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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Center Martin Hanzal hasn't seen much of the New Jersey Devils in his seven years with the Phoenix Coyotes, but when he does, he makes the most of it.
Hanzal notched his sixth multipoint game of the season with a power-play goal and an assist as the Coyotes hung on to beat the Devils 3-2 on Saturday. He has three goals and eight points in five career games against New Jersey.
Hanzal's goal gave the Coyotes a power-play goal in seven straight games, one shy of their longest streak since moving to Arizona in 1996-97. Jordan Szwarz and Jeff Halpern added even-strength goals for Phoenix, the first for the Coyotes in their past four games. Keith Yandle contributed two assists.
Phoenix beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Thursday and has won back-to-back games for the first time since they beat the Colorado Avalanche and New York Islanders on Dec. 12-14.
Ryane Clowe had a goal and an assist for New Jersey, which had been 3-0-3 in its past six games. The Devils are 0-4-0 all-time at Jobing.com Arena and haven't won in Arizona since beating the Coyotes 3-0 at America West Arena (now US Airways Center) in Phoenix on Feb. 12, 2003.
Jaromir Jagr made it 3-2 when he deflected home a Clowe shot with 2:14 left in regulation and goaltender Martin Brodeur on the bench for an extra attacker. It was Jagr's 15th goal of the season and the 696th of his career.
Jagr had another good chance with 1:02 left, but Mike Smith smothered his wrist shot from the slot.
Smith made 32 saves and recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since beating the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues on Nov. 9-12. His teammates helped out with 25 blocked shots, six by Derek Morris.
Brodeur made 24 saves, including several big stops early to keep his team in the game.
The Coyotes had a strong first period and got some scoring from their fourth line.
Kyle Chipchura won a race with Devils defenseman Jon Merrill for a puck behind the New Jersey net. He threaded a centering pass to Szwarz, who beat Brodeur over the stick on the short side at 2:35 for his third goal of the season. It was Phoenix's first even-strength goal in 184 minutes and 25 seconds, dating back to Mike Ribeiro's goal against the Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 11.
Brodeur made big saves on Shane Doan and Yandle, but a fourth-liner made it 2-0 at 13:13. After a power play that yielded no shots, Halpern took a David Moss pass hard down the left side, used defenseman Marek Zidlicky as a screen and put a hard wrist shot past Brodeur's glove for his second goal.
But the Devils got back in the game late in the period. Mikkel Boedker took a holding penalty and New Jersey capitalized at 18:44. Smith stopped an Eric Gelinas shot that was shrouded by a Michael Ryder screen, but the rebound found Clowe alone right of the net. His second goal of the year cut the margin to 2-1 and gave New Jersey some jump they took into the second period.
Smith made some big saves in the second, and got some help as well. He was out of the net when his clearing attempt was run down by Clowe behind the Phoenix net. But Yandle alertly beat Clowe to the post to avert a potential game-tying goal.
Phoenix took back the momentum on the power play. With Zidlicky off for interference, Brodeur stopped Yandle's shot from center point. But Hanzal was screening in front of the crease, picked up the rebound and squeezed a shot through Brodeur at 14:22 for his 14th goal to restore the Coyotes' two-goal lead.
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