Last-place Coyotes snap Wild’s streak with 5-3 win
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Travis Boyd scored the go-ahead aim, which stood after a protracted overview, and the last-place Arizona Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Tuesday evening to sluggish their pursuit of home-ice benefit within the first spherical of the playoffs.
The loss snapped a 10-game profitable streak for the Wild, who’re in a battle for residence ice with the St. Louis Blues, their first-round opponent. The 2 entered Tuesday tied with 109 factors, although the Wild have a sport in hand.
Anton Stralman, Antoine Roussel, Jack McBain and Phil Kessel additionally scored for the Coyotes, who ended a 10-game skid.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 34 photographs for the Coyotes. Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves within the loss.
Boyd, who performed faculty hockey throughout the river on the College of Minnesota, redirected a shot from Shayne Gostisbehere with 9:38 remaining to present the Coyotes a 4-3 lead. The Wild challenged the play for offside, however officers dominated it a great aim after a protracted replay overview.
Down 3-1 within the third, Minnesota scored two targets in 24 seconds to tie the sport. Joel Eriksson Ek reduce the deficit to at least one on a second-chance effort after grabbing the rebound from a shot by Marcus Foligno.
Not lengthy after, it was Foligno’s flip to search out the online. He poked residence a rebound previous Vejmelka to tie the sport and ship the house crowd right into a frenzy.
McBain redirected Stralman’s shot previous Fleury for his first profession aim towards the crew that chosen him within the third spherical of the 2018 draft. McBain by no means suited up for the Wild and was traded to the Coyotes in March. His aim put Arizona up 2-1.
Ryan Hartman’s thirty fourth aim of the season put the Wild on the board within the first.
Stralman scored the equalizer for the Coyotes with 1:44 to play within the second interval.
Minnesota’s two remaining regular-season video games are each at residence, with the Flames coming to Xcel Vitality Heart on Thursday. The Wild will then host the Avalanche within the season finale.
NOTES: Together with his first-period help, ahead Matt Boldy prolonged his Wild rookie file level streak to 10 video games. … Coyotes D Vladislav Kloyachonok was out with an upper-body damage. He’s day-to-day. … Wild F Kirill Kaprizov, who turned 25 on Tuesday, had an help on Hartman’s first-period aim for his 104th level of the season.
UP NEXT
Coyotes: On the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.
Wild: Host the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
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