Coyotes 3, Wild 1
Phoenix 1 1 1— 3 Minnesota 0 0 1— 1 First Period— 1, Phoenix, Boedker 6 (Doan, Morris), 8:13. Penalties—Mitchell, Min (interference), 13:58; Yandle, Pho (roughing), 15:42; Cooke, Min (roughing), 15:42. Second Period— 2, Phoenix, Vrbata 7 (Kennedy, Schlemko), 3:42. Penalties—Ribeiro, Pho (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:21; Halpern, Pho (tripping), 17:23. Third Period— 3, Minnesota, Heatley 5 (Niederreiter, Brodziak), 10:02. 4, Phoenix, Vrbata 8 (Hanzal, Vermette), 19:37 (en-pp). Penalties—Brodziak, Min (interference), 19:15. Shots on Goal— Phoenix 12-3-11—26. Minnesota 510-14—29. Power-play opportunities— Phoenix 1 of 2; Minnesota 0 of 2. Goalies— Phoenix, Greiss 3-1-0 (29 shots-28 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 2-3-2 (25-23). A— 18,265. T— 2:28. Referees— Chris Lee, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen—Brian Mach, Thor Nelson. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 25 16 7 2 34 69 52 25 16 8 1 33 76 63 26 12 7 7 31 69 71 25 14 9 2 30 67 52 25 14 9 2 30 71 66 26 10 12 4 24 76 86 26 7 14 5 19 58 86 26 5 20 1 11 45 82 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 26 16 9 1 33 78 63 25 13 12 0 26 53 61 25 12 11 2 26 76 74 25 10 10 5 25 53 70 25 9 11 5 23 53 62 24 10 12 2 22 52 60 25 9 13 3 21 62 75 25 8 14 3 19 70 85 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W OT Pts GF GA 26 18 4 4 40 95 73 24 18 3 3 39 86 51 23 17 6 0 34 70 49 26 15 7 4 34 65 61 26 13 11 2 28 60 72 27 12 11 4 28 72 78 23 12 9 2 26 67 68 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 24 16 3 5 37 82 54 27 17 7 3 37 83 71 26 16 6 4 36 69 56 25 15 6 4 34 83 79 27 13 9 5 31 72 70 24 8 12 4 20 66 87 26 8 16 2 18 68 89 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday’s Games Vancouver 5, Ottawa 2 Edmonton 3, Nashville 0
Friday’s Games Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 2 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 2 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 3 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Columbus, 5 p.m. Toronto at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
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