After the Arizona Coyotes’ Clayton Keller scored early in the third period to tie the game at 2-2, the Anaheim Ducks reeled off three unanswered goals to grab a 5-2 win.
“I thought we played a good game until then,” Keller said. “They were able to put one in our net, and then obviously the empty-net goal, but I think it was a lot closer than what 
the score said.”
Antoine Vermette, Cam Fowler and Jakob Silfverberg scored for the Ducks as they improved to 18-14-8.
“I felt like last game I had some good chances and I didn’t feel like I made the most out of them,” Fowler said. “I focused on bearing down tonight. I was happy to see it go in.”
Rickard Rakell struck twice in the win.
Brendan Perlini also scored for the Coyotes.
“We were in the game, so any way that we can get a goal would obviously be great,” Perlini said. “We were all up for it, and nobody was down or anything like that.”
John Gibson made 23 saves to pick up the win for Anaheim.
“We were just trying to find balance in our lineup and trying to put people in places they could be comfortable with and give them an opportunity to have success. We’re a work in progress. We haven’t had our team together for more than four or five games now,” Anaheim head coach Randy Carlyle said after his club found its game in the third period.
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Antti Raanta made 21 saves in taking the loss.
“We had a couple breakdowns and some crucial mistakes at the wrong time and it was in our net, and that seems to be the story of our team. We had about five or six chances where we missed the net, and Fowler gets one chance and boom, it’s in our net,” Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet said after the late collapse.
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