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Coyotes 3, MIGHTY DUCKS 0
Ducks fail to score on Coyotes again
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Mikhail Shtalenkov blanked Anaheim for the second time this season and Trevor Letowski scored a shorthanded goal Sunday as the Phoenix Coyotes concluded the best October in franchise history with a 3-0 victory over the Mighty Ducks.
Shtalenkov earned his eighth career shutout with 33 saves -- 19 of them in the second period -- while improving his lifetime against his former team to 5-1. Shane Doan and Travis Green also scored for the Coyotes, whose third straight victory ran their record to 8-2-3.
The game marked the Anaheim debut of center Tony Hrkac, who was acquired on Friday from the New York Islanders in a trade for Ted Drury -- and whose costly turnover resulted in the Coyotes' first goal.
Phoenix defenseman Keith Carney was serving an interference penalty when Hrkac lost control of a bouncing puck inside the Phoenix blue line. Juha Ylonen carried it through the neutral zone and spotted a wide-open Letowski, who went in alone on Guy Hebert before stuffing his second goal of the season through the goaltender's pads at 13:15 of the first period.
The shorthanded goal was the first against Anaheim and the third by the Coyotes, who have allowed only four power-play goals this season in 50 shorthanded situations. The Ducks have scored only three times in 26 opportunities with the man advantage in their last nine games.
Doan, who had two goals against the Ducks in their previous meeting, made it 2-0 at 13:08 of the second period with his fourth of the season. He redirected Deron Quint's slap shot from the left point after Jeremy Roenick won a faceoff from Matt Cullen.
Shtalenkov, who stopped 21 Anaheim shots in a 4-0 victory on Oct. 5 in Phoenix, nearly lost his shutout three minutes into the second period. But Carney flopped on his stomach in the crease to keep the puck out of the net after Paul Kariya found Cullen alone in front.
Carney's play helped secure Shtalenkov's third career shutout against the Ducks, who were blanked for the first time since getting shut out in their first two games.
Green added his ninth goal of the season into an empty net with 2:14 remaining. Ladislav Kohn nearly spoiled the shutout, but hit the crossbar from 25 feet out in the slot with 1:09 remaining.
Summary
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PHOENIX 1 1 1 3
ANAHEIM 0 0 0 0 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: PHO - (SH) TREVOR LETOWSKI 2 (JUHA YLONEN) 13:15
2ND PRD: PHO - SHANE DOAN 4 (DERON QUINT, JEREMY ROENICK) 13:08
3RD PRD: PHO - (EN) TRAVIS GREEN 9 (RICK TOCCHET) 17:46
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PHO - 0 OF 1, ANA - 0 OF 3.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PHO 7 7 10 24
ANA 3 19 11 33
GOALIES: PHO - MIKHAIL SHTALENKOV
ANA - GUY HEBERT
OFFICIALS: REF - OHALLORAN
LIN - GIBBS, SHARRERS
ATT: 13,896
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