Coyotes trip up Oilers in OT

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In Edmonton, Derek Stepan struck at 2:01 of extra time to give the Arizona Coyotes a 3-2 win over the Oilers.

The win pushed the Coyotes to 9-4-1 on the season.

Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves in the win.

Arizona had a 2-1 lead until late in the third period.

“It’s a big part of the NHL, when you get up a goal and you go into the third period not to sit back on your heels, and anytime you lose a defenseman, it makes it more difficult to get on your toes,” Stepan said. “There is a little bit of a survival, a little bit of rope-a-dope, and that’s part of it. Some nights, you just have to do it that way and find a way to get it into overtime and try to make a play.”

Connor McDavid had a goal, and Gaetan Haas tied the game late for Edmonton

“We weren’t great for the first half of the game,” McDavid said. “In the second half, we found our rhythm, played fast, played with a little energy and got pucks to the net. I thought we were pretty good.”

For Haas, it was his first NHL goal.

“It’s special, for sure, but at the end we lose,” Haas said. “I think we came back in the third pretty hard, and it’s good that we scored this goal and we get a point. Maybe at the end (of the season) it’s the point we need. It’s not good if you lose, but I think it’s a good point.”

Michael Grabner and Carl Soderberg scored in regulation for the Coyotes.

“For the most part, in the neutral zone, I thought we did a nice job against them,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “When those guys wind it up, you have to make sure to stay above him. If you’re not above him, like McDavid’s goal, one of our guys should have been above him, and we got beat wide, and that’s just the way he is, he’s such a talented player.”

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Mikko Koskinen made 21 saves in the loss.

“It’s progress to be able to find that second goal in the third period to tie the game up. In the past, we probably would have opened the game up, and a tight checking team like that, they get the puck back and make you pay,” Darnell Nurse said after the loss.