GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Rookie goaltender Louis Domingue made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season and Tobias Rieder had two goals and an assist in the Arizona Coyotes' 4-0 win against the Nashville Predators at Gila River Arena on Saturday.
Domingue, who has taken over for the injured Mike Smith, is 6-0-2 in eight starts with a .947 save percentage and two shutouts. He has allowed three goals in the past three games, all Arizona wins. Rieder has five points in that span.
Antoine Vermette scored his 200th NHL goal in the first period and Anthony Duclair also scored for the Coyotes (21-16-4), who have a five-game point streak (4-0-1) and are 7-1-2 in their past 10 games. The win was their 11th in 19 home games this season, matching their total from all of last season (11-25-5).
Goalie Carter Hutton made 25 saves for the slumping Predators (19-16-7), who are 1-4-1 in the past six games and 0-5-1 on the second game of back-to-backs, with seven goals in those seven games. They are 0-2-0 since acquiring center Ryan Johansen from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.
The Coyotes ended a six-game losing streak against Nashville.
Arizona got off to a fast start with eight shots in the first six minutes, including a penalty shot after Duclair was taken down by Nashville defenseman Roman Josi a clear path to the net. But Hutton shut down the five-hole to deny Duclair and the Predators turned the play their way the rest of the period. They had 12 of their 14 shots in the final 14 minutes, five of them on a power play when Domingue made two big saves on James Neal and one on Johansen to keep the game even.
The Coyotes got on the board early in the second period after Nashville defenseman Barret Jackman was called for roughing Duclair along the boards. Hutton stopped Rieder's power-play shot from a sharp angle, but Shane Doan won the battle for the rebound and slid a no-look, backhand pass across the crease. Vermette was all by himself and buried his sixth goal of the season at 3:35.
The Coyotes added to their lead 55 seconds into the third period with the teams skating 4-on-4. Rieder and Connor Murphy had a 2-on-1 broken up but a trailing Martin Hanzal beat Filip Forsberg to the puck in the high slot. Hanzal threw a shot at the net that Rieder got a stick on, sending the puck flipping end over end, over Hutton and under the crossbar.
Rieder hit the empty net with 3:23 left and Duclair scored his 12th of the season with 14 seconds remaining.
Dating back to last season, Rieder has scored 12 of his past 15 goals at Gila River Arena.
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