GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Shane Doan and Stefan Elliott scored goals 3:42 apart in the second period and the Arizona Coyotes continued their domination of the Edmonton Oilers with a 4-1 win Thursday.
Max Domi had a goal and an assist; he leads all NHL rookies with eight goals. Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored and Mike Smith made 27 saves for the Coyotes, who have beaten Edmonton six straight times and are 16-0-3 in the past 19, extending the franchise record for consecutive games with at least one point earned against one team.
Dave Tippett is 20-2-3 against Edmonton since becoming Arizona coach in September 2009.
Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers, who haven't beat Arizona in regulation since Jan. 25, 2011. Goalie Anders Nilsson made 18 saves for the Oilers (6-11-0), who have lost three of their past four.
Arizona (9-6-1) has won three straight for the first time since opening the season 3-0-0. The Coyotes have had to come from behind in each game.
The Oilers held the Coyotes to one shot during the first seven minutes and took the lead at 3:03 of the first period on a nice give-and-go.
Hall fed Leon Draisaitl and beat Arizona's Michael Stone off the left wall for the return pass. Hall drove to the net and put a backhander between Smith's pads for his seventh goal and 18th point in 17 games this season. Hall had three goals and five points in five games against the Coyotes last season.
The Coyotes, playing for the third time in four nights, finally found their legs midway through the period and tied the game by getting traffic in front of Nilsson. With Brad Richardson setting a screen, Ekman-Larsson's shot from the deep left circle found the far top corner at 16:49.
It was Ekman-Larsson's second goal of the season, but his first since opening night (Oct. 9 against the Los Angeles Kings), and extended his point streak to four games, tying a career-high.
The Coyotes capitalized on a tripping penalty to Draisaitl to take the lead. Domi ran down a Tobias Rieder hard-around, won a battle on the boards and feathered a pass over the stick of Oilers defenseman Eric Gryba and onto the stick of Doan, who banged it past Nilsson at 13:47.
Doan's fourth goal was his third on the power-play this season and the 116th in his career, six behind Dale Hawerchuk's franchise record. He now 372 career goals, seven behind Hawerchuk's franchise-best 379.
The Coyotes' fourth line doubled the lead late in the period. Kyle Chipchura dropped a pass for John Scott, who put a wrist shot on net that Elliott deflected. Nilsson stopped it, but the rebound went right back to Elliott and he swept in his first goal as a Coyote at 17:29 to put Arizona up 3-1.
Smith made a big glove save on Hall with 13:17 in the game to keep the two-goal lead intact. Domi put the game away at 11:28 when he got to the net and finished off a feed from Stone.
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