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Mikko Rantanen added a goal and an assist and
Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Avalanche, who will
continue their four-game trip with the second half of a
back-to-back at Arizona on Saturday.
Miska's shutout bid ended with Phil Kessel's backhanded goal
with 1:36 remaining. Drake Caggiula scored with 52.9 seconds to
go and it appeared the Coyotes might rally from a 3-0 deficit
for the third consecutive game.
But Miska was able to hold on for the victory, if not the
shutout.
The 25-year-old Minnesotan was playing in just his fourth NHL
game and third this season. He made his debut with Arizona in
the 2018-19 campaign before signing as a free agent with the
Avalanche in July 2019.
Coyotes goalie Adin Hill, who made his first start since Feb.
19, 2020, stopped 26 of 29 shots. Hill replaced an injured Darcy
Kuemper in the third period of Wednesday's 4-3 shootout victory
against Anaheim and made 14 saves on as many shots. Kuemper is
considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
Rantanen opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 1:43 of
the second period, just as a hooking call against Arizona's Nick
Schmaltz was about to expire. Nathan MacKinnon unleashed a shot
from the left faceoff circle that was stopped by Hill, but Kadri
jumped on the rebound and fired it across the top of the crease
to Rantanen, who knocked the puck into the open side of the net.
It remained 1-0 until 6:04 of the third, when the Avalanche
forced a turnover at center ice that started a 3-on-2 break led
by Kadri and Rantanen. Kadri made a drop pass for Burakovsky,
who was alone between the faceoff circles, and his wrist shot
found the upper right corner of the net.
Kadri scored at 11:00 of the third after defenseman Cale Makar
picked up a loose puck at center ice and drove over the Arizona
blue line. As three Coyotes descended on Makar, he flipped a
pass ahead to Kadri, who slipped the puck between Hill's pads.
--Field Level Media
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