Dvorak’s two goals doom the Ducks
He gets the game winner on a night Anaheim records its first power-play goal.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Christian Dvorak scored his second goal late in the third period and Darcy Kuemper stopped 14 shots as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Ducks 3-2 on Thursday.
Dvorak scored Arizona’s first goal in nearly 190 minutes in the second period and put the Coyotes ahead on a power-play goal with 41⁄2 minutes left.
Kuemper stopped Kevin Shattenkirk on a short-handed breakaway just before Dvorak’s second goal and helped Arizona withstand a late power play. Conor Garland also scored for Arizona.
Danton Heinen scored for the second straight game with Anaheim’s first powerplay goal of the season, in 18 tries, squeezing a shot from the left circle under Kuemper’s stick arm on a long rebound. Jakob Silfverberg also scored and John Gibson had 31 saves.
The Coyotes also had trouble with turnovers the last game against the Ducks, including one that led to the winning goal by Heinen. Silfverberg took advantage of an early one Thursday night, beating Kuemper with a quick shot after Nick Schmaltz couldn’t control an ill-advised pass from Jordan Gross between the circles.
Gibson kept the shutout streak going by blocking a shot by Clayton Keller off the post and stuffing Christian Fischer on a late two-on-one.
The Coyotes dominated the second period — 12-1 in shots — and finally broke their long scoreless streak midway through. Dvorak got it on a shot from behind the goal that hit Shattenkirk’s skate. 1. DUCKS, Silfverberg 2, 3:16. ARI (slashing), 9:04; DUCKS bench, served by Rakell (too many men on the ice), 16:32.
SECOND PERIOD: 2. Arizona, Dvorak 2 (Brassard, Chychrun), 7:43. DUCKS (high- sticking), 0:26; Steel, DUCKS (Hooking), 11:47.
THIRD PERIOD: 3. Arizona, Garland 3 (Oesterle, Keller), 0:52. 4. DUCKS, Heinen 2 (Fowler, Comtois), 8:57 (pp). 5. Arizona, Dvorak 3 (Kessel, Schmaltz), 15:34 (pp). ARI (interference), 8:32; Shattenkirk, DUCKS (interference), 12:19; Silfverberg, DUCKS (high-sticking), 13:51; Garland, ARI (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:26; DUCKS bench, served by Terry (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:26.
SHOTS ON GOAL: DUCKS 8-1-7—16. Arizona 12-12-11—35. Power-play conversions—DUCKS 1 of 2. Arizona 1 of 5.
GOALIES: DUCKS, Gibson 3-2-2 (35 shots-32 saves). Arizona, Kuemper 2-4-1 (16-14). Att—2,252 (17,125). T—2:25.