CANUCKS MEET COYOTES
VANCOUVER — Coyotes captain Shane Doan scored twice as Arizona defeated the division rival Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Monday night.
Laurent Dauphin also scored for the Coyotes (19-16-4). The 39-year-old Doan leads his team in goals (15), and has nine in his last seven games.
Louis Domingue, taking over for the injured Mike Smith, made 35 saves in his third straight start for Arizona, which remains second in the Pacific Division with 42 points. Vancouver now trials the Coyotes by three points in the tight Pacific standings.
Daniel Sedin and Bo Horvat scored Vancouver (15-16-9), which is in the midst of a season-long, seven-game homestand. Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves in his fifth straight start in place of Ryan Miller (groin).
It was a rough first period for Canucks star Daniel Sedin. Three minutes into the game Arizona’s Michael Stone swatted the puck and it hit Sedin in the face. Sedin, with blood gushing from his mouth, had to leave for medical treatment but returned later in the period. There was no penalty called on the play.
Midway in the second, former Canuck Brad Richardson fired a shot from the slot before Doan jumped at the rebound, forcing Markstrom to make a diving crease save.
Doan would get his goal, however, minutes later when he redirected Connor Murphy’s shot from the top of the face-off circle to open the scoring at 13:05.
The Canucks, desperate for a power-play goal after going nine games (0-for-20) without one, finally took advantage of the extra attacker when Horvat put back his own rebound for his first goal since Nov. 2.
But the Coyotes silenced the Vancouver cheers just seconds later when Dauphin fired home a loose puck to make it 2-1.
Arizona made it 3-1 on the power play early in the third as Rieder, standing alone in front of Markstrom, beat the Vancouver goalie and hit the post before Doan swooped in to deposit the rebound.
Arizona’s Michael Stone had his point-shot goal called back at 15:25 on a successful coach’s challenge that the Coyotes were offside. That quickly changed momentum, as Daniel Sedin scored six seconds later on a great saucer pass from Henrik Sedin to make it a one-goal game. But Vancouver couldn’t complete the comeback.
Avalanche 4, Kings 1
DENVER — Jarome Iginla became the 19th member of the 600-goal club, scoring a power-play goal in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Monday night, snapping the Kings’ five-game winning streak.
Iginla sent a wrist shot toward the net that hit off the skate of defenceman Jake Muzzin and bounced past goalie Jhonas Enroth. Iginla was mobbed by teammates near the glass and then he saluted the crowd during an extended standing ovation.
Defenceman Tyson Barrie, who hails from Langford, added two goals and two assists, while Matt Duchene also scored for the Avalanche, who improved to 1-1-1 on a five-game homestand. Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots.
Tyler Toffoli scored the lone goal for the Kings on a pass from Anze Kopitar, who has at least one assist in six straight games.
Enroth stepped into the net to give Jonathan Quick a night off. Quick was named the NHL’s first star of the week Monday after going 4-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average.
Duchene added a goal 1:23 in the third period to make it 3-1, which was more than enough of a cushion for Varlamov.
Iginla nearly had a goal early in the second period on a power play, but his wrist shot hit off Enroth’s right shoulder. About 20 seconds later, Barrie scored on a slap shot from the blue line.
After Toffoli tied the game with a power play goal, Barrie scored again with a wrist shot. It was the third two-goal game of Barrie’s career.
Oilers 1, Hurricanes 0 (OT)
EDMONTON — Andrej Sekera scored the overtime winner and Cam Talbot made 29 saves to earn his first shutout of the season as the Edmonton Oilers won their second game in a row, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0.
The Oilers (17-21-3) have won nine of their last 11 games at home.
The Hurricanes (16-18-6) are on a two-game skid.
The best chance in the scoreless first period belonged to Carolina, as Jordan Staal rang a shot of the post with five minutes left.