Coyotes finish last in the league
It has been no secret for a while, but with the end of regular season today, the Kansas City Coyotes have finished last in the entire NHL with a dysmal 24 wins, 52 losses and 6 overtime losses record. The Buffalo Sabres won the President Trophy as best regular season club with a 55 wins, 22 losses and 5 overtime losses record, good enough for 115 points.
The Sprint Cup (Player of the Year as voted by the media), Gold Stick (Biggest contributor without recieving praise for his work) and Star Trophy (Player of the Year as voted by the fans) will be given to their respective winner after the conclusion of the NHL Playoffs.
April 5th 2009 - Kansas City vs. St. Louis, 3-1 L, (Fritsche 18), Denis [L] (30/33)
April 7th 2009 - Coyotes at Edmonton, 5-1 L, (Adams 5), Denis [L] (37/42)
Kansas City Coyotes (82GP, 24-52-6, 54 points, 15th in the West, 201GF-283GA, 13.3%PP [28th], 80.3%PK [28th])
NHL Top 10 scorers:
1. C Patrick Marleau, San Jose (82GP - 44G - 75A - 119PTS)
2. C Daymond Langkow, Calgary (82GP - 28G - 76A - 104PTS)
3. C Pavol Demitra, Vancouver (82GP - 50G - 53A - 103PTS)
4. C Vincent Lecavalier, Los Angeles (82GP - 42G - 61A - 103PTS)
5. LW Milan Michalek, San Jose (82GP - 44G - 55A - 99PTS)
6. C Tim Connolly, Buffalo (79GP - 30G - 69A - 99PTS)
7. LW Rick Nash, Columbus (82GP - 49G - 49A - 98PTS)
8. RW Jarome Iginla, Calgary (81GP - 43G - 52A - 95PTS)
9. RW Marian Hossa, Detroit (77GP - 40G - 55A - 95PTS)
10. C Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit (73GP - 36G - 57A - 93PTS)
NHL Top 5 goalscorers:
1. LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta (74GP - 53 Goals)
2. RW Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose (82GP - 51 Goals)
3. C Pavol Demitra, Vancouver (82GP - 50 Goals)
4. LW Rick Nash, Columbus (82GP - 49 Goals)
5. LW Markus Näslund, New York R (75GP - 47 Goals)
. LW Thomas Vanek, Buffalo (82GP - 47 Goals)
NHL Top 5 defensemen scorers:
1. D Nicklas LidstrÖm, Detroit (82GP - 17G - 37A - 54 PTS)
2. D Lubomir Visnovsky, Edmonton (82GP - 22G - 30A - 52 PTS)
3. D Dion Phaneuf, Calgary (82GP - 14G - 38A - 52PTS)
4. D Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim (82GP - 14G - 35A - 49 PTS)
5. D Brian Rafalski, Detroit (82GP - 5G - 43A - 48 PTS)
NHL Top 5 rookie scorers:
1. LW Lukas Kaspar, Kansas City (79GP - 25G - 46A - 71 PTS)
2. LW Benoit Pouliot, Minnesota (78GP - 27G - 32A - 59 PTS)
3. C Rob Schremp, Kansas City (77GP - 20G - 28A - 48 PTS)
4. RW Radek Smolenak, Dallas (74GP - 16G - 29A - 45 PTS)
5. RW Bobby Ryan, Anaheim (77GP - 19G - 18A - 37 PTS)
NHL Top 5 goaltender GAA (min. 60GP)
1. G Roberto Luongo (72GP - 45W - 2.18GAA - 92.2SAV% - 7SO)
2. G Ryan Miller (69GP - 48W - 2.41GAA - 91.0SAV% - 5SO)
3. G Tomas Vokoun (67GP - 38W - 2.46GAA - 91.5SAV% - 5SO)
4. G Cam Ward (72GP - 38W - 2.54GAA - 91.5SAV% - 1SO)
5. G Henrik Lundqvist (72GP - 43W - 2.63GAA - 91.4SAV% - 3SO)
Other notable players:
RW Teemu Selänne, Anaheim (69GP - 38G - 54A - 92PTS)
C Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim (82GP - 28G - 61A - 89PTS)
D Chris Pronger, Anaheim (76GP - 6G - 35A - 41PTS)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Anaheim (31GP - 19W - 2.40GAA - 92.1SAV% - 1SO) [UCL TEAR]
C Marc Savard, Boston (81GP - 37G - 49A - 86PTS)
RW Phil Kessel, Boston (82GP - 28G - 53A - 81PTS)
D Andrej Meszaros, Boston (75GP - 7G - 36A - 43PTS)
D Ed Jovanovski, Buffalo (82GP - 7G - 37A - 44PTS)
LW Mike Cammalleri, Calgary (77GP - 37G - 52A - 89PTS)
RW Todd Bertuzzi, Calgary (82GP - 33G - 49A - 82PTS)
LW Ryan Malone, Calgary (82GP - 35G - 45A - 80PTS)
G Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary (69GP - 37W - 2.66GAA - 91.0SAV% - 4SO)
C Eric Staal, Carolina (82GP - 34G - 49A - 83PTS)
D Zdeno Chara, Carolina (71GP - 2G - 37A - 39PTS)
C Jonathan Toews, Chicago (81GP - 19G - 41A - 60PTS)
RW Patrick Kane, Chicago (82GP - 26G - 32A - 58PTS)
RW Milan Hejduk, Colorado (76GP - 33G - 48A - 81PTS)
C Joe Sakic, Colorado (77GP - 31G - 49A - 80PTS)
LW Paul Stastny, Colorado (82GP - 28G - 44A - 72PTS)
D John-Michael Liles, Colorado (89GP - 10G - 36A - 46PTS)
C Olli Jokinen, Columbus (74GP - 30G - 60A - 90PTS)
C Michael Nylander, Columbus (82GP - 27G - 58A - 85PTS)
C Brad Richards, Dallas (82GP - 34G - 57A - 91PTS)
LW Brendan Morrow, Dallas (82GP - 44G - 43A- 87PTS)
LW Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit (69GP - 36G - 41A - 77PTS)
C Shawn Horcoff, Edmonton (78GP - 31G - 56A - 87PTS)
LW Dustin Penner, Edmonton (82GP - 42G - 44A - 86PTS)
RW Ales Hemsky, Edmonton (79GP - 28G - 52A - 80PTS)
RW Nathan Horton, Florida (75GP - 30G - 46A - 76PTS)
D Andrei Markov, Florida (77GP - 10G - 30A - 40PTS)
C Ales Kopitar, Los Angeles (69GP - 20G - 46A - 66PTS)
LW Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles (61GP - 30G - 35A - 65PTS)
RW Patrick O'Sullivan, Los Angeles (67GP - 26G - 39A - 65PTS)
RW Marian Gaborik, Minnesota (60GP - 27G - 28A - 55PTS)
RW Alex Kovalev, Montreal (74GP - 34G - 43A - 77PTS)
LW Andrei Kostitsyn, Montreal (82GP - 30G - 42A - 72PTS)
C Saku Koivu, Montreal (35GP - 10G - 25A - 35PTS)
G Carey Price, Montreal (68GP - 30W - 2.82GAA - 90.8SAV% - 3SO)
LW Patrik Elias, New Jersey (82GP - 38G - 42A - 80PTS)
RW Petr Sykora, New Jersey (79GP - 26G - 49A - 75PTS)
RW Steve Bernier, New Jersey (83GP - 33G - 40A - 73PTS)
C Zach Parise, New Jersey (82GP - 22G - 43A - 65PTS)
D Brian Campbell, New Jersey (78GP - 10G - 31A - 41PTS)
G Martin Brodeur, New Jersey (1GP - 1W)
C Chris Drury, New York R (74GP - 30G - 50A - 80PTS)
RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York R (76GP - 30G - 50A - 80PTS)
D Wade Redden, New York R (62GP - 10G - 37A - 47PTS)
C Scott Gomez, New York R (34GP - 13G - 25A - 38PTS)
LW Dany Heatley, Ottawa (80GP - 40G - 49A - 89PTS)
RW Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa (72GP - 42G - 43A - 85PTS)
C Jason Spezza, Ottawa (69GP - 29G - 51A - 80PTS)
LW Simon Gagné, Philadelphia (82GP - 36G - 45A - 81PTS)
LW Alex Tanguay, Pittsburgh (72GP - 36G - 47A - 83PTS)
C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh (76GP - 28G - 47A - 75PTS)
C Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh (69GP - 32G - 34A - 66PTS)
G Marc-André Fleury, Pittsburgh (73GP - 39G - 2.86GAA - 90.9SAV% - 0SO)
RW Maxim Afinogenov, Portland (82GP - 34G - 40A - 74PTS)
C Joe Thornton, San Jose (72GP - 26G - 45A - 71PTS)
D Dan Boyle, San Jose (79GP - 7G - 34A - 41PTS)
G Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose (61GP - 36W - 2.71GAA - 90.2SAV% - 4SO)
RW Martin St. Louis, St. Louis (77GP - 41G - 41A - 82PTS)
C Andy McDonald, St. Louis (82GP - 31G - 46A - 77PTS)
RW Shane Doan, Toronto (82GP - 42G - 41A - 83PTS)
C Peter Mueller, Toronto (82GP - 22G - 48A - 70PTS)
C Daniel Sedin, Vancouver (77GP - 33G - 50A - 83PTS)
C Mats Sundin, Vancouver (38GP - 11G - 22A - 33PTS)
RW Brian Gionta, Washingotn (81GP - 38G - 43A - 81PTS)
RW Alexander Ovechkin, Washington (51GP - 39G - 35A - 74PTS)
LW Alexander Semin, Washington (80GP - 28G - 35A - 63PTS)
C Nicklas Bäckström, Washington (78GP - 19G - 38A - 57PTS)
Eastern Conference:
*1. Buffalo Sabres (55-22-5) - 115 Points
*2. Carolina Hurricanes (45-21-16) - 106 Points
*3. New York Rangers (50-27-5) - 105 Points
4. Toronto Maple Leafs (51-26-5) - 107 Points
5. Ottawa Senators (47-25-10) - 104 Points
6. Florida Panthers (45-29-8) - 98 Points
7. Boston Bruins (43-33-6) - 92 Points
8. Pittsburgh Penguins (42-36-4) - 88 Points
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9. Washington Capitals (39-35-8) - 86 Points
10. Philadelphia Flyers (40-40-2) - 82 Points
11. Montreal Canadiens (34-37-11) - 79 Points
12. New Jersey Devils (34-40-8) - 76 Points
13. New York Islanders (33-41-8) - 74 Points
14. Atlanta Thrashers (32-42-8) - 72 Points
15. Nashville Predators (29-44-9) - 67 Points
Western Conference
*1. Vancouver Canucks (53-24-5) - 111 Points
*2. Detroit Red Wings (49-28-5) - 103 Points
*3. San Jose Sharks (46-28-8) - 100 Points
4. Columbus Blue Jackets (46-27-9) - 101 Points
5. Edmonton Oilers (46-30-6) - 98 Points
6. Calgary Flames (44-30-8) - 96 Points
7. Los Angeles Kings (43-32-7) - 93 Points
8. Dallas Stars (42-32-8) - 92 Points
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9. St. Louis Blues (41-32-9) - 91 Points
10. Anaheim Ducks (39-32-11) - 89 Points
11. Colorado Avalanche (39-35-8) - 86 Points
12. Portland Titans (35-41-6) - 76 Points
13. Minnesota Wild (33-44-5) - 71 Points
14. Chicago Blackhawks (31-46-5) - 67 Points
15. Kansas City Coyotes (24-52-6) - 54 Points
NHL Playoffs
1 Buffalo Sabres vs. 8 Pittsburgh Penguins
2 Carolina Hurricanes vs 7 Boston Bruins
3 New York Rangers vs 6 Florida Panthers
4 Toronto Maple Leafs vs 5 Ottawa Senators
1 Vancouver Canucks vs. 8 Dallas Stars
2 Detroit Red Wings vs. 7 Los Angeles Kings
3 San Jose Sharks vs. 6 Calgary Flames
4 Columbus Blue Jackets vs. 5 Edmonton Oilers