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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Though the Boston Bruins finally fell behind in a game, their winning streak remains intact.
Shawn Thornton tipped a Daniel Paille shot past goalie Mike Smith with 3:18 left in regulation for the go-ahead goal and the Bruins beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 on Saturday night for their NHL-best 12th consecutive victory.
Playing before a packed house of 17,468 at Jobing.com Arena that included many fans sporting Boston colors, Jarome Iginla scored two goals for Boston, including an empty-netter with 31.7 seconds left. He tied the game early in the third period with the 557th goal of his career, moving him past Bruins great Johnny Bucyk into 25th place on the League's all-time goal-scoring list.
The 12-game winning streak is Boston's longest since the 1970-71 team won 13 in a row and is two shy of the franchise record, set in 1929-30. The three third-period goals give the Bruins 92 this season, 12 more than the second-place Chicago Blackhawks.
Boston hasn't lost since the Washington Capitals won 4-2 at TD Garden on March 1. The Bruins hadn't trailed in a game since March 9, when they rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat the Florida Panthers 5-2.
Goaltender Tuukka Rask made 30 saves to help the Bruins beat the Coyotes for the second time in the last nine days. Mike Smith made 24 saves for the Coyotes, who had their three-game winning streak snapped and saw their lead over the Dallas Stars cut to two points in the race for the second Western Conference wild-card spot for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Patrice Bergeron also scored for Boston. Shane Doan and Oliver Ekman-Larsson had goals for the Coyotes.
The Bruins buzzed the Phoenix net early, putting pressure on Smith and pouncing on his giveaway to take a quick lead.
Smith tried to send the puck up the middle of the ice, but defenseman Andrej Meszaros picked off the pass at the blue line. He fed Bergeron for a shot that Smith stopped, but Bergeron kept whacking at the rebound and nudged it under Smith's pad at 3:25. It was Bergeron's 22nd goal and third in three games.
The Bruins kept coming, but Brad Marchand, Carl Soderberg and Thornton all missed the net on scoring chances. Still only a goal down, the Coyotes turned the play the other way.
Mike Ribeiro controlled the puck behind the net and bought time until he found Brandon McMillan in the slot. Rask went down to stop the shot, but Doan was waiting at the crease to pop the rebound up and in at 11:45. Doan reached the 20-goal mark for the 12th time as a Coyote and the 12th time in the past 13 full seasons.
Rask kept the score even with a sprawling stick save on Lauri Korpikoski, and the Coyotes missed another chance when a Mikkel Boedker deflection of an Antoine Vermette shot smacked the far post. But on a power play that carried into the second period, Ekman-Larsson made the play of the night.
Starting in his own zone, Ekman-Larsson picked up speed, forced defender Loui Erickson to reach and put the puck around his skates. Rask stopped his first shot, but Ekman-Larsson got his own rebound and popped it inside the near post at 39 seconds.
Ekman-Larsson's 12th goal of the season gave Phoenix a 2-1 lead, and for the first time in 20 periods, the Bruins trailed in a game.
"I was looking for someone to pass to and I didn't see anyone," Ekman-Larsson told Fox Sports Arizona after the second intermission. "So I figured I'll do it myself."
It stayed that way until the Bruins got even in the third with the teams skating 4-on-4.
With Iginla screening Smith in front, Dougie Hamilton set up Boston captain Zdeno Chara for a booming shot from the high slot. The puck deflected off Iginla's upper body and went past Smith at 3:48 to tie the game 2-2.
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