EDMONTON -- Mike Ribeiro had a goal and an assist to help the Phoenix Coyotes build a four-goal lead and Mike Smith stopped 36 shots to help them hang on and beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 at Rexall Place on Friday night.
Ribeiro's goal three minutes into the second period made it 4-0, and it looked like the Coyotes would cruise past the slumping Oilers. But Matt Hendricks scored late in the second period, and goals by David Perron and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the first 7:50 of the third period cut the margin to one goal.
Smith made 12 of his saves in the third period to help the Coyotes end a two-game losing streak. Mikkel Boedker, Radim Vrbata and Derek Morris also scored for Phoenix.
Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots for Edmonton, which has dropped six in a row.
The Coyotes took control of the game with three goals in a 4:02 span late in the first period.
Boedker opened the scoring at 14:17 when he found space on his off-wing and fired a shot over Bryzgalov's shoulder. Vrbata increased the lead on the power play at 17:10, converting a centering feed from behind the net by Martin Hanzal, who returned after missing two games with a lower-body injury.
Morris made it 3-0 at 18:19 by stepping into a point shot and blowing it past Bryzgalov for his fifth of the season but first since Oct. 31.
Ribeiro gave the Coyotes a four-goal lead 3:00 into the second period, batting a centering feed out of midair past Bryzgalov.
At that point, the Coyotes appeared to be in complete control. But the Oilers refused to quit, and Hendricks got them on the board at 13:17 by redirecting a pass through Smith for his first goal since being acquired from the Nashville Predators last week.
Perron made it 4-2 at 1:50 of the third period, lifting a sharp-angled shot over Smith's shoulder. Nugent-Hopkins cut the deficit to one goal at 7:50, taking a drop pass from Jordan Eberle on an odd-man rush and beating Smith through the pads.
Both teams are off until Sunday, when the Oilers host the Predators and the Coyotes continue their road trip against the Vancouver Canucks.
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