In Glendale, Brandon Tanev scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins with just over three minutes left in regulation t o force extra time with the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday.
The Pens improved to 14-3-1 over their last 18 games.
Tristan Jarry made 24 saves to get the win after an eight-round skills competition.
Taylor Hall had a goal for the Coyotes.
“When you have that many chances to end the game in the shootout, it’s tough but tip your cap to their goalie. He made some good saves there at the end,” Hall said. “It wasn’t a complete 60-minute effort, but we found our game eventually and that’s important for us.”
Derek Stepan and Conor Garland also scored for Arizona.
“They were definitely better than us in the first two periods,” Niklas Hjalmarsson said. “I think they kind of were giving it to us a little bit, but we survived those two periods and we’re still in the game. The third period was better, but we have to bring it over three periods in this league. It’s tough to win unless you do.”
Jared McCann and Patrik Hornqvist added goals for Pittsburgh.
“It wasn’t pretty, but we played hard. We played hard every shift. It’s an amazing team, again. I like it,” Evgeni Malkin said after the win.
Teddy Blueger was credited with the deciding goal in the shootout.
“It was obviously a great trip, playing against some really good teams who are playing really good hockey,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “The fact that we were able to take six points out of it is a credit to the team. They are playing hard, guys are competing out there, we’re finding different ways to win, different guys are stepping up at key times and we’re getting saves.”
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Adin Hill made 31 saves in the loss.
“We had some good looks [in overtime]; there’s a lot of things there that you wish for, but at the end you’ve got to make a play,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said.
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