{coyotes} Ekman-Larsson delivers OT winner for Coyotes

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

{coyotes} Ekman-Larsson delivers OT winner for Coyotes

ST. LOUIS -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson's goal 56 seconds into overtime gave the Phoenix Coyotes a 3-2 win against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Ekman-Larsson's shot from just inside the blue line beat Jaroslav Halak high to the glove side to give the Coyotes their seventh win in eight games.

Mikkel Boedker and David Moss also scored for the Coyotes (13-4-2), and Mike Ribeiro had two assists. Mike Smith stopped 37 shots to pick up his 11th win of the season.

Maxim Lapierre and Roman Polak scored for the Blues, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped. Halak stopped 16 shots for the Blues (12-3-2).

Polak scored his second of the season when he pinched in from the right point, took a terrific pass from Alexander Steen and beat Smith over the glove on the short side 2:49 into the third period to tie the game 2-2.

The assist extended Steen's career-best and NHL-leading point streak to 11 games. Steen has 10 goals and 14 points during the run.

Lapierre put the Blues ahead with his third point in as many games and second goal in three games when he redirected Jay Bouwmeester's wrist shot past Smith 5:53 into the game for a 1-0 lead.

It was the eighth straight game in which the Blues scored the first goal of the game and 13th time in 16 games overall.

But Phoenix closed out the first period with two goals off a pair of St. Louis mistakes.

Moss tied the game when he converted a T.J. Oshie turnover in the defensive zone, snapping a shot from the right circle past Halak at 7:49 of the first period. It was Moss' first goal since he scored against the Edmonton Oilers on April 10, a 26-game span.

Boedker scored his fourth of the season -- all on the road -- after the Blues missed out on a pinch, as Kevin Shattenkirk failed to keep a puck in the offensive zone and the Coyotes came away with a 3-on-1. Boedker took a feed into the slot from Rob Klinkhammer and one-timed a slap shot past Halak with 31 seconds left in the first for a 2-1 Phoenix lead.

With the game tied 2-2, Smith made the save of the game, robbing Derek Roy with a glove save with 7:05 remaining in the game after Roy came into the zone with a slick spin move.

Moments later, Smith was up to the task again on Vladimir Tarasenko with a left-pad save and Brenden Morrow barreling down on him.

Smith robbed Roy again 21 seconds into overtime, this time grabbing Roy's backhand in front on a high-percentage scoring chance.

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