January

Record: 9–4–1; Home: 5–1–1; Road: 4–3–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
38	January 2	Phoenix	5 – 2			Bryzgalov	15,232	19–18–1	39
39	January 3		2 – 4	Phoenix		Tellqvist	12,252	20–18–1	41
40	January 5		2 – 3	Phoenix	SO	Bryzgalov	16,159	21–18–1	43
41	January 8	Phoenix	3 – 1			Bryzgalov	19,289	22–18–1	45
42	January 10	Phoenix	2 – 5			Bryzgalov	16,839	22–19–1	45
43	January 11	Phoenix	4 – 3			Bryzgalov	18,630	23–19–1	47
44	January 13	Phoenix	1 – 4			Bryzgalov	18,568	23–20–1	47
45	January 15		3 – 5	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	11,822	24–20–1	49
46	January 17		4 – 3	Phoenix		Tellqvist	11,114	24–21–1	49
47	January 19		2 – 1	Phoenix	SO	Bryzgalov	18,073	24–21–2	50
48	January 21		2 – 6	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	16,981	25–21–2	52
49	January 24		3 – 4	Phoenix	OT	Bryzgalov	12,622	26–21–2	54
50	January 29	Phoenix	4 – 2			Bryzgalov	15,127	27–21–2	56
51	January 30	Phoenix	2 – 3			Bryzgalov	19,289	27–22–2	56

February

Record: 6–5–3; Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–2–2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 2	Phoenix	2 – 3	Nashville	OT	Bryzgalov	17,113	27–22–3	57
53	February 4	Phoenix	4 – 3	Colorado	OT	Tellqvist	14,381	28–22–3	59
54	February 5	Phoenix	3 – 4	Calgary	SO	Bryzgalov	19,289	28–22–4	60
55	February 7	Columbus	2 – 1	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	13,918	28–23–4	60
56	February 10	Nashville	6 – 3	Phoenix		Tellqvist	14,593	28–24–4	60
57	February 11	Phoenix	1 – 2	Dallas		Bryzgalov	17,622	28–25–4	60
58	February 14	Dallas	2 – 5	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	12,885	29–25–4	62
59	February 16	Los Angeles	3 – 5	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,997	30–25–4	64
60	February 18	Phoenix	4 – 0	Los Angeles		Tellqvist	16,617	31–25–4	66
61	February 19	Calgary	4 – 1	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	15,208	31–26–4	66
62	February 22	Colorado	3 – 2	Phoenix	SO	Tellqvist	15,882	31–26–5	67
63	February 24	St. Louis	0 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	14,845	32–26–5	69
64	February 27	Phoenix	0 –1	Chicago		Bryzgalov	14,799	32–27–5	69
65	February 28	Phoenix	2 – 1	St. Louis		Bryzgalov	17,867	33–27–5	71

March

Record: 4–9–1; Home: 3–5–1; Road: 1–4–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
66	March 1	Calgary	3 – 1	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,529	33–28–5	71
67	March 5	Phoenix	2 – 1	Dallas		Bryzgalov	17,942	34–28–5	73
68	March 6	Montreal	4 – 2	Phoenix		Tellqvist	14,841	34–29–5	73
69	March 8	Ottawa	4 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	16,922	34–30–5	73
70	March 11	Anaheim	2 – 3	Phoenix	SO	Bryzgalov	14,683	35–30–5	75
71	March 13	Vancouver	0 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	15,562	36–30–5	77
72	March 15	Edmonton	5 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,947	36–31–5	77
73	March 17	Phoenix	1 – 3	Vancouver		Bryzgalov	18,630	36–32–5	77
74	March 18	Phoenix	4 – 8	Edmonton		Tellqvist	16,839	36–33–5	77
75	March 20	Los Angeles	6 – 5	Phoenix	SO	Tellqvist	14,852	36–33–6	78
76	March 22	Anaheim	2 – 1	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	17,645	36–34–6	78
77	March 25	San Jose	4 – 5	Phoenix	OT	Bryzgalov	15,991	37–34–6	80
78	March 27	Phoenix	0 – 4	Los Angeles		Tellqvist	17,331	37–35–6	80
79	March 30	Phoenix	1 – 3	San Jose		Bryzgalov	17,496	37–36–6	80

April

Record: 1–1–1; Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–0–1

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	Dallas	4 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	18,340	37–37–6	80
81	April 4	Phoenix	4 – 2	Dallas		Tellqvist	18,584	38–37–6	82
82	April 6	Phoenix	2 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Bryzgalov	17,269	38–37–7	83

Playoffs

The Coyotes failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

	Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	80	28	50	78	59
	76	27	29	56	14
	80	12	39	51	73
	81	16	30	46	26
	72	8	27	35	28
	81	22	32	54	32
	51	10	9	19	14
	79	10	18	28	34
	57	13	11	24	324
	63	6	8	14	4

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

	Regular season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SO	Sv%	GA	GAA
	55	3167	26	22	5	3	.921	128	2.42
	22	1224	9	8	2	2	.908	56	2.74
	9	509	3	6	0	1	.880	30	3.54
	1	60	0	1	0	0	.909	3	3.00

Awards and records

Milestones

For the second straight season, the Phoenix Coyotes are last in revenue in the NHL, losing $300,000 a game, or $30 million this season. Phoenix has never had a money-making season since the franchise left the city of Winnipeg in the 1996–97 season.

Transactions

The Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
		1 year, $1 million
		1 year, $525,000
		1 year, $475,000
		1 year, $600,000

		1 year, $475,000

Player	New team
	Calgary Flames
	New York Islanders
	Pittsburgh Penguins

Waivers

Draft picks

Phoenix' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]

Round		Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Kyle Turris	Center	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
1	30	Nick Ross	Defense	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	32	Brett MacLean	Left wing	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	36	Joel Gistedt	Goaltender	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
4	103	Vladimir Ruzicka	Center	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
5	123	Maxim Goncharov	Defense	CSKA Moscow-2 (Russia)
6	153	Scott Darling	Goaltender	Capital District Selects (EJHL)

Farm teams

San Antonio RampageThe San Antonio Rampage are the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08.

Arizona SundogsThe Arizona Sundogs are the Coyotes affiliate in the CHL.

References

Player stats: Phoenix Coyotes player stats on espn.com
Game log: Phoenix Coyotes game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

Notes and References

Does not include his games played for the Anaheim Ducks.
2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com