{coyotes} Smith walks the walk, scores in Coyotes' win

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Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith talked the talk after a frustrating loss Friday night to the Anaheim Ducks.

One night later, he walked the walk -- including in a fashion no one would have expected.

Smith turned in a vintage performance against the Detroit Red Wings, making 31 saves in a 5-2 win Saturday. That was no surprise to anyone who watched the native of Kingston, Ontario win 38 games two seasons ago and guide the Coyotes to the Western Conference Final.

What really brought the fans at Jobing.com Arena out of their seats was when Smith capped the night by firing the puck into an empty net with one-tenth of a second remaining for his first career goal and the 14th ever by an NHL goaltender in the regular season or Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"I don't know what to say really," Smith, who is the 11th goalie to score a goal, said in The Arizona Republic. "Obviously I'm thrilled with the way we played. It's just a bonus to be able to score a goal in this League obviously as a goaltender."

Smith, who called out his team Friday for playing scared in the third period of a 3-2 shootout loss to Anaheim, gloved a Mikael Samuelsson shot as the final seconds ticked down, springing to his feet and flinging the puck the length of the ice. The puck crossed the line, dead center of the net, with :00.1 left on the clock.

"The guys were in my face, so I didn't actually see it until I saw a replay," Smith said. "I do shoot the puck quite often in practice, but an awful lot of things have to go right for that to happen. I was able to score in the ECHL (for Lexington) my first year as a pro (2002-03) and it was the same thing. Everything has to work right and the clock has to slow down at the right time to let it trickle over the line. It was just a bonus to a great win."

Smith might have been even better stopping the puck a night earlier, making 37 saves against the Ducks, but Saturday's game had a much more satisfying finish.

"I might have overreacted a little bit with (Friday) night's comments, but that's the way I felt and like I said, I might have been a little harsh but I thought we responded," Smith said in The Republic. "Not just from what I said, but we just played the way we need to play."

Smith's goal was the first credited to a goaltender since Martin Brodeur had one for the New Jersey Devils against the Carolina Hurricanes on March 21, 2013. Brodeur is the all-time leader in goals by a netminder, with two in the regular season and one in the playoffs. Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers is the only other goaltender to have scored more than once.

GOALS BY NHL GOALTENDERS
REGULAR SEASON	DATE	OPPONENT
Billy Smith, NYI	Nov. 28, 1979 at Colorado	NYI 4 @ COL 7	WATCH
Ron Hextall, PHI	Dec. 8, 1987 vs Boston	BOS 2 @ PHI 5	WATCH
Chris Osgood, DET	Mar. 6, 1996 at Hartford	DET 4 @ HFD 2	WATCH
Damian Rhodes, OTT	Jan. 2, 1999 vs New Jersey	NJ 0 @ OTT 6
Martin Brodeur, NJD	Feb. 15, 2000 vs Philadelphia	PHI 2 @ NJ 4
Jose Theodore, MTL	Jan. 2, 2001 at NY Islanders	MTL 3 @ NYI 0
Evgeni Nabokov, SJS	Mar. 10, 2002 at Vancouver	SJ 7 @ VAN 4 (PPG)
Mika Noronen, BUF	Feb. 14, 2004 at Toronto	BUF 6 @ TOR 4
Chris Mason, NSH	Apr. 15, 2006 vs Phoenix	PHO 1 @ NSH 5	WATCH
Cam Ward, CAR	Dec. 26, 2011 vs New Jersey	NJ 2 @ CAR 4	WATCH
Martin Brodeur, NJD	Mar. 21, 2013 at Carolina	NJD 4 @ CAR 1 (PPG)	WATCH
Mike Smith, PHX	Oct. 19, 2013 vs Detroit	DET 2 @ PHX 5	WATCH
PLAYOFFS
Ron Hextall, Phi.	Apr. 11, 1989 at Washington	PHI 8 @ WAS 5	WATCH
Martin Brodeur, N.J.	Apr. 17, 1997 vs Montreal	MTL 2 @ NJ 5

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