• Trailing 4-2, Josh Archibald briefly pumped some intrigue into the game when he deflected a shot by Jason Demers past Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck at 14:50 of the third. The Jets challenged the goal, citing goaltender interference by Archibald. After video review, the goal was overturned.
• The Coyotes finished the season with 86 points, 16 more than last season. They were not eliminated from the race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs until the middle of their 81st game of their season on Thursday.
"Obviously we wanted to get in the playoffs," Richardson said. "I thought we played well enough to. It's disappointing. I think with all the injuries, though, we can hang our hats on the way we battled, the way we competed."
Galchenyuk agreed.
"It was definitely a tough one to show up for," Galchenyuk said of the finale, the team's only game without playoff implications. "We come in here, we get paid, we've got to do our job. So we came in, and it sucks we didn't get the win. I don't really know what to say after a game like this."