Neal's OT goal lifts skidding Predators over Coyotes 2-1

Final OT

Series (Game 3 of 3)

Predators 2

(42-19-7, 91 pts)

Coyotes 1

(21-38-8, 50 pts)

10:00PM,EDT,March 9,2015
Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona

	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	0	1	0	1	2
ARI	0	0	1	0	1

J. Neal (Predators - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
K. Chipchura (Coyotes - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
P. Rinne (Predators - G): Saves: 27, Save Pct.: .964

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

Predators Need OT To Top Coyotes

James Neal's overtime goal lifted the Predators past the Coyotes 2-1.

Tags: NHL, Nashville Predators, Arizona Coyotes, Paul Gaustad, Kyle Chipchura, James Neal

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- James Neal put in a rebound of Seth Jones' shot 2:45 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes that snapped a season-worst, six-game skid on Monday night.
Pekka Rinne made 27 saves to halt Nashville's losing streak. The Coyotes have lost 11 of 12 home games and 12 of 13 overall.
A fight between Arizona's B.J. Crombeen and Nashville's Mike Fisher set the stage for the game's first goal. Paul Gaustad got a shot through traffic and past Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue at 16:34 of the second period.
Kyle Chipchura redirected a shot from John Moore at 7:27 of the third period to tie it 1-1.
Domingue started for the Coyotes over Mike Smith, three days after his 23rd birthday and made his home debut. He stopped 38 shots.
It was Domingue's fourth game and second start of the season after being called up from the minors on Jan. 31.
Domingue stopped 13 shots in the first period but gave up Gaustad's goal on the first one he faced of the second.
Arizona had a four-minute power play early in the third period after Shane Doan took a stick to the face from Neal. The Coyotes cashed in after a scoring drought that went back two games and nearly 130 minutes.
Doan returned to the ice just before Chipchura's goal after briefly going to the locker room.
The Predators couldn't take advantage of two late power plays. They were 0 for 5 on the advantage for the night but won for the third time in three meetings this season against the Coyotes.
Arizona's Mark Arcobello, who played for the Predators as one of four teams on which he was with this season, had an open shot saved by Rinne with just over a minute to go in the first period. Rinne faced nine shots in the scoreless frame.

Game notes

Coyotes F Lauri Korpikoski missed sat out due to an upper-body injury. He is day to day. ... The Coyotes recalled F Brendan Shinnimin from Portland of the AHL. Shinnimin, who took Korpikoski's place in the line rotation, has been up with Arizona two other times this season and has played in 12 games. ... D Connor Murphy was scratched due to illness and was replaced by Brandon Gormley. ... The Predators started a four-game, seven-day West Coast trip, their second longest of the season.

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Photo Wire

GLENDALE, AZ - MARCH 09: B.J. Crombeen #44 of the Arizona Coyotes passes the puck in front of Gabriel Bourque #57...
(Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images)

Game Information

Arena: Gila River Arena Location: Glendale, Arizona

Referees: Ian Walsh, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Mark Wheler

Attendance: 11,227 (65.6% full)

Team Stat Comparison

Nashville		Arizona
2	Goals		1
0	Power Play Goals		1
5	Power Play Opportunities		4
0	Shorthanded Goals		0
6	Penalties		8
20	Penalty Minutes		22
40	Shots on Goal		28
46	Hits		32
28	Faceoffs Won		39

Scoring Summary

1st Period			NSH	ARI
No scoring this period			0	0
2nd Period			NSH	ARI
3:26		Paul Gaustad (3) Assist: Taylor Beck	1	0
3rd Period			NSH	ARI
7:27		Kyle Chipchura (4) (Power Play) Assists: John Moore, Oliver Ekman-Larsson	1	1
OT			NSH	ARI
2:45		James Neal (22) Assists: Seth Jones, Cody Franson	2	1