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Predators 4, COYOTES 3 (OT)
Preds knock off Phoenix in OT
PHOENIX (AP) -- Greg Johnson scored with 1:04 left in overtime Friday night, sending the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over Phoenix that kept the Coyotes from moving up in their division.
The Coyotes, who led the NHL after one of the best starts in their history, lost second place in the Pacific Division to Los Angeles this week and needed two points to pull even with the Kings, who lost to St. Louis earlier.
Instead, the Predators forced Phoenix to settle for a point and a 3-9-1 record in its last 13 games.
Rookie David Gosselin, playing his third NHL game, scored in the third period to rally the Predators.
Nashville goalie Tomas Vokoun gave up goals to Jeremy Roenick, Travis Green and Mika Alatalo in the first period, but made 23 of his 33 saves the rest of the way to snap his four-game losing streak.
Sebastien Bordeleau and Scott Walker had the goals that put the Predators in position to tie when Gosselin, who was called up from Milwaukee on Monday, got his first NHL goal.
He took a pass from Craig Millar and let fly from the slot 8:07 into the third period.
Vokoun made spectacular saves on shots by Shane Doan, Alatalo and Roenick in the final minute of the third period, and smothered a shot by Dallas Drake on a 2-on-1 midway through overtime.
Then Johnson, speeding toward the net, took a pass from Walker at the crease and flipped it past Sean Burke for the win.
Nashville outshot the Coyotes 13-7 in the second period, but Burke, who had 27 saves in all, overcame his early lapses and preserved his 3-2 lead.
Roenick and Green scored unassisted in the first period, Roenick on his third career penalty shot and second straight successful conversion.
Roenick, tackled by defenseman Richard Lintner to set up the free shot 4:44 into the game, skated down the slot, faked left and went right, tucking the puck behind Vokoun for his 33rd goal this season.
It gave Roenick one more point (73) than he had last season, and his most in six years.
Green made it 2-0 with a conventional goal 1:42 later, taking the puck off the stick of Randy Robitaille for a shot that bounced between Vokoun's legs.
The Predators got on the board when Ville Peltonen picked up a loose puck, passed to Bordeleau and screened Burke's line of vision while Bordeleau scored with 8:20 left in the period.
Nashville tied it at 2-2 with 3:56 to go on Walker's slap shot from the circle, but Alatalo scored 49 seconds later after a pass from Yuha Ylonen off the boards behind the net.
Summary
NHL FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NASHVILLE 2 0 1 1 4
PHOENIX 3 0 0 0 3 FINAL IN OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: PHO - (PS) JEREMY ROENICK 33 4:44
PHO - TRAVIS GREEN 22 (UNASSISTED) 6:26
NAS - SEBASTIEN BORDELEAU 9 (VILLE PELTONEN) 11:40
NAS - SCOTT WALKER 7 (UNASSISTED) 16:04
PHO - MIKA ALATALO 9 (JUHA YLONEN, KEITH CARNEY) 16:53
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NAS - DAVID GOSSELIN 1 (CRAIG MILLAR) 8:07
OT: NAS - GREG JOHNSON 9 (SCOTT WALKER) 3:56
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NAS - 0 OF 2, PHO - 0 OF 4.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NAS 7 12 8 4 31
PHO 13 7 15 1 36
GOALIES: NAS - TOMAS VOKOUN
PHO - SEAN BURKE
OFFICIALS: REF - GREGSON, DEGRACE
LIN - HENDERSON, KNOX
ATT: 14,127
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