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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Mikkel Boedker had two goals and an assist to lead the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Shane Doan had a goal and a season-high three points, Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a goal, and Mike Smith made 34 saves for the Coyotes, who have won five of their past seven games.
It was Arizona's first win this season against a Central Division team.
Boedker and Ekman-Larsson are tied for the Coyotes lead with 11 goals. Ekman-Larsson's goal was his sixth game-winner of the season, tops in the NHL.
Mathieu Perreault scored for the Jets in the third period to deny Smith of his first shutout in 35 games. Smith came into the game with a 3.57 goals-against average.
Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 26 saves, but power-play goals 2:08 apart early in the game gave Arizona the momentum.
The Coyotes matched a season-high with three power-play goals. They also had three man-advantage goals in a 6-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
As they had done against the Blue Jackets, the Coyotes again shut down their opponent's red-hot power play. The Jets had six power-play goals in their past four games, but came up empty on seven tries Thursday.
The Coyotes entered 0-8-3 against Central Division teams, including a 6-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. In seven games following a shutout loss this season, the Coyotes are 5-2-0 and have scored 28 goals.
A game featuring two struggling goalies - Smith had one win since Dec. 1, and Pavelec had one win since Dec. 2 - had five penalties in the first period, and all the early action came during the ensuing power plays.
Winnipeg's Bryan Little was called for tripping Smith 23 seconds into the game, and Arizona wasted little time capitalizing. Pavelec stopped Ekman-Larsson's shot from the point, but Antoine Vermette slid the rebound back to Boedker, who put a wrist shot from the slot through traffic at 1:10. It was Boedker's first goal in 12 games.
The Jets gave the Coyotes another power play when defenseman Ben Chiarot was called for hooking against Tobias Rieder at 3:09. Nine seconds later, Doan found Ekman-Larsson charging in from the point, and Ekman-Larsson beat Pavelec to make it 2-0.
It could have been worse for the Jets, but Pavelec made big saves on Lucas Lessio and Kyle Chipchura to keep them close.
The Coyotes were called for three penalties in a span of 2:17 at the end of the first to give the Jets two 5-on-3 power plays. But Winnipeg got one shot in 1:07 on the first two-man advantage and one in 36 seconds on the other, and Arizona's two-goal lead survived the period.
The Jets are 0-for-10 with a 5-on-3 advantage.
Arizona made it 3-0 with another power-play goal in the second. After the Coyotes failed to convert a long 5-on-3 chance, Doan cleaned up a Michael Stone rebound at 5-on-4 at 15:35 for his ninth goal.
Perreault got Winnipeg on the board at 6:49 of the third period. The Jets had an extra attacker on a delayed penalty.
Boedker closed out the scoring, going end to end and beating Pavelec with a move across the crease at 8:55 for his second multigoal game of the season.
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