Coyotes rally, hold off Predators for 7-5 win Carcone hits for double in win

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In Nashville, the Predators took a 3-2 lead into the second period on Saturday, built it up to 4-2, then surrendered five goals to the Arizona Coyotes in a 7-5 loss.

Late in the third period, with the game tied, 5-5, Sean Durzi  scored the game-winner for the Coyotes to make it 6-5.

Nick Bjugstad added an empty-net marker with 87 seconds left on the game clock for the 7-5 final.

“I think it’s just the belief we have in each other and in ourselves there,” Durzi said. “We get an opportunity like that, you dream of those. A power play with a few minutes to go in the game, that’s a chance to step up. That’s a chance to get the team a ‘W,’ especially in this league. I think looking at that and finding a way to get one there, it’s only going to boost our confidence.”

Arizona improved to 7-6-1.

“On the road, down 2-0 and down 4-2, not totally satisfied about the way we played, but the character, the atmosphere on the bench and the leadership gave us a chance to come back,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “That doesn’t mean you will, but the way we played, some guys had individual nights offensively, I think we showed character tonight.”

Connor Ingram made 36 saves in the win.

In the first stanza, Kiefer Sherwood and Filip Forsberg scored to give the Preds a 2-0 lead.

The Coyotes replied with a pair of goals including a marker from Michael Carcone  midway through the frame to make it 2-1, Troy Stecher scored with six minutes left in the frame to tie it, 2-2.

“Some nights you’ve got to find a way to win,” Durzi said. “Obviously, as a defenseman you’d rather have a 1-0 game or a 2-1 game, but it just shows a lot in the room. It wasn’t our best first period there, but to find the resiliency there to bounce back and get two points is huge.”

Nashville dropped to 5-9-0.
Dante Fabbro scored at 16:58 to push the Predators back in front, 3-2, headed to the middle frame.
“I did not like our gaps and our attention to detail coming back into our zone wasn’t very sharp,” Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. “But I thought we created enough, played well enough to win the hockey game. And when you beat yourself up on all of those little things, it’s hard to win in this league.”
In the second Ryan O’Reilly scored off the power play at 3:29 to extend the lead out to 4-2 for Nashville.

Clayton Keller scored off the power play at 7:19 of the second to trim the deficit to 4-3, and Alex Kerfoot knotted it at 4-4 at 12:28.

Carcone hit for his double on the night with 53 seconds left in the stanza for a 5-1-4 lead to Arizona.

Forsberg, who also hit for a double, tied the game, 5-5, at 13:57 of the third.

Juuse Saros made 18 saves in the loss.