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Each Chicago win during the surge has come under interim coach
Derek King, who took the reins Saturday when the organization
fired coach Jeremy Colliton.
The Blackhawks outshot the Coyotes 29-23. Strome netted the
game-winner, his first goal of the season, on the power play
with 10:34 left in regulation.
Chicago opened the scoring with 14:34 left in the second period.
Gathering the puck on a delayed penalty, Kane blazed down the
ice on an end-to-end rush, then backhanded a cross-ice pass to
DeBrincat, who one-timed a slap shot from just outside the left
circle to beat Arizona goaltender Scott Wedgewood.
The Coyotes challenged the play, contending they had touched the
puck before the goal was scored. The challenge failed, however,
and Chicago was awarded a power play.
The Blackhawks were unable to convert as part of a 1-for-5 night
with the man advantage.
Arizona has lost 13 of its 14 games in the first month-plus of
the season, with the lone victory coming Saturday against the
expansion Seattle Kraken.
Friday nearly marked the fourth time the club has been blanked
in 2021-22, but the Coyotes avoided the shutout when former
Blackhawk Andrew Ladd scored on the power play 1:41 into the
third period, capitalizing on a screen in front of Fleury.
The Blackhawks' Kirby Dach absorbed a high hit from the Coyotes'
Kyle Capobianco midway through the third period. There was no
penalty on the play. Dach went to the locker room as he bled
from the mouth. Dach returned to the game, but not before Strome
assumed his spot on the power play unit to tally the eventual
game-winning goal.
Phil Kessel had two shots on goal for the Coyotes while playing
in his 913th straight game, tying Garry Unger for the third
longest streak in NHL history.
--Field Level Media
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