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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Andrew Ladd scored the Winnipeg Jets' only goal in regulation and converted the deciding goal in the shootout in a 2-1 win against the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena.
The Coyotes earned a point in the shootout loss, but fell out of the Western Conference's final wild-card spot for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The streaking Dallas Stars beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 on Tuesday and are even with Phoenix at 85 points; Dallas moved into the wild card by virtue of having one game in hand.
The Jets improved to 78 points to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive. They swept three games from the Coyotes this season, with two of the three wins coming in shootouts
Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves and stopped Mikkel Boedker and Radim Vrbata in the shootout before Antoine Vermette fired Phoenix's final attempt off the goal post.
Phoenix goalie Thomas Greiss made 21 saves in regulation and overtime. He stopped Bryan Little in the shootout before Ladd's shot hit the post and then went off him into the net.
Ladd's was the first shootout goal Greiss allowed after stopping nine previous attempts this season.
The Coyotes failed to convert a power-play chance in overtime when Jets forward Blake Wheeler caught Boedker in the face with a high stick with 1:15 left.
Ladd gave the Jets a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, but Coyotes defenseman Zbynek Michalek tied it in the first minute of the second. It stayed that way until Ladd finished what he started.
The Jets had lost 11 of their past 14 games, including a 5-4 overtime loss against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday after they led 4-0. But right from the opening faceoff, Winnipeg was the aggressor, dominating puck possession and using a little good fortune to grab an early lead.
Phoenix defenseman Keith Yandle's attempt to send the puck around the boards hit referee Fredrick L'Ecuyer and stopped dead behind the Coyotes net. Little collected the puck, peeled around the net and fed Ladd for a one-timer that beat Greiss over the shoulder into the far corner at 10:01. Ladd's 23 rd goal was his fourth in his past five games. The assist extended Little's point streak to seven games.
The Coyotes had not trailed after one period at home since Jan. 20 against the Toronto Maple Leafs (12 games). It didn't take them long to even the score.
On a delayed penalty, Boedker found Vermette with a pass across the slot. Vermette drew Pavelec out of the net before teeing up Michalek, who was unmarked as the trailer, for a one-timer into a gaping net 19 seconds into the period. It was Michalek's second goal of the season.
The goal energized Phoenix, which outshot Winnipeg 14-6 in the second period. Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson kept the momentum high with an open ice hit on Wheeler -- one of 40 Phoenix hits in the first two periods. But Pavelec kept the game tied, making big saves on Chris Summers and then Jeff Halpern and Kyle Chipchura in succession late in the period.
The Coyotes were strong again early in the third. Boedker rang a shot off the far post with 9:50 left. But after mustering eight shots in a 30-minute span, the Jets picked up their game, and Greiss needed a big save on Matt Halischuk with six minutes left to keep the game even.
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