Coyotes Impeach Senators
For the second time this season, the Coyotes stack together four wins in a row as they beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2. It was also the first time since 2002, the Coyotes beat the Senators.
They came out strong and completely caught the Sens off-guard for the first ten minutes, which saw Ed Jovanovski score his 6th goal of the season, his first after coming back from his injury, and Taylor Pyatt scoring his third goal of the season.
The Coyotes completely dominated the majority of the game, save for the last three minutes, and definitely had their opponents on their heels. The tough part of the Ottawa Senators is that they have now lost three in a row, and truly have no answers. The Coyotes knew they had to catch them breaking and they did.
Daniel Winnik was a beast, as usual, setting two hard body checks, with the second one drawing a penalty. What I don’t get is when a player makes a solid check that is clean, shoulder into breastbone, and some guy has to come running to fight. Did Winnik get goaded into taking the penalty? Nope, he took a punch in the face for a chance on a power play.
Winnik is evolving into that special skater and we are seeing two solid lines. Shane Doan does not have to carry the team. In the past four games, ten different Coyotes have scored goals. The team is scoring by committee – anyone of them can put the puck in the net – and that’s the way they have to play.
The only concerns came in the form of not converting on the power play that would have pushed the game to 4-0 and the last two minutes where the team scrambled a bit when the Senators pulled the goaltender. Between the pipes, Ilya Bryzgalof was solid again tonight and gave his team the chance to close it out.
The newspaper reports and blog looked at the game this way:
Another Road Game, Another Loss for the Senators from the Ottawa Citizen
Jovo, Pyatt Fuel Coyotes Past Senators from the Arizona Republic
Coyotes 3, Senators 2 from Dave Vest, and Phoenix Coyotes.com
Senators Surge in Final Minutes, not enough from Silver Seven
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