WINNIPEG -- Chris Thorburn scored shorthanded in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes at MTS Centre on Saturday.
Thorburn won a race with defenseman Michael Stone to a loose puck before backhanding a shot past Coyotes goaltender Anders Lindback with 8:51 remaining.
Winnipeg (10-9-2) won its second consecutive game and finishes a three-game homestand Monday against the Colorado Avalanche. Arizona (10-9-1) finished its four-game road trip 1-3-0.
Each team had to deal with an injury to its No. 1 goaltender. A lower-body injury to Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith on Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens pressed Lindback into action against Winnipeg. Lindback made 20 saves.
Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec left after the second period because of a lower-body injury. Arizona captain Shane Doan collided with Pavelec while driving to the net with 4:46 left in the second. Doan received a minor penalty for goaltender interference. Pavelec made 20 saves on 22 shots.
Michael Hutchinson earned the win after replacing Pavelec at the start of the third period. He made seven saves.
Mark Scheifele gave the Jets a 1-0 lead 6:50 into the game on his third goal in the past two games. But Doan answered on the power play 2:40 later and Connor Murphy put the Coyotes up 2-1 at 15:49. Winnipeg defenseman Dustin Byfuglien evened the game at 2-2 midway through the second period.
A strong Jets forecheck set up their first goal. Stone had to force a pass to center Antoine Vermette along the boards, where Scheifele stripped him of the puck. The Jets center moved into the slot before putting a wrist shot on net that trickled between Lindback's pads for his eighth goal.
A minor penalty to Winnipeg defenseman Tyler Myers for closing his hand on the puck helped the Coyotes tie the game on Doan's sixth goal. Mikkel Boedker let a long shot from the high point that Doan deflected past Pavelec at 9:30.
After managing three goals in his first 15 games, Doan has three in his past five. Doan is five goals away from tying Dale Hawerchuk's franchise record of 379 goals.
With 10 seconds left on Byfuglien's holding penalty, Murphy's left-point slap shot slipped short-side past Pavelec at 15:49. Murphy's goal was his first since March 30 against the Buffalo Sabres.
Arizona's power play started the game ranked 29th in the NHL, but it has at least one goal in each of the past three games.
Byfuglien's sixth goal tied the game at 12:48 of the second period. Drifting into the high slot, he took Andrew Copp's soft pass and put a low shot blocker-side past Lindback.
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