CALGARY, Alberta -- Brad Richardson scored twice after Antoine Vermette put Arizona ahead early in the third period and the Coyotes beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Friday night to snap a 10-game road winless streak.
Boyd Gordon also scored for Arizona, and Louis Domingue made 24 saves. Shane Doan had two assists and has 41 points this season, giving him his 14th season with at least 40. The Coyotes are 2-8-1 in their last 11 games.
Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary, and Joni Ortio made 22 saves. The Flames are 1-1-1 halfway through a six-game homestand.
Vermette's power-play goal put the Coyotes ahead 2-1 3:15 into the third. He sneaked out of the corner and from the side of the net, then shot in a cross-ice pass from Martin Hanzal.
Arizona got an insurance goal at 14:18 of the third when Richardson backhanded in Doan's rebound, then Richardson added an empty-netter.
Calgary took a 1-0 lead on a short-handed goal 21 seconds into the second period. Michael Frolik cut in from off the wing on a 2-on-1 and neatly slid a pass across to Backlund, and he buried his 15th into the open net.
Backlund has been on a roll lately with 10 goals in his last 18 games. This comes after he scored just five times in the first 50 games.
Arizona tied it at 15:01 of the second on a short-handed goal of its own. Gordon blocked Dougie Hamilton's shot leading to a 2-on-1 in which Justin Martinook sent a pass across to Gordon, who batted it in out of the air.
Gordon has two goals in his last three games after 48 games without a goal to begin the season.
Two of his best stops came close together midway through the period second with the game tied 1-1. First he denied Micheal Ferland's 15-foot snap shot from the slot. Then he turned aside a dangerous chance by Mark Giordano.
Game notes
With his suspension lifted, Dennis Wideman played for the first time since Jan. 27. He partnered with Jakub Nakladal. ... The Flames were without TJ Brodie (upper body) and Sam Bennett (upper body), who are both day-to-day. ... Kenny Agostino was called up from Stockton of the AHL.
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