SB Nation Arizona - Taylor Pyatt Leads Coyotes In 2-0 Win Over Avalanche In Coloradohttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46593/arizona-fave.png2011-01-06T23:29:11-07:00http://arizona.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16832822011-01-06T23:29:11-07:002011-01-06T23:29:11-07:00LaBarbera Blanks Avs In 2-0 Coyotes Win
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<p>It's a rather simple formula, but the Phoenix Coyotes found out that if you don't allow the opposing team to score goals, you often win the game. Phoenix did just that in their 2-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.</p>
<p>With two of the league's fastest teams going head-to-head, low scoring isn't exactly what was expected. We got just that, with only one even strength goal coming early in the first, with an empty netter as the only other goal to find its way on the stat sheet.</p>
<p>Jason LaBarbera led the way for the Coyotes. Filling in for Ilya Bryzgalov, LaBarbera posted his second shutout of the season. "Barbzilla" was magnificent all night, stopping all 34 shots the Avs could muster.</p>
<p>Craig Anderson was splendid in his own right for Colorado. Anderson was a Taylor Pyatt shot away from his first shutout of the season. He stopped 32 of 33 Phoenix shots, but the Avs couldn't find the net to support their netminder.</p>
<p>Pyatt's goal came early on for the Coyotes. Midway through the first, Pyatt netted his eighth of the year. That would stand as the only goal until 19:40 in the third, when Pyatt added the empty net goal.</p>
<p>That goal also included an assist from Shane Doan, who extended his scoring streak. The captain's streak now stands at eight games, and his assist gives him 13 points in those eight.</p>
<p>Thursday's game was also a very quiet game on the penalty front. Only one player from each team spent any time in the sin bin. For the Coyotes, it was Martin Hanzal in the second period. Former Coyote Kevin Porter spent two minutes in the box in the third.</p>
<p>Phoenix's win is the first time they've won consecutive games since late November. They'll look to mount a real winning streak when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.</p>
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<p>If the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/phoenix-coyotes">Phoenix Coyotes</a> are hoping to pull out a win tonight in Colorado, they'll have to do it without their starting goaltender. <span>Ilya Bryzgalov</span>, who missed five games in December with an upper-body injury, will not be in the lineup tonight and did not travel with the team. <span>Jason LaBarbera</span> is expected to start, with San Antonio callup, <span>Matt Climie</span>, backing him up.</p>
<p>There is good news for the Coyotes, however. <span>Kyle Turris</span>, who left Tuesday's win against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> with his own upper-body injury is expected to be in the lineup at the Pepsi Center on Thursday.</p>
<p>For the Coyotes to win, they'll have to slow down one of the fastest teams in the NHL. Quite similar to the Coyotes of last season, the speed of the Avalanche gives teams fits on a nightly basis. Led by forward <span>Matt Duchene</span>, the Avs currently sit in fifth in the Western Conference, three points ahead of Phoenix.</p>
<p>Duchene is the team's leading scorer, with 40 points, including 16 goals. He has six points in his last five, all of which he has registered a point in. It's his third point streak of at least four games this season.</p>
<p>Speaking of point streaks, <span>Shane Doan</span> will put his own on the line in Denver on Thursday night. The Coyotes' captain has notched a point in seven in a row, with four consecutive multi-point games. His streak has helped spark the Coyotes offensively.</p>
<p>Phoenix has netted 18 goals in their last six, a contrast to where they were towards the end of December, when they were held to just one goal for four games in a row.</p>
<p>While the Coyotes gained confidence in their win over Columbus on Tuesday, they will need that to translate over to the Pepsi Center on Thursday. The Coyote blue liners will have their handfuls with the speedy forwards of Colorado, so confidence on the offensive side is a must to keep Phoenix in the game.</p>
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