Arizona 4, Boston 3
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Where: Mullett Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen:
Tyson Baker, Jonny Murray
Attendance:
4600
By Field Level Media
Nick Schmaltz scored at the 4:04 mark of overtime as the Arizona Coyotes came from behind to beat the visiting Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night in Tempe, Ariz.
Schmaltz took a feed from Clayton Keller and slid into the low left circle for the winner, which snapped the Coyotes' three-game skid.
Keller and Dylan Guenther each had a goal and an assist for Arizona, and Matias Maccelli also scored.
Connor Ingram made 29 saves.
The Coyotes had a 36-32 shots advantage while going 1-for-3 on the power play.
David Pastrnak, Jesper Boqvist and Jake DeBrusk scored in Boston's second straight loss.
Boston's Morgan Geekie had two assists.
Linus Ullmark (32 saves) left in discomfort after a save in overtime. The lone shot that Jeremy Swayman faced in relief was Schmaltz's high-glove winner.
Boston rookie Matt Poitras also did not return after an apparent injury. The Bruins did not provide details on each injury immediately after the game.
Arizona used back-to-back goals to take its first lead at 3-2 early in the third period, but DeBrusk responded to force overtime for Boston, which earlier held 1-0 and 2-1 leads.
DeBrusk corralled Hampus Lindholm's pass in the right circle and snapped off a power-play goal to tie the score for the Bruins at 5:04.
Pastrnak opened the scoring on the power play at 4:41. After Geekie just missed a tic-tac-toe finish at the post, Pavel Zacha tipped the puck out of traffic and to Pastrnak for a snipe from the left circle.
Keller leveled the score with the Coyotes' own power-play goal at 8:12 of the second, taking the puck off the left wall and cutting inside to bury his own rebound from a net-front scramble.
Just 50 seconds after Keller's goal, Boqvist gave Boston a 2-1 lead when he darted up the right wing and then into the high slot for a wrist shot. The unassisted goal marked Boqvist's first with the Bruins.
Guenther made it 2-2 with 3:30 left before the second intermission, finishing a pretty passing sequence with Logan Cooley and Nick Bjugstad on a wrister.
The hosts jumped in front at 52 seconds of the third as Maccelli flew down the slot, trailing the play to bang in the rebound of a Lawson Crouse shot.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Boston |
|
Arizona |
|
Morgan Geekie 2 |
Points |
Dylan Guenther 2 |
|
Jesper Boqvist 1 |
Goals |
Dylan Guenther 1 |
|
Morgan Geekie 2 |
Assists |
Dylan Guenther 1 |
|
Jake DeBrusk 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Clayton Keller 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Linus Ullmark .914 |
Save Percentage |
Connor Ingram .909 |
|
Linus Ullmark 32 |
Saves |
Connor Ingram 30 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Boston
|
33 |
3 |
2-4 |
2-3 |
17 |
39 |
| Arizona
|
36 |
4 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
19 |
28 |
Upcoming Games
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Arizona will play their next game at home against Calgary. The Coyotes have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .526 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Vegas. The Bruins have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .600 after a loss.
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