Sharks fall to Coyotes in Arizona
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Phil Kessel and Taylor Hall each scored twice to lift the Arizona Coyotes over the Sharks 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Lawson Crouse and Conor Garland also scored, and Garland and Derek Stepan had three points each. Arizona ended a three-game skid and has won four of five home games. Adin Hill stopped 25 of 28 shots.
Kevin Labanc, Timo Meier and Evander Kane scored for the Sharks, who are 4-2-1 in their past seven games. Labanc and Kane had an assist each, and Aaron Dell had 34 saves.
Stepan stole the puck near center ice along the boards in the first period and fed Kessel, whose wrist shot went into the upper part of the net past Dell at 12:03.
The Coyotes made it 2-0 at 5:01 of the second period, with Kessel scoring easily on a power play. Garland got an assist when he tracked down a wide pass and fed Christian Dvorak, who spotted Kessel all alone.
Kessel got his 10th and 11th goals of the season, which made him the eighth Arizona player with 10 or more goals. Stepan has a point in five straight home games.
The Sharks answered at 6:42 when Kane worked the puck around the back of the net and backhanded a pass into the crease, where Labanc was waiting for a deflection and slid the puck past Hill.
It was Labanc’s 11th goal of the season.
San Jose tied it after being inches away from a 3-1 deficit. Dell lost his stick but kept Clayton Keller’s shot from going in, and the Sharks worked the puck to Patrick Marleau, who fed Meier for his 16th goal at 9:55 of the second.
Hall put the Coyotes ahead 3-2 with 2:46 to go in the second, getting his stick on Jordan Oesterle’s shot and re-directing it past Dell.
Crouse made it 4-2 at 8:09 of the third, but Kane made it interesting with his 19th goal of the season with 2:49 to play.
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