The Phoenix Coyotes maintained their hot steak on home ice after a 3-2 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday earned them a 10th successive home triumph.
Lauri Korpikoski scored the only goal in the shootout to improve the Coyotes’ home record to 16-5-0 on the year.
“I’m just proud of how hard the guys competed,” Coyotes coach Dave Tippett told reporters. “I mean you’ve got Vancouver on a winning streak, sitting here last night watching our game on TV. We played a hard, hard game in San Jose and we come back here and the guys muster up that kind of effort, it makes our whole coaching staff very proud.”
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Jason LaBarbera made 28 saves in place of regular Phoenix (25-13-3) goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, including four saves in overtime.
It was a satisfying performance for LaBarbera, who was playing against his former team having backed up Roberto Luongo for a time last season.
“It’s always weird when you play your ex-team mates, especially when it’s so close,” LaBarbera said.
Ed Jovanovski put Phoenix ahead midway through the second before Mikael Samuelsson tied it up less than a minute later. Petr Prucha made it 2-1 for the Coyotes at 17:02. Vancouver (23-16-1) forced overtime when Kyle Wellwood scored with 6:12 remaining.
In other NHL action, it was:
• Sabres 4, Penguins 3
• Ducks 4, Wild 2
• Coyotes 3, Canucks 2
• Islanders 2, Blue Jackets 1, SO
• Predators 4, Blues 3
• Stars 5, Blackhawks 4
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