The Mercury News

Coyotes rally to beat Predators on the road

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Lawson Crouse scored his second goal at 4:20 of the third period, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Monday night to snap a twogame road skid.

Crouse nearly had a hat trick but missed an empty net wide with 1:11 left. Christian Fischer didn't miss with 52.9 remaining.

Nick Schmaltz also scored a goal as the Coyotes capped their three-game road swing with a regulation win after back-to-back overtime losses. Matias Maccelli, J.J. Moser and Clayton Keller each had two assists.

Goalie Karel Vejmelka, a Predators' fifth-round draft pick in 2015, made 29 saves for the win. Arizona now is 3-0-3 without a regulation loss over the past six games.

Captain Roman Josi and Colton Sissons scored a goal apiece as Nashville started a three-game home stand with their second loss in three games since the AllStar Game break.

The Coyotes improved to 7-20-6 on the road despite being outshot 10-2 in the second period. Crouse not only tied it up at 2 with Arizona's only power play of the game, it was the Coyotes' first shot of the period. Keller hit off the crossbar with 36.4 seconds left for their other shot.

Then Arizona opened the third taking five of the first seven shots, including Crouse's game-winner. Maccelli passed a backhander from near the boards to Crouse for his 19th goal. SENATORS 4, FLAMES 3 >> Tim Stutzle scored at 1:55 of overtime to cap Ottawa's comeback from two goals down at home against Calgary.

Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson and Alex DeBrincat also scored for Ottawa and Stutlze had assists on all three goals. Mads Sogaard, appearing in his fourth NHL game, made 34 saves.

Dillon Dube had two goals and Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist for the Flames. Jacob Markstrom finished with 21 saves.

The Senators trailed 3-1 late in the third period before Batherson scored on the rebound of a shot by Stutzle with 2:14 left and DeBrincat tied it 46 seconds later.

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