In Tempe, Clayton Keller’s goal in the skills competition on Wednesday night gave the Arizona Coyotes a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, in a double shutout. 
Connor Ingram made 47 saves for his first shutout, and the win.
“Yeah, I was thinking about [the shutout), especially near the end,” said Ingram. “I’d never had one in the League. It’s a lifelong dream.”
The 47 saves was the second highest for the franchise in a shutout.
“I try to do what I’m asked, and that’s keep us in the game for as long as I can,” said Ingram, who was selected by Tampa Bay in the third round (No. 88) of the 2016 NHL Draft. “There wasn’t anything I hadn’t seen before in the NHL. If you can see it, you have a good chance of getting in front of it.”
The Coyotes improved to 19-28-8.
“[Ingram] was unbelievable,” Keller said. “We love playing at home, and it’s great to get some momentum. We hope to keep it going.”
Tampa dropped to 35-16-3.
“The goalies put on a clinic,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “It came down to a skills competition at the end, and they won it. That was it. Am In upset with my team? Not in the slightest.”
Tampa went scoreless in five power play chances.
“I thought we did a pretty good job … we had plenty of chances to score goals but their goalie played well,” Tampa Bay defenseman Ian Cole said. “We got a point, so I guess that’s good.”
The Coyotes went -=for-2 on the power play.
“Our goaltending was outstanding,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “And we have an intensity of commitment defensively. We battled hard, we fought in front our net, there’s nothing free. We put our opponent through adversity in our zone. We’re tough to play against.”
Brian Elliott made 26 saves in the Tampa loss.
“It’s disappointing, especially when these points mean a lot at this time of the year,” Elliott said. “Nobody’s happy about that, but we’ll take the good things that we did.”
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