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 Shane Doan, Mikkel Boedker and Lauri Korpikoski had Phoenix's other goals. Mike Smith made 31 saves for the Coyotes, who closed a five-game road trip by winning the final three.
Eric Staal, Riley Nash and Jeff Skinner scored for the Hurricanes.
Cam Ward made nine saves after coming on with 10:08 left in the second period to replace starting netminder Anton Khudobin. Khudobin suffered a lower-body injury when he skated out to play the puck.
Ward allowed three of Phoenix's goals.
With the score tied at 3 at the start of the third period, Carolina's Staal gambled in the offensive zone. He couldn't corral the puck, instead allowing Klinkhammer to skate forward on a 2-on-1. Klinkhammer decided not to pass, snapping the puck past Ward's glove.
Doan then gave the Coyotes an insurance goal with 12:49 left when he scored on the power play.
The relatively high-scoring game broke the mold of Phoenix's other victories -- the Coyotes had allowed four goals in their first three wins compared to 10 goals allowed in their two losses.
Phoenix had a strong start, outshooting Carolina 8-1 in the first 12 minutes and scoring the first goal.
With Carolina's Alexander Semin in the penalty box for hooking, the Coyotes' Derek Morris took a shot that hit the post. Boedker cleaned up the rebound, taking advantage of the fact Khudobin was out of position.
The Hurricanes tied the score when a Phoenix clearing attempt bounced to Staal, who was in front of the net. Staal backhanded the puck past Smith.
Both teams scored twice in the second period.
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Nash started things off for the Hurricanes when he deflected a Ryan Murphy shot from the point above Smith's glove.
The Coyotes then had consecutive goals to take a 3-2 lead.
First, Klinkhammer finished a scrum in the crease by poking the puck through Khudobin's pads. After Khudobin's injury, Korpikoski finished a nice passing play with Mike Ribeiro by one-timing the puck past Ward.
The Hurricanes tied the score at 3 with less than 1 minute left in the second period when Skinner snapped a sharp-angle shot that went off Smith's helmet and into the net for a power-play goal.
Up until that point, Phoenix had killed off Carolina's first six power plays, including 1:56 of a two-minute advantage earlier in the second.
Tuomo Ruutu played in his first game of the season for the Hurricanes after missing the team's first five games with a lower-body injury.
NOTES: It was the teams' first game since Dec. 21, 2011. . Elias Lindholm, Carolina first-round pick in the 2013, missed the game with an upper-body injury. . Phoenix plays only its second home game of the season on Tuesday against Ottawa. . Phoenix is 4-0 when it scores the first goal of the game.
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