GLENDALE, ARIZONA - Arizona Coyotes President of Hockey Operations and General Manager John Chayka announced today the Coyotes 23-man roster for Opening Night. The Coyotes roster includes two goaltenders, seven defensemen and 14 forwards.

Josh Archibald, Jakob Chychrun, Christian Dvorak and Alex Galchenyuk will open the season on injured reserve (IR).

Number | Player | Position

4 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | Defenseman

6 | Jakob Chychrun | Defenseman*

9 | Clayton Keller | Right Wing

11 | Brendan Perlini | Left Wing

12 | Laurent Dauphin | Center

13 | Vinnie Hinostroza | Left Wing

14 | Richard Panik | Right Wing

15 | Brad Richardson | Center

17 | Alex Galchenyuk | Center*

18 | Christian Dvorak | Center*

20 | Dylan Strome | Center

21 | Derek Stepan | Center

22 | Barrett Hayton | Center

23 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Defenseman

25 | Nick Cousins | Center

29 | Mario Kempe | Right Wing

32 | Antti Raanta | Goaltender

33 | Alex Goligoski | Defenseman

35 | Darcy Kuemper | Goaltender

36 | Christian Fischer | Right Wing

40 | Michael Grabner | Right Wing

44 | Kevin Connauton | Defenseman

45 | Josh Archibald | Right Wing*

46 | Ilya Lyubushkin | Defenseman

55 | Jason Demers | Defenseman

67 | Lawson Crouse | Left Wing

82 | Jordan Oesterle | Defenseman

* injured reserve

The Coyotes also announced that defenseman Trevor Murphy has been assigned to the Tucson Roadrunners, the club's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.

The Coyotes will open their regular season on Thursday, October 4 at the Dallas Stars. They will host the Anaheim Ducks for their home opener on Saturday, October 6 at Gila River Arena. Game time is 6 p.m. For ticket information, please visit ArizonaCoyotes.com or call 480-563-PUCK (7825).