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Coyotes 6, KINGS 3
Coyotes rally in third
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Deron Quint scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Travis Green extended his goal-scoring streak to five games as the Phoenix Coyotes rallied for a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.
With Jeremy Roenick sitting out the fifth and final game of his first career suspension for high-sticking Chicago's Tony Amonte in the face, the Coyotes improved to 5-1-2. It is the best start in the history of the franchise, which began as the Winnipeg Jets in 1972.
Trevor Letowski, Keith Tkachuk and Mika Alatalo also scored for the Coyotes. Dallas Drake had a shorthanded goal and Teppo Numminen and Greg Adams each had three assists for Phoenix.
Ian Laperriere got his first two goals of the season and Ziggy Palffy had a power-play goal for the Kings, winless in their first two home games at the new Staples Center.
The Coyotes, who went more than eight minutes before getting their first shot on goal, took their first lead at 3:04 of the third. Quint used defenseman Frantisek Kaberle as a screen and beat Stephane Fiset to the glove side from about 20 feet. Tkachuk and Alatalo scored 10 seconds apart to put the game away with six minutes remaining.
Trailing 3-1, the Coyotes tied it on goals by Drake and Letowski less than 10 minutes apart in the second period. With the teams skating 4-on-4, Letowski carried the puck into the zone and got plenty of room from defenseman Mattias Norstrom before whistling a 40-foot slap shot past Fiset's stick hand at 14:16 of the period for the tying goal.
Palffy gave the Kings a 2-1 edge just 17 seconds before the first intermission and 15 seconds after Tkachuk went off for high-sticking. Rob Blake's one-timer from the right point was blocked by Numminen, but Palffy pounced on the loose puck and beat Mikhail Shtalenkov to the stick side.
Los Angeles increased the margin to 3-1 when Laperriere completed a give-and-go with rookie Brad Chartrand at 1:13 of the second period for his second goal. But the Kings surrendered their first shorthanded goal about three minutes later, following a hooking call against Coyotes defenseman Keith Carney. Drake carried the puck into the zone and took a 50-foot slap shot that changed direction off Kaberle's stick and fooled Fiset.
Laperriere opened the scoring less than four minutes into the game, but Green tied it just five seconds after a hooking penalty to Bryan Smolinski gave Phoenix its first power play of the game.
Summary
----------------------------- Phoenix 1 2 3--6 Los Angeles 2 1 0--3 ----------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Los Angeles, Laperriere 1 (Berg, Chartrand), 3:54. 2, Phoenix, Green 5 (power play) (Numminen, Adams), 15:21. 3, Los Angeles, Palffy 3 (power play) (R Blake, Robitaille), 19:43. Penalties: Doan, Pho (hooking), 0:29; Smolinski, L.A. (hooking), 15:16; Tkachuk, Pho (high sticking), 19:28. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Los Angeles, Laperriere 2 (Chartrand, C Johnson), 1:13. 5, Phoenix, Drake 3 (shorthanded) (Numminen, Tkachuk), 4:25. 6, Phoenix, Letowski 1 (Numminen, Tkachuk), 14:16. Penalties: Carney, Pho (Obstr hooking), 3:05; Berg, L.A. (holding), 13:41; Lumme, Pho (Obstr tripping), 13:54. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Phoenix, Quint 1 (Adams, Carney), 3:04. 8, Phoenix, Tkachuk 3 (power play) (Adams), 13:49. 9, Phoenix, Alatalo 1 (Ylonen), 13:59. Penalties: G Murray, L.A. (holding), 9:01; Chartrand, L.A. (hooking), 13:27; Debrusk, Pho (slashing), 19:22; Galley, L.A. (slashing), 19:22. Shots on goal: --------------------------------- Phoenix 9 8 17--34 Los Angeles 8 11 7--26 --------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Pho - 2 of 4, Los - 1 of 3. Goalies: Phoenix, Shtalenkov (26 shots, 23 saves; record: 5-1-1). Los Angeles, Fiset (34, 28; record: 4-3-2). A:16,572. Referee: Marouelli. Linesmen: Cvik, Knox.
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