Dvorak Scores In OT, Lifts Coyotes Past Rangers 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Dvorak scored 1:04 into overtime and the Arizona Coyotes beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
Lawson Crouse and Alex Goligoski also scored for the Coyotes. Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves while holding opponents to two or fewer goals for the 13th straight start.
Tony DeAngelo scored twice and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 32 shots as the Rangers lost their fifth straight (0-4-1).
On the winner, Dvorak got a pass from Goligoski and beat Georgiev with a high shot for his fourth of the season.
The Rangers trailed just 1-0 after 20 minutes despite being outshot 21-4 in the opening period and drawing boos from the home crowd as they left the ice.
The Rangers managed to tie it at 5:04 of the second when defenseman DeAngelo tapped the puck past Kuemper after Brendan Lemieux's original tip-in attempt was stopped but the goalie couldn't control the rebound. Pavel Buchnevich also assisted on the goal.
Goligoski put the Coyotes back ahead with 6:14 left in the middle period with a power-play goal as Buchnevich sat in the penalty box for tripping. Jakob Chychrun and Nick Schmaltz had assists on Goligoski's first goal this season. It marked the fifth-straight game the Rangers have allowed a power-play goal.
The Rangers again tied it with 2:00 left in the period when D'Angelo notched his second of the night on the power play. D'Angelo scored from in front on a pass from Ryan Strome. Rookie Kaapo Kakko added his first career assist on the play.
In the third, the Coyotes had a two-man advantage for 1:36 after Strome went off for tripping at 5:40, and Brendan Smith took a delay of game penalty at 6:04. Arizona managed just one shot on goal.
Crouse opened the scoring for the Coyotes with his second goal of the season with 6:54 left in the first, knocking a loose puck in the crease past Georgiev. Linemates Christian Fischer and Carl Soderberg drew assists.
Arizona also had two power-play chances in their dominant first period but couldn't convert as Georgiev kept the home team in the game.
The Coyotes, who narrowly missed the playoffs last season, entered the contest with three straight victories and a 4-0-1 mark in their previous five contests. Arizona hasn't reached the postseason since 2012. They are showing improvement under coach Rick Tocchet.
The Coyotes were starting a four-game trip, which includes area games against the Islanders and New Jersey Devils plus a visit to the Sabres in Buffalo.
NOTES: The Rangers have been outscored 20-9 in their losing streak. The Rangers scratched F Micheal Haley.
The Coyotes scratched rookie C Barrett Hayton, D Aaron Ness and G 0Eric Comrie. Schmaltz has nine points in Arizona's last six games to lead the team in scoring.
Former Rangers forwards Derek Stepan and Michael Grabner plus backup goaltender Antti Raanta returned to the Garden with the Coyotes. The teams meet again March 14 in Arizona.
The Rangers are 22-6-4 against West at home since start of 2015-16 season.
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