In Tempe, there was new coach coming through town with the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
No one seemed to tell the Sens that they were supposed to respond with a complete game effort for Jacques Martin.
“I thought for two periods we played pretty good, but I think when they got the second goal, for sure, we needed to make some adjustment,” Martin said. “[We can’t] spend as much time in our zone.”
Ottawa put in a solid 20 minutes in the first period, taking a 3-0 lead on their hosts, the Coyotes.
The Senators opened the game with a goal from
Angus Crookshank hit for his first career NHL goal for Ottawa at 4:09 for a 1-0 lead.
“It’s a pretty special moment. I’m still kind of trying to find a way to digest it,” Crookshank said. “It was cool. I saw my parents jump up right away, which was something I won’t ever forget.”
Josh Norris hit for a power play goal at 13:06 for a 2-0 advantage for Ottawa, and all seemed well., eight seconds into a power play.
The Senators extended the lead to 3-0 on a marker from Dominik Kubalik at 14:19.
From the there, the wheels fell off.
Ottawa dropped to 11-16-0, off their fifth straight loss.
“They’re a really good team and, at the end, we’ve just got to make smarter plays. We knew they we going to come at us and, yeah, it was a lucky bounce, but we gave them too many good looks,” Ottawa’s Tim Stützle said.
Connor Ingram got the start for the Coyotes, and the first period was nightmare for him.
He surrendered three goals and made three saves before getting the hook in the first.
Karel Vejmelka made 15 saves in relief for the Coyotes in the win.
The Coyotes moved to 16-13-2.
Jack McBain scored at 14:10 of the middle frame to get the Coyotes on the board and trim the deficit to 3-1.
In the the third period, Arizona struck for three goals to complete the rally.
“We knew that [with a new coach] they were going to come out with energy, they came out pushing hard and we said, ‘OK, that’s the game we’re in,'” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said.
J.J. Moser and Clayton Keller hit for goals 33 seconds apart to tie the game on Keller’s goal at 9:47.
Arizona completed the comeback at 16:27 on a strike by Michael Kesselring for the 4-3 lead, and final count.
“I think we outplayed them, to be honest, just a few little mistakes,” Kesselring said. “We kept on them and there was a belief in the room we were going to come back and win, and that’s what we did.”
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Joonas Korpisalo made 34 saves in the loss.
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