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Moments after being denied on a glorious chance by Louis Domingue,
the Predators took advantage of a fortunate carom to halt their
skid. Arizona defenseman Klas Dahlbeck blocked Nashville blue-liner
Seth Jones' shot from the slot, but the puck went right to Neal, who
buried it from the bottom of the left faceoff circle.
Paul Gaustad also tallied and Pekka Rinne made 27 saves for the
Predators, who completed a sweep of the three-game season series and
moved four points ahead of second-place St. Louis in the Central
Division. Kyle Chipchura scored while Domingue turned aside 38 shots
for the Coyotes, who lost for the 11th time in 12 contests.
After a scoreless first period, Nashville got on the board 3:26 into
the second. Taylor Beck fanned on his shot from the inner edge of
the left circle, but Gaustad swung his stick to knock the puck past
Domingue from the slot.
The Coyotes cashed in on a power-play opportunity at 7:27 of the
third to forge a tie. Defenseman John Moore wound up and slapped a
pass from the top of the left circle that Chipchura redirected past
Rinne from the slot for the equalizer.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Nashville pulled even with Anaheim in the race for
the Presidents' Trophy at 91 points apiece. ... Neal's goal - his
22nd of the season - ended his nine-game drought and put him one
ahead of Cs Craig Smith and rookie Filip Forsberg for the team lead.
... The Coyotes fell to 1-2-1 on their six-game homestand.
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