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LOS ANGELES -- Jeff Halpern and the Phoenix Coyotes did what no other team has done this season: force the Los Angeles Kings to blow a third period lead.
Halpern scored with 3:05 left and Phoenix beat Los Angeles 4-3 on Monday night at Staples Center.
Halpern's fourth goal this season was a shot from the left side that Kings goalie Jonathan Quick appeared to stop with his stick, but replays showed that the puck crossed the line.
The Coyotes have won six of eight and moved past the Dallas Stars for eighth in the Western Conference.
Los Angeles was 21-0-0 this season when leading after the second period. The Kings erased a 2-0 deficit and led 3-2 going into the third before the Coyotes rallied. Los Angeles has lost three consecutive one-goal games.
Phoenix tied it 3-3 with 10:16 left on an unassisted goal by Keith Yandle, who ripped a slap shot from just inside the blue line that went in off goalie Quick's glove.
The Kings had killed two penalties and were trying to close out the win after Marian Gaborik scored on a snap shot from the slot that ramped off the stick of Coyotes defenseman Derek Morris at 18:19 of the third.
Defenseman Alec Martinez made it 2-2 with a shot from the left side that found the upper right corner of the net at 6:50 of the second to erase the 2-0 deficit. Martinez, who had seven points in his first 40 games, has seven points in his past eight games.
Los Angeles forced Phoenix to spend a lot of time in its own end in the second period, when the Kings had a 15-3 shot advantage and did not allow the Coyotes a shot in the final 15:25. Smith, in his ninth straight start, looked sharp at the beginning, but then became flustered at times.
The Kings' comeback erased an ideal road start for Phoenix, which scored two goals in 63 seconds for a 2-0 lead against a Los Angeles team that looked disorganized at the start.
Mikkel Boedker was left completely free in the slot to lift a backhand into the left side of the net for a power-play goal at 7:36 in the first. Rob Klinkhammer knocked down Radim Vrbata's shot and swiped the puck through the feet of Kings defenseman Robyn Regehr at 6:33.
Los Angeles salvaged the opening period on a terrific play in transition by rookie Tanner Pearson, who sped down the left wing and beat Smith with a wrist shot at 17:02 for his second NHL goal.
Kings captain Dustin Brown missed a second game because of a lower-body injury. Phoenix center Martin Hanzal returned to the lineup from a lower-body injury.
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