| Pos | Role | Name |
| C | 1 | Daymond Langkow  ActiveDaymond Langkow had a goal and an assist in the Phoenix Coyotes' 4-3 shootout loss against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. The center has points in three straight and 11 goals and 28 points on the season. Lauri Korpikoski (17th) and Derek Morris (second) potted the other goal. Korpikoski has a real chance to top his career high of 19 goals and 40 points as the season winds down. The winger has 35 points thus far. Mar 25 |
| 2 | Antoine Vermette ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes didn't provide much in fantasy terms in a 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, but they did fill up one category: penalty minutes. Shane Doan (15 PIMs) and Martin Hanzal (15 PIMs) lead the way while Antoine Vermette (12 PIMs) won't have to worry as much about league discipline. Derek Morris' knee-to-knee hit floated under the radar while players like Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata have been disappointing offensively. Overall, the Coyotes have only scored two goals so far in this series. May 16 |
| 3 | Martin Hanzal  SuspendedMartin Hanzal has received a one-game suspension for his boarding major on Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. He was given a game misconduct for his actions in the contest and will not be in the lineup when the series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Thursday night. Hanzal will be eligible to return on Sunday afternoon in the fourth game of the best-of-seven series. He has three goals and five points in 10 postseason contests. May 16 |
| 4 | Boyd Gordon ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes have definitely been buying into the plans of coach Dave Tippett. "It's just the makeup of our team," Tippett said. "We have jobs we expect them to do and guys kind of filter into those jobs or they earn those jobs. It's part of my job to put them in those situations so they can be successful. You get put in that role and if you stay there you usually earn it. It's just something that falls into place." It's really working on the penalty kill as Boyd Gordon and Lauri Korpikoski have starred during the man-disadvantage. May 11 |
| 5 | Marc-Antoine Pouliot ActiveMarc-Antoine Pouliot and Alexandre Bolduc were summoned from the minors by Phoenix before Game 3 on Tuesday. They are available to play in Game 4, but the Coyotes may not tinker with a lineup that won Tuesday night in overtime. Both players give the team more options with Martin Hanzal (lower body) and Lauri Korpikoski (upper body) expected to miss their second straight games Thursday. Apr 19 |
| 6 | Scott Arnold ActiveScott Arnold has been called up by the Phoenix Coyotes. Arnold just signed a two-year, entry-level contract with Phoenix. He had 10 goals and eight assists in 33 games with Niagara University this season. Mar 23 |
| 7 | Kyle Chipchura ActiveKyle Chipchura scored the first playoff goal of his NHL career and added an assist in the Coyotes’ Game 6, 4-0 series-clinching win at Chicago. Chipchura’s goal was window dressing as it came with 5:04 remaining and accounted for the final margin. His assist was anything but fluff as it came on Gilbert Brule’s goal early in the final period to give Phoenix a 2-0 lead. Chipchura was a plus-2 on the evening. Apr 24 |
| 8 | Alexandre Bolduc ActivePhoenix Coyotes center Alexander Bolduc was fined but not suspended for slew-footing San Jose Sharks tough guy Ryane Clowe. Bolduc was just recently recalled for the Coyotes. It appears that the league is very reluctant to hand players suspension for slew-footing (despite the fact that it's one of the more dangerous infractions int the sport). Mar 25 |
| LW | 1 | Ray Whitney ActiveThe Coyotes' top player this season is 40 years old, and Ray Whitney will need to keep up his success if Phoenix has any chance of upsetting the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference final, which begins tonight. Whitney played all 82 games for Phoenix and had 24 goals and 53 assists, a team-leading 77 points. People who follow the Coyotes feel Whitney has been the team's best player. "He's been an unbelievable player for us," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. "The thing that you've seen from him throughout his whole career, his skill, his knowledge of the game, the ways he affects the game, but the one thing that doesn't come across enough and you have to have the ability at his age to do, is his passion to play the game." Whitney has six points in 11 playoff games, including an important winner in overtime of Game 1 against Nashville in the conference semifinals. "He loves coming to the rink. He loves the competition," Tippett said. "I've seen a lot of players as they got older, they kind of lose some of that passion, and it's still alive and strong in Ray. He brings that attitude to the rink every day. It's a great example for our younger players." May 13 |
| 2 | Lauri Korpikoski ActiveLauri Korpikoski believes his injuries are behind him and he can play the way he has to in the postseason now. "I'm not sure when we're going to start, but these extra days won't hurt," he said. "I think I'll be even better going forward." Korpikoski has skated in six of Phoenix's 11 playoff contests, but he returned to the lineup in Game 5 against Nashville and looked up to speed. He is still looking for his first point during the NHL's second season. May 10 |
| 3 | Taylor Pyatt ActiveWith three goals and four points in nine playoff games, Taylor Pyatt has bounced back after missing a healthy chunk of March with an upper-body injury. Pyatt had just nine goals and 19 points in 73 regular season games. "I knew that if I got my confidence back and got in the playoffs, I could help this team," Pyatt said. He's certainly done that, with three of the four goals he's been involved in being scored in one-goal victories. May 3 |
| 4 | Raffi Torres SuspendedRaffi Torres will meet with league officials Thursday to appeal his 25-game ban. The forward was suspended during the Coyotes’ opening-round series after his hit to the head of Chicago’s Marian Hossa. The concern is not the suspension itself, but the length. It is the league's longest since the Islanders' Chris Simon received a 30-game sentence in 2007. May 15 |
| RW | 1 | Shane Doan ActiveShane Doan won't be disciplined by the NHL for his boarding major in Tuesday's Game 2 loss to Los Angeles. League disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan ruled that Kings forward Trevor Lewis turned right before Doan made contact, which was the same view that the Phoenix captain had after the game. Doan was given a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct late in the second period. He has accumulated seven points in 13 playoff games and will be available for Game 3 on Thursday. May 16 |
| 2 | Radim Vrbata ActiveRadim Vrbata had five shots on goal in Phoenix's 2-0 loss Wednesday. Shane Doan recorded a team-leading five hits for the Coyotes. Derek Morris accumulated six penalty minutes. Boyd Gordon won nine of his 14 faceoff opportunities. May 2 |
| 3 | Mikkel Boedker ActiveMikkel Boedker scored a goal in Phoenix's 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday. Boedker has an impressive four goals and eight points in 12 games. He's been the surprise breakout player of the Coyotes run, but the Coyotes will probably need him to stay sharp if they want to beat the Kings in the Western Conference Finals. May 14 |
| 4 | Gilbert Brule ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes' fourth line has been a key to them jumping out to a 2-0 second-round series lead against the Nashville Predators. The fourth line of Gilbert Brule, Kyle Chipchura and Daymond Langkow have combined for nine points in the Yotes' eight playoff games. Brule has two markers, Chipchura one and Langkow four assists. If you're getting that kind of production from your bottom line, you should be tough to beat. "Those guys are really solid players for us," coach Dave Tippett said. "If you look at it, we don't really have matchups. Everybody plays against everybody and everybody's expected to do the job and those guys have done a heck of a job for us. Not just giving us quality minutes; they're creating chances. May 1 |
| 5 | Paul Bissonnette ActivePaul Bissonnette was thrown out of Thursday's Game 4 after his sweater came off during a fight with Brandon Bollig. Bissonnette's game misconduct only 5:24 into the first period left the Coyotes with only 11 forwards although he likely would have seen less than five minutes of action the rest of the way. Just an FYI. Apr 20 |
| 6 | Brett MacLean ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes have recalled Brett MacLean from the minors. The Coyotes recalled nine players including Maclean who started the season with the Winnipeg Jets before being claimed by Phoenix on Oct. 29. Apr 20 |
| 7 | Andy Miele ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes have recalled Andy Miele from the minors. Miele had no points in seven NHL games this season and with the Coyotes farm team in Portland eliminated, he was recalled for depth. Apr 20 |
| D | 1 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson ActiveOliver Ekman-Larsson led the Phoenix Coyotes in ice time in the first round of the playoffs. Ekman-Larsson averaged 26:31 minutes per game, amazing considering that he is only 20 years of age. He is going to be one of the top blueliners in the NHL in the next couple of years and is still a big secret because he plays in the desert. He is worth grabbing next season in all fantasy leagues. Apr 27 |
| 2 | Keith Yandle ActiveKeith Yandle has contributed seven assists, which currently leads all blueliners, in 11 playoff games. His seven points has him tied with teammate Rostislav Klesla and New York's Daniel Girardi for the most among defensemen in the NHL postseason. Yandle cracked the 40-point mark for a third straight season in 2011-12, with 11 goals and 32 assists in 82 games, and is quickly establishing himself as a top-flight fantasy rearguard. May 10 |
| 3 | Adrian Aucoin  SidelinedAdrian Aucoin's status for Game 2 will be determined at game time. Aucoin’s undisclosed ailment kept him out of Game 1 against the Kings. The veteran defenseman was injured in Game 5 of the conference semifinal against Nashville. He has two assists and is a plus-4 in 10 playoff games. May 15 |
| 4 | Rostislav Klesla ActiveRostislav Klesla's face continues to take a beating in the postseason, but he continues to tough it out. The Coyotes defenseman has been hit in the face three times this postseason. He began the playoffs with six points in seven games, but then took a stick to the face in Game 6 against the Blackhawks, returning to play with a full-cage helmet. He got rid of the cage because it was distracting his vision, and then took a puck to the chin against the Predators in Game 2 of the second-round series. The bad luck continued in Game 1 of the Western Conference final, when Dustin Brown's shot deflected off of goalie Mike Smith and into Klesla's face. "I guess it's kind of tough luck," Klesla said. "In this game, you get hit in your face every once in a while, maybe every couple of years. To get hit three times in three weeks is a bit strange." May 15 |
| 5 | Derek Morris ActiveDerek Morris received a kneeing penalty in Tuesday's Game 2 loss to Los Angeles, but he won't face supplemental discipline for the infraction. NHL Director of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan said via his twitter page that the two minute penalty on the play was sufficient punishment. The incident occurred during the third period on Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi. Morris, who has been steady on the blueline for Phoenix with five points and a plus-4 rating in 13 playoff games, will be eligible to play in Game 3 Thursday night. May 16 |
| 6 | Michal Rozsival ActiveMichal Rozsival missed Game 2 due to an undisclosed injury, but he was able to play in Game 3 on Wednesday. Rozsival recorded a blocked shot in 18:22 minutes of ice time. He finished the game with a minus-one rating to bring his 2012 playoffs rating down to minus-two. May 3 |
| 7 | David Rundblad ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes have recalled defenseman David Rundblad from the minors. Rundblad was sent to Portland of the AHL on March 13. Rundblad's first season in North America saw him score once with six assists in 30 NHL games split between Ottawa and Phoenix as he was dealt to the Coyotes along with a second round pick for Kyle Turris in mid-December. The Coyotes are high on the blueliner so expect him to be fantasy relevant in the next couple of seasons. Apr 20 |
| 8 | David Schlemko ActiveDavid Schlemko may begin the Western Conference final in the lineup for Phoenix if it is deemed that Adrian Aucoin (undisclosed) cannot play. Schlemko suited up in Game 6 against Chicago in Round 1 and he played in two more games versus Nashville on the Coyotes' semifinal match-up. "I thought he handled himself very well," coach Dave Tippett said. "We'll kind of evaluate where we are over the next few days and figure out which six gives us the best chance to be successful, and that's what we'll go with." Schlemko has no points, eight blocks, four shots and a plus-1 rating in the postseason. May 10 |
| 9 | Maxim Goncharov ActiveDefenseman Maxim Goncharov has been recalled by the Phoenix Coyotes. Just an FYI. The fifth round pick in the 2007 Entry Draft has yet to play a game in the NHL. Apr 20 |
| 10 | Michael Stone ActiveMichael Stone made his NHL playoff debut for Phoenix in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. He logged 12:15 of ice time while finishing the contest with one blocked shot and a minus-1 rating. Stone replaced David Schlemko in the lineup. The 21-year-old rookie appeared in 13 games for Phoenix during the regular season, where he generated three points and a plus-7 rating. May 16 |
| 11 | Chris Summers ActiveThe Phoenix Coyotes have summoned Chris Summers. Summers was sent down on December 25th so that he could continue to practice and play during the NHL All-Star break. He has three assists in nine games with Phoenix. Jan 30 |
| G | 1 | Mike Smith ActivePhoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith had an agitating night on just about every level as the Los Angeles Kings won 4-0 to take a 2-0 series lead. Smith showed his frustration the most when he whacked Dustin Brown on the back of the leg to receive a two-minute minor penalty. It's unlikely that Smith will receive a suspension or fine for the infraction, but it was a moment that probably captures how he felt after plenty of crease crashing and allowing four goals on 40 shots. May 16 |
| 2 | Jason LaBarbera ActiveJason LaBarbera allowed four goals on 27 shots in the Coyotes' 4-0 loss to St. Louis Sunday. With Mike Smith needing a rest, LaBarbera was given the nod in an important game, but the team's struggles continued. It's conceivable that LaBarbera doesn't receive any more starts the rest of the way. Mar 26 |
