{coyotes} Panthers edge Coyotes on Upshall's goal

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SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Florida Panthers got their payback against the Arizona Coyotes.

Scottie Upshall scored on a breakaway with 9:04 left in regulation to give the Panthers a 2-1 victory Thursday night. It was their first game at BB&T Center since Oct. 13 after wrapping up a 2-0-2 road trip that concluded with a 2-1 overtime loss against the Coyotes on Saturday.

Brandon Pirri also scored for the Panthers, who won at home for the first time in three tries this season. The goal was the third in as many games for Pirri, who was a healthy scratch for the Panthers' first three games of the season.

Roberto Luongo made 32 saves.

Martin Hanzal scored for the Coyotes, who are 0-2-0 on their four-game road trip. Arizona, which lost 7-3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, closes out the trip with games against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday and the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

Arizona has lost five of six; its only victory during that stretch was the game against Florida. The Coyotes had their four-game winning streak against the Panthers snapped.

Mike Smith made 24 stops for the Coyotes. Smith came into the game with a 4-0-0 record and a 1.06 goals-against average in his previous four games against Florida.

Upshall scored five seconds after he finished serving his second penalty of the third period. After Derek MacKenzie blocked an Arizona one-timer from the point, he stole a pass and fed Tomas Kopecky just outside the Florida zone. Kopecky spotted Upshall skating behind defenseman Michael Stone after leaving the box and fed him a perfect pass at the Arizona blue line. Upshall then beat Smith after deking to his backhand and sliding the puck between the goalie's legs.

Smith stopped Tomas Fleischmann on another breakaway with two minutes left to keep the score 2-1.

The Coyotes opened the scoring at 17:37 of the first period the same way they finished things Saturday night, with an Ekman-Larsson wrist shot on the power play. He beat Luongo cleanly in Glendale; this time his shot from the right dot went off the stick of Hanzal and into the net.

Defenseman Keith Yandle had the second assist on the goal, giving him eight assists in eight career games against Florida.

Pirri tied it at 5:37 of the second with one second left in a Panthers power play. With Yandle in the box for roughing, Jussi Jokinen faked a shot from the left wing before sliding the puck to the slot to Pirri, who beat Smith with a one-timer to the stick side.

Pirri also hit the post twice, in the first period on a wrist shot and in the second when he tipped defenseman Aaron Ekblad's shot from the point.

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