Anze Kopitar posts 999th career point in Kings 3-2 win
Field Level Media
04 May 2021, 14:55 GMT+10
Anze Kopitar scored a goal and had an assist to reach 999 career points and the visiting Los Angeles Kings earned a 3-2 victory Monday to deal a heavy blow to the Arizona Coyotes fading playoff chances in Glendale, Ariz.
Trevor Moore and Alex Iafallo also scored goals for the Kings, who kept their own slim playoff hopes still flickering.
Christian Dvorak and Jakob Chychrun each scored goals for the Coyotes, who are five points behind the fourth-place St. Louis Blues for the final West Division playoff spot with three regular-season games remaining. The Blues have six games remaining.
Coyotes hope for success in final four; Kings up first
Field Level Media
03 May 2021, 06:55 GMT+10
The Arizona Coyotes will gather their energy again for one last playoff push as they play their final four games of the regular season.
Arizona will host the Los Angeles Kings on Monday and Wednesday, then conclude its regular season with two games at San Jose next weekend.
At 22-24-6 (50 points) in the West Division, Arizona sits three points behind the fourth-place St. Louis Blues, who hold the final playoff spot in the division.
At issue, though, is that the Blues still have three extra games in hand over Arizona, so even if the Coyotes wrestle the final playoff spot away before their regular season ends, the Blues will have three more chances to earn points beyond next weekend while Arizona waits.
Golden Knights beat Coyotes in OT after blowing lead
Jonathan Marchessault scored on a power play at 3:04 of overtime, Marc-Andre Fleury moved into a tie for the third on the NHL s all-time wins list and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday night.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. Jonathan Marchessault scored on a power play at 3:04 of overtime, Marc-Andre Fleury moved into a tie for the third on the NHL s all-time wins list and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday night.
Marchessault missed Friday s game with a lower-body injury and was frustrated with himself for a slashing penalty in the third period, but made up for it with his game winner.
The Coyotes got off to a slow start a night after ending the Golden Knights’ 10-game winning streak with a 3-0 win.
William Karlsson and Mark Stone scored to put Vegas up, and Fleury was sharp through the first two periods.
Arizona came to life in the third period, with Christian Fischer scoring midway through and Christian Dvorak tying it on a power play with 5 1/2 minutes left.
Arizona was called for too many men on the ice in overtime and Marchessault beat Darcy Kuemper from the left circle to help Vegas maintain a four-point lead in the West Division after Colorado beat San Jose. The Golden Knights have won 11 of 12.
Fischer, Dvorak drive late comeback with third period goals by Alex Kinkopf @AEKinkopf / Arizona Coyotes
Final Score: Golden Knights 3, Coyotes 2 F/OT
Record: 22-24-6
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The Coyotes rallied for two, third period goals to force overtime Saturday night at Gila River Arena, but ultimately fell to the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2.
Arizona was victimized by a too-many-men infraction midway through overtime. Vegas scored the game-deciding goal on the ensuing power play. It s very, very unfortunate how (the game) ended, Christian Fischer said. We showed good resiliency, we tied it up and gave ourselves a chance to win it in overtime.