SB Nation Arizona - Phoenix Coyotes Winning Continues With Victory Over Edmonton Oilers, 4-3https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46593/arizona-fave.png2010-11-20T09:21:37-07:00http://arizona.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15883022010-11-20T09:21:37-07:002010-11-20T09:21:37-07:00Phoenix Coyotes, Hottest Team In Arizona Sports, Beat Edmonton Oilers For 5th Straight Win
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<p>Edmonton, AB (Sports Network) – <span>Eric Belanger</span>’s tally in the fifth round of the shootout was the difference as Phoenix rallied from a three-goal deficit to down Edmonton, 4-3, at Rexall Place.</p>
<p>Belanger skated in, and faked a slap shot from 15 feet away. He moved to his left, and pulled Oilers goaltender <span>Devan Dubnyk</span> out far enough to lift a forehander to the short side and under the crossbar for the game-winner.</p>
<p>“As players you have a few moves you’re comfortable with,” said Belanger, who recorded his first shootout goal. “That was a new goalie I’ve never seen before. You go with the move that you trust. That’s what I did and it was a big goal.”</p>
<p><span>Radim Vrbata</span> posted a goal and two assists while <span>Lauri Korpikoski</span> and <span>Wojtek Wolski</span> scored in regulation for the Coyotes, who posted their fifth straight victory.</p>
<p><span>Ilya Bryzgalov</span> made 27 stops for the win.</p>
<p><span>Ales Hemsky</span>, <span>Shawn Horcoff</span> and <span>Dustin Penner</span> tallied for the Oilers, who dropped their sixth in a row. Dubnyk played well in defeat, making 39 saves.</p>
<p>“It’s definitely disappointing,” Horcoff said. “We worked pretty hard tonight and we did a lot of things well and just came up short.”</p>
<p>Hemsky notched the lone goal of the first period while shorthanded, and Edmonton tacked on two more in the second period courtesy of a Horcoff power- play marker at four minutes and Penner’s even-strength tally at 11:59.</p>
<p>Korpikoski skated around an Oilers defender and lifted a backhander under the crossbar at 13:13, then Vrbata’s one-timer off a <span>Ray Whitney</span> feed brought the visitors within one at 14:36.</p>
<p>Phoenix went with an extra skater with one minute to play, and Wolski was left alone briefly in the low slot to one-time a feed by Whitney to tie the game with 35 seconds left in regulation.</p>
<p>Phoenix has won five of the last six games over Edmonton, including three of four a season ago…Whitney posted a season-best three assists…The Coyotes complete their western Canadian road trip in Vancouver on Sunday…The Oilers travel to Anaheim also on Sunday.</p>
https://arizona.sbnation.com/phoenix-coyotes/2010/11/20/1826157/phoenix-coyotes-hottest-team-in-arizona-sports-beat-edmonton-oilersSeth Pollack2010-11-19T09:55:44-07:002010-11-19T09:55:44-07:00Phoenix Coyotes Western Canada Schedule Continues With Edmonton Oilers
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(Sports Network) - It has been nearly six weeks since the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.coppernblue.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Edmonton Oilers</a> treated their home fans to a victory at Rexall Place. A visit from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/phoenix-coyotes" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Phoenix Coyotes</a> could change that.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Oilers look to halt both a five-game overall and home slide this evening, but face a Coyotes club that is on its longest winning streak of the season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Edmonton opened up the 2010-11 season with back-to-back home wins, but has gone 2-10-3 since and has dropped five in a row at home since its last victory there on Oct. 10. The Oilers have been outscored 30-8 over their current five- game losing streak and were shut out, 5-0, at home by Chicago on Wednesday.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Nikolai Khabibulin</span> made the start and allowed four goals on 31 shots before being lifted after the second period. The veteran netminder, who is just 4-10-1 this season with a 4.07 goals-against average, was then placed on injured reserve Thursday with a groin injury and the Oilers recalled <span>Martin Gerber</span> from the American Hockey League.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Gerber will likely back up <span>Devan Dubnyk</span>, who made 15 saves in relief of Khabibulin and has never before faced the Coyotes.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"I've got to go in there and give us a chance to win hockey games -- that's my job, that's our job, it never changes," Dubnyk told Edmonton's website. "It's important when you're in a funk like this that you do give the guys a chance to win, but you can't go out there and be trying to do something extraordinary outside of what you do. You've just got to go play the same way."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Though the Oilers have lost three straight to the Coyotes, they are 5-0-1 in their past six at home against the franchise.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Phoenix does come into this game on a roll, having won a season-high four straight games. The Coyotes stretched that win streak on Wednesday in the opener of a three-game tour of western Canada, knocking off Calgary, 3-1.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Martin Hanzal</span> had a goal and an assist, <span>Wojtek Wolski</span> lit the lamp and <span>Lauri Korpikoski</span> added an empty-net tally for the Coyotes, who visit Vancouver on Sunday and are 4-3-2 as the road team this year.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Wolski's goal was just his second of the season after netting a career-high 23 last season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Ilya Bryzgalov</span> made 39 saves, including 16 in the opening period.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"Our puck play wasn't very good and Bryzgalov bailed us out in the first," Phoenix head coach Dave Tippet said.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Bryzgalov is 5-5-0 with a 3.44 goals-against average in his career versus the Oilers.</p>
https://arizona.sbnation.com/2010/11/19/2324684/phoenix-coyotes-western-canada-schedule-continues-with-edmonton-oilersSeth Pollack