Mike Johnson scored the Phoenix Coyotes' only goal in regulation -- his fifth in three games -- and Ladislav Nagy took the puck the length of the ice for the winner in overtime to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in the NHL on Sunday.
The Coyotes have won three consecutive games, with Johnson scoring two goals in each of the previous two. He had just one on Sunday, tying it 24 seconds into a Phoenix power play at 1:06 of the third period.
Nagy won it 30 seconds into overtime.
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"I have a lot of confidence in Mike Johnson and [Jamie] Lundmark right now," said Nagy, who has nine goals and 22 points in his last 13 games. "Everything is going in for us. So we've got to keep going."
Curtis Joseph stopped 18 shots for the Coyotes, who hadn't won in Boston since 1996. Hannu Toivonen made 30 saves for the Bruins, who lost their third consecutive game.
Brian Leetch scored a power-play goal for Boston just 2:29 in.
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Blackhawks 5, Thrashers 4, OT
At Atlanta, Pavel Vorobiev had two goals in regulation and added another in the shootout, leading Chicago over Atlanta.
Michael Holmqvist beat Atlanta goaltender Michael Garnett for the Blackhawks' third and deciding score in the five-round shootout.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 18th and 19th goals in regulation for Atlanta, which has lost six of seven.
The Blackhawks have won two straight and have played four consecutive overtime games.
Marc Savard finished with a goal and two assists for the Thrashers.
Playing in his 500th NHL game, Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 33 shots as he improved to 7-5 in his last 12 starts.
Garnett made 28 saves.
Blue Jackets 3, Devils 2, OT
At Columbus, Ohio, Bryan Berard scored off a pass from Sergei Fedorov with 13.6 seconds left in overtime for Columbus. It was the Blue Jackets' only shot in the extra period.
Nikolai Zherdev scored twice in regulation for Columbus, giving him four goals in three games after opening the season with four in 25 contests.
Brian Gionta and Paul Martin had goals for the Devils, who failed to score more than three goals for the seventh consecutive game. Martin Brodeur dropped to 11-2-9.
Sabres 3, Wild 2
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Mike Grier snapped a tie with 3:32 remaining and Martin Biron set a Buffalo record by winning his 10th straight start.
Grier netted the winner when he tipped Chris Drury's shot while standing in front of the net. Drury got the tying tally in the second period on a goal originally credited to Grier.
Biron, who made 34 saves, hasn't lost since Nov. 12 at Ottawa. Since then, the Sabres are 11-1-1 including seven straight road wins.
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