Blue Jackets fall to Coyotes in OT
TEMPE, ARIZ. — The Arizona Coyotes coughed up a twogoal lead and allowed two breakaways in the final 30 seconds of regulation.
Connor Ingram got the saves on the breakaways. Barrett Hayton scored the goal in overtime.
Arizona’s longest points streak in a decade is still alive.
Hayton scored in overtime, Ingram stopped the breakaways and the Coyotes extended their points streak to nine games with a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.
Arizona jumped out to an early lead on first-period goals by Travis Boyd and Nick Schmaltz.
Boone Jenner ended Ingram’s scoreless streak at 147 minutes with a second-period goal. The lastplace Blue Jackets picked up the pressure in the third period and Patrick Laine tied the game on a power play with five minutes left.
“Obviously, you want to have a little better start and a couple of the recent games we haven’t had a good start,” Jenner said. “But we found our game in the second and third.”
Ingram stopped a good chance in overtime after the two breakaways and finished with 34 saves. Hayton ended it two minutes into overtime, beating Elvis Merzlikins on a pass from Matias Maccelli to give the Coyotes their longest points (5-0-4) streak since a 12-game run in 2012.
The Coyotes rallied from a four-goal deficit against the Los Angeles on Saturday night, earning a point in the 6-5 shootout loss.
Columbus also played Saturday night, beating the West-leading Dallas Stars 4-1.
“We played two solid periods,” Columbus coach Brad Larsen said. “They’re a dangerous team. You give them a little bit of room 3 on 3 and they made us pay for it.”