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 Left winger Mikkel Boedker converted a turnover into the winning
goal in overtime to give the Coyotes a 4-3 win over the Anaheim
Ducks at the Honda Center.
Boedker secured a loose puck at center ice, went on a breakaway and
deposited a backhand past goalie Frederik Andersen to end the Ducks'
four-game winning streak 1:18 into the extra period.
Anaheim center Ryan Getzlaf made Boedker's goal possible by
attempting a drop pass to right winger Corey Perry at center ice. No
teammate retrieved the puck, though.
"I thought Pers was going inside," Getzlaf said in reference to
Perry, "but he went outside. A drop pass to the other team is never
going to work."
The Ducks, who took a 2-0 lead in the first period, forged a 3-3 tie
at 11:43 of the third period on defenseman Sami Vatanen's third goal
of the season.
Vatanen stick-handled between two defenders and past a third before
executing a give-and-go with center Andrew Cogliano. Vatanen then
deflected Cogliano's return pass from the left circle past goalie
Anders Lindback.
The Coyotes then had to defuse a power play that lasted 3 minutes,
27 seconds when defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson received a slashing
penalty at 14:20, followed by right winger Brad Richardson's
cross-checking infraction at 15:27. Anaheim held a five-on-three
advantage for 53 seconds.
"That penalty kill was outstanding," Arizona rookie left winger Max
Domi said. "Those guys were all sacrificing their bodies. Once we
got that, we were pretty confident."
The Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the first period by scoring twice in
just over a minute against Lindback, who made his second start of
the season.
Anaheim's first goal came 41 seconds after Coyotes right winger
Shane Doan went to the penalty box for holding. After Lindback made
a pad save on defenseman Hampus Lindholm's slap shot from the top of
the slot, right winger Chris Stewart converted the rebound at 5:43
for his third goal of the season.
Center Ryan Kesler scored his first goal at 6:49 by deflecting
Vatanen's slap shot between Lindback's glove and the post.
Lindback, who last started Oct. 24, replaced Mike Smith in the net.
Smith allowed 16 goals in his past five games and lost five of seven
decisions since Arizona's 4-0 victory over the Ducks on Oct. 14.
Domi led a three-goal rally in the second period that put the
Coyotes ahead 3-2. Left winger Anthony Duclair scored Arizona's
first goal and his sixth of the season on a slap shot during a power
play at 2:44, 27 seconds after defenseman Josh Manson received a
penalty for high sticking.
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The power-play goal was just the fifth allowed by the Ducks.
Domi tied the score at 15:57 when he converted a wrist shot in front
of the crease. Then, with 7.2 seconds left in the second period,
Domi skated around the right-wing post and stuffed the puck between
Andersen's legs for his team-leading seventh goal of the season.
"We don't have the foot-on-the-gas mentality," Getzlaf said about
his team's problems in the second period. "We left our goaltender
out to dry."
The Coyotes exploited that weakness by increasing their intensity
while forechecking along the boards.
"That's how we want to play," Arizona coach Dave Tippett said.
"We've got young players with lots of energy, and they want to
compete. If we can play at a high pace like that, it makes us a good
team."
Lindback finished with 33 saves. Andersen stopped 24 shots.
NOTES: Arizona scratched D Philip Samuelsson and C Antoine Vermette.
... Coyotes RW Shane Doan passed Dale Hunter and moved into 33rd
place in career games with 1,408. ... Coyotes LW Anthony Duclair
entered Monday night's game without a point in his past seven. ...
Arizona recalled Samuelsson and C Dustin Jeffrey from AHL
Springfield, sent C Tyler Gaudet to Springfield, placed D Nicklas
Grossmann on injured reserve and put LW John Scott on waivers
Sunday. ... Anaheim scratched D Korbinian Holzer and C Rickard
Rakell. Rakell skated on his own Monday. He left Wednesday night's
game against Florida with an injury. ... Former Ducks Chris Pronger
and Sergei Federov were among the seven inductees into the Hockey
Hall of Fame on Monday night. ... Ducks RW Corey Perry needs two
goals for 300 in his career. ... The Ducks' penalty killers lead the
NHL with a 91.7 percent success rate.
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