Tuesday, January 9, 2024 09:00 PM (ET)

Coyotes edge Bruins in OT to end three-game skid

Field Level Media
Jan 10, 2024

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

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