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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Brad Marchand scored two goals and linemates Reilly Smith and Dougie Hamilton each had two assists to help the Boston Bruins snap a three-game losing streak in a 5-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
Kevan Miller, Simon Gagne and Loui Eriksson also scored for the Bruins, who beat the Coyotes for the fifth straight time and were in control from the first minute. Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask made 24 saves.
Joe Vitale and Mikkel Boedker scored for Arizona, which has lost seven straight at Gila River Arena (0-5-2), the longest losing streak on home ice in the original Winnipeg Jets'/Coyotes' 44-year history.
Devan Dubynk made 20 saves before he was pulled after the fourth Boston goal. Mike Smith played the final 24 minutes and made 12 saves.
Boston scored five goals in a game for the first time since Nov. 6 and scored on the power play for the first time since Nov. 13, snapping an 0-for-19 drought. They also avoided the first pointless road trip of more than four games since 1963 after losses against the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks.
The Bruins, who led 2-0 against the Sharks 2:35 into play on Thursday but went on to lose 7-4, scored in the first minute for the second straight game.
Arizona defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson's cross-ice pass in the neutral zone was picked off by Hamilton. Hamilton hit Smith in the slot and he set up Marchand, who beat Dubnyk to the shot side with a wrist shot at 58 seconds to start his big night.
It became 2-0 when Dubnyk played the puck behind his net but his wobbly pass went right to Miller on the sideboards. Dubnyk stopped one quick shot attempt, but Miller ran down his rebound untouched and beat Dubnyk between the pads at 5:58. Miller's goal was his first in 54 games, dating back almost a full year (Dec. 8, 2013 against the Toronto Maple Leafs).
But after going more than three full games without a goal on home ice, the Coyotes broke through on a play that started with a nice Dubnyk save in tight on Daniel Paille. Michael Stone started Shane Doan on the rush and his pass found Vitale in stride. Vitale's wrist shot from the right faceoff dot beat Rask to the top far corner at 13:11 and Arizona's first goal at home in 185 minutes, 34 seconds cut the Boston lead to 2-1.
The Bruins, who blew a two-goal lead for the 15th time in the past 155 games (140-9-6) at San Jose, didn't let this one get away. They buried the Coyotes with a three-goal second period.
It started at 8:34 when Dubynk stopped an innocent-looking shot by Paille. The rebound hit Gagne, who was standing right of the post and behind the goal line, and the ricochet squeezed between Dubnyk and the right post. The initial call of a kicking motion on the ice was overturned by video review and Boston's two-goal lead was restored.
Marchand made it 4-1 at 14:47, finishing off a 2-on-1 with a pass from Smith and chasing Dubnyk from the game.
Mike Smith came on for Arizona, but Eriksson cleaned up a Patrice Bergeron power-play shot with 30 seconds left in the period to give Boston a 5-1 lead.
Bodeker made it 5-2 on the power play at 5:41 of the third period. It was Arizona's first power-play goal at home since Oct. 25, covering seven games and 25 chances.
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