In Calgary, the visiting Arizona Coyotes could not hold a 3-1 lead and surrendered two Flames goals in regulation and an over time marker to lose, 4-3, on Tuesday night.
Matthew Tkachuk struck for two goals, including the winner in extra time.
“I recognized that they had a couple guys that were tired out there that were out there a full shift before me, and then mine, so I thought why not try to take advantage of it one more time and did one more lap and got the puck and then put it in,” Tkachuk said.
David Rittich made 34 saves in the win.
“We didn’t start how we wanted most of the games but we’re getting strong finishes,” Rittich said. “It’s a good thing for us. We have to figure out how we can play 60 minutes from the beginning to the end.”
Clayton Keller, Christian Dvorak, and Vinnie Hinostroza scored in regulation for the Coyotes.
“We’re up 3-1 and that’s the strongest point of our game, defending, so obviously we don’t want to give up two goals in the third, let them tie us up and take us to overtime,” Hinostroza said. “Obviously we’re disappointed in that, but we still got a point so it’s not the end of the world. Definitely need to fix what mistakes we made and move on.”
Johnny Gaudreau and Mark Giordano had single markers in regulation for Calgary.
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Antti Raanta made 39 saves in the loss.
“Lesson learned. I think we started off pretty good and then backed off a little bit, it felt like, instead of pushing when we had a 3-1 [lead], kept playing the way we were supposed to be, but we backed off and we can’t do that,” Arizona’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. “
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