Max Domi had two assists in Coyotes win over Calgary – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
In Calgary Tuesday night, the Arizona Coyotes got 42 saves from Antti Raanta and defeated the Flames, 4-1.
The Coyotes have long been out of the playoff race but have been one of the best teams since the new year turned in January; they are 11-6-1 in their last 18 games.
“When we got a couple wins early in January it turned it around,” Raanta said. “We started to play the game … sometimes you didn’t play well but you stayed in the games. You were working hard and then you found one chance and you’d score a goal and win the game. That’s going to be huge for the future for all the young guys to know what it takes to win in this league.”
Kevin Connauton and Christian Fischer had a goal each two points each on the night.
“I’m playing a lot more confident,” Connauton said. “I’m using my skating, using my shot. Had a rough year last year with injuries and then sitting out, so the beginning of the year I was still trying to get back to my game. I think that I’m back there now.”
Raanta is 9-1-0 in his last 10 starts.
“His confidence is through the roof,” Max Domi said. “When you’re playing against the best players in the world and you’re playing as good as he is it’s easy to ride that wave. We’re really happy to see that.”
Richard Panik and Dylan Strome also scored for the Coyotes.
Nick Shore scored the lone Flames goal in the loss.
“I don’t think the guys are not putting the effort in, it’s just not coming easy for us right now,” Calgary’s Tanner Glass said. “We’re working and we’re going to get those chances, but it’s not going in.”
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Jon Gillies made 17 saves in the loss.
“Not the start we wanted but then we started playing pretty well in the second, and then all of a sudden another one pops in the back of our net off a tough bounce. That’s just the way the game goes sometimes,” Calgary’s Spencer Foo said after the loss.
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