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Richard Panik, Vinnie Hinostroza and Oliver
Ekman-Larsson scored goals for Arizona, which won for the ninth
time in its last 11 games. The Coyotes (75 points) leapfrogged
idle Minnesota (74) into the second wild-card spot in the
Western Conference and also closed within six points of the
third-place Vegas Golden Knights in the Pacific Division.
Kuemper, pulled in the second period after giving up four goals
on 12 shots in a 7-1 loss at Chicago on Monday, bounced back to
improve to 18-5-3 since Jan. 1.
Jaden Schwartz scored a power-play goal and Jordan Binnington
had 19 saves for the Blues.
Arizona took advantage of a mistake by Binnington to take a 1-0
lead early in the second period. The Blues goaltender backhanded
a clearing pass from behind his net directly to Panik at the
side of the left circle, and the Coyotes right winger quickly
slapped it into an open net for his 13th goal of the season.
The Coyotes had a chance to make it 2-0 a few minutes later when
Michael Grabner moved in on a breakaway but Binnington came up
with a pad save.
Arizona then took advantage of another St. Louis turnover to
increase its lead to 2-0 just 23 seconds into the third period.
Brad Richardson stole the puck from Oskar Sundqvist near the
left boards and fed Hinostroza, who fired in a wrist shot from
the top of the left circle past Binnington's glove side for his
12th goal of the season.
The Blues cut it 2-1 with 1:11 remaining on Schwartz's
six-on-four power-play goal after pulling Binnington but Ekman-Larsson
sealed the win for the Coyotes with an empty-netter with 21.7
seconds to go.
Arizona improved to 25-1-1 when leading after two periods.
--Field Level Media
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