The Arizona Republic

FAILURE TO CAPITALIZE

Coyotes can’t hold 2-1 lead, miss on late scoring opportunit­ies

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TORONTO – Kasperi Kapanen scored 3:43 into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Zach Hyman had two goals in regulation for Toronto, and Alexander Kerfoot added two assists. Jack Campbell stopped 35 shots.

Carl Soderberg and Christian Dvorak scored for Arizona. Adin Hill made 38 saves.

Kapanen, who was forced to sit out a game for being late to practice earlier this month, beat Hill high on a partial breakaway for his 11th goal of the season. The overtime winner ended a 13-game goal-less drought for Kapanen.

Hyman took an offensive-zone tripping penalty

with 34.3 seconds left in regulation, and it looked as if Jakob Chychrun had won it after the Arizona penalty expired in overtime. After the Coyotes celebrated on the ice, the goal was overturned after video review for goalie interferen­ce on Campbell.

Arizona pushed ahead 2-1 late in the second. Hyman scored his second goal of the game and 16th overall 1:33 into the third when he took a no-look, one-knee pass from John Tavares in the slot.

Campbell made a nice stop on Taylor Hall midway through the third period on an Arizona power play before Hill robbed Kerfoot on a short-handed breakaway on the same man advantage.

Campbell was called upon again on a 2-on-1 with seven minutes to go – stopping Soderberg’s initial shot and the follow-up with his glove, even though he couldn’t find the puck as it bounced.

With not much happening at either end through most of an uninspired opening 40 minutes, Soderberg scored his 14th goal of the season with 46.8 seconds left in the middle period off Arizona’s third effort on a scramble in front of Campbell.

The Leafs goalie, who was making his third straight start with No. 1 netminder Frederik Andersen (neck) still not ready to return, had to be sharp earlier in the period, making glove saves on Lawson Crouse, Chychrun and Hall. Campbell was acquired along with forward Kyle Clifford in a trade last week with the Los Angeles Kings for winger Trevor Moore and two draft picks.

Following Monday’s 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens where Antti Raanta made 26 saves, Arizona turned to Hill – the club’s third-stringer – with Darcy Kuemper still out injured.

He made a nice stop on another Matthews one-timer on the power play in the second before the center blasted another shot off the post.

The Coyotes jumped in front just 64 seconds into the opening period on the game’s first shot when Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s blast hit teammate Connor Garland in front. The puck popped into the slot to Dvorak, who buried his 17th with Campbell out of position.

The Leafs scored at 14:23 when Tyson Barrie’s shot hit Hyman in front and went in for his 15th.

Campbell had to be solid at the other end late in the period with three nice stops to keep things tied – one off the stick of Hall and two from Niklas Hjalmarsso­n.

Notes

Tavares and Leafs defenseman Justin Holl played after sitting out Monday’s practice with an illness, while winger William Nylander, who sat out the last two games sick, was back in for Toronto.

Hyman was also in the lineup despite skipping Monday’s session with what the team called “bumps and bruises.”

Up next

Coyotes: At Ottawa Senators on Thursday for final game of four-game trip.

Maple Leafs: Host the Dallas Stars on Thursday.

 ?? AP ?? Coyotes goaltender Adin Hill (31) makes a save as Maple Leafs left wing Zach Hyman (11) looks for a rebound and Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson watches on Tuesday night.
AP Coyotes goaltender Adin Hill (31) makes a save as Maple Leafs left wing Zach Hyman (11) looks for a rebound and Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson watches on Tuesday night.
 ??  ?? Maple Leafs forward John Tavares is hit by Coyotes forward Christian Fischer (36) during the first period on Tuesday night. JOHN E. SOKOLOWSKI/USA TODAY SPORTS
Maple Leafs forward John Tavares is hit by Coyotes forward Christian Fischer (36) during the first period on Tuesday night. JOHN E. SOKOLOWSKI/USA TODAY SPORTS

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