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that by the end of Thursday night, he¡¯d have played in as many games as the
goalie he backs up, the injured Antti Raanta.Kuemper had a career-high 44 saves
in his sixth straight game in net, and the Arizona Coyotes held off the Western
Conference-leading Nashville Predators 2-1.Kuemper kept a shutout going until
Nick Bonino scored with 7:51 to play.¡°Sometimes it¡¯s nice seeing a lot (of
shots). It¡¯s easier to just get in a rhythm,¡± Kuemper said. ¡°I felt good and the
guys were doing a great job in front of me.¡±The Coyotes (9-8-1) got goals from
Michael Grabner and Jason Demers in their second win in six games. Arizona
played the first of five straight home games after going 4-1 in its previous
five-game homestand.Demers left with an apparent leg injury with 37.1 seconds to
play after crashing into his own net. There was no update on his status after
the game.Nashville (13-5-1) finished a five-game road trip ¡ª which included
three games against Pacific Division teams ¡ª with five points, but lost its
third straight. Pekka Rinne stopped 21 shots.¡°Their goalie played really well
and they¡¯re a good team,¡± Nashville¡¯s Roman Josi said. ¡°They¡¯re fast. Every time
we turned it over they took it back really quick. We played really hard but it
just didn¡¯t go our way.¡±The Predators¡¯ Kyle Turris hit a post at the 12:22 mark
of the third period. Nashville took out Rinne for an extra attacker inside of
two minutes to play.¡°That team is built to win a Stanley Cup and we beat them
2-1,¡± Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. ¡°It was a little ugly but the PK (penalty
kill) and ¡®Kemps¡¯ (Kuemper) won us the game.¡±The Coyotes scored their NHL-best
10th short-handed goal at 7:16 of the first period. Grabner had open ice on a
power-play clearance and scored from just in front of the blue line to give
Arizona a 1-0 lead.Four of Grabner¡¯s five goals this season have been
short-handed, and he leads the league in that category. Grabner has 19
short-handed goals since 2010, second only to the 23 for Brad Marchand of
Boston.¡°Sometimes what it takes is a bounce to settle you down a little bit,¡±
Grabner said. ¡°It was nice to come back on after one (period) with the
lead.¡±Demers put a wrist shot past Rinne on the goaltender¡¯s stick side for a
2-0 Coyotes lead at 4:09 of the second period. It was the defenseman¡¯s first
goal of the season.The Predators were 0 for 5 on the man advantage for their
third consecutive game without a power-play goal. That helped the Coyotes
maintain their standing as the NHL¡¯s top penalty-kill unit with only five
power-play goals allowed.¡°The guys were working so hard on
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them time to set up and make the plays they want.¡±The fifth power play for
Nashville came as a result of Josh Archibald¡¯s illegal check to the head of the
Predators¡¯ Josh Hartman with 1:41 left in the second period. Hartman was
bleeding and had to leave the ice.Notes: Predators D P.K. Subban was placed on
injured reserve before the game with an upper-body injury, and F Viktor
Arvidsson, already on injured reserve, could miss six to eight weeks with a
broken thumb. ¡ Nashville activated D Dan Hamhuis from injured reserve for his
first game since Oct. 23. ¡ F Austin Watson got an assist in his first game
after serving an 18-game suspension for domestic violence.UP NEXTNashville:
Hosts Los Angeles on Saturday night.Arizona: Hosts Boston on Saturday night. ST.
PAUL, Minn. (AP) ¡ª Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson felt he was
passing too much and not unleashing his big shot from the point.Chicago is glad
Gustafsson let loose on Saturday night.Gustafsson scored his second goal of the
game 1:19 into overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Minnesota
Wild.¡°I think I had an option before I shot the puck and I pass it a little too
much, but it was great to see it go in there,¡± Gustafsson said.Alex DeBrincat
and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, and Patrick Kane had an assist to
extend his point streak to 11 games. Rookie goalie Connor Delia made 28 saves to
help the Blackhawks win their fourth straight.¡°We put ourselves in a spot where
it¡¯s time to go on a run,¡± Toews said. ¡°We¡¯ve got confidence, we went into the
break playing and feeling well, we¡¯re coming out of the
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got to go in every single night playing for two points.¡±Jason Zucker opened the
scoring for Minnesota, while Mikko Koivu and Victor Rask each had tying goals in
the third to push the game to overtime. Alex Stalock stopped 27 shots for the
Wild.With 19 seconds left in regulation, Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter sent a
puck into the stands from his defensive end, giving Chicago a power play that
continued into the extra session.Gustafsson ended it with a slap shot from the
slot for his 10th goal of the season.¡°It sucks that it kind of had to end like
that,¡± Suter said. ¡°I made a bad play. But we played a solid game and that¡¯s how
we have to play, and we¡¯re going to win a lot of games.¡±Gustafsson had gone 15
games without a goal but entered the game with three goals and 16 assists in his
previous 20 games. The 19 points were tied for fourth among all NHL defensemen
since Dec. 9.¡°Nice to see him shoot the puck, yeah,¡± Blackhawks coach Jeremy
Colliton said.Zucker had the lone goal of the first period with his 14th of the
season. He has three goals against Chicago this season and three power-play
goals in the last 10 games.DeBrincat kept his impressive run going in the second
to get the Blackhawks on the board at 7:51. The second-year forward has 26 goals
this season, including 15 in his past 22 games. He scored 28 while playing every
game as a rookie last season.Koivu and Rask brought Minnesota back twice in the
third. Koivu scored his eighth goal at 8:11, butToews answered with 4:35
remaining, redirecting a nifty pass on a power play from
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who has nine goals and 17 assists during his point streak.¡°We came out in the
third period and we pushed, and when we got that goal, I thought things were
going to be really good,¡± Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. ¡°Jonathan Toews, this
isn¡¯t the first time he¡¯s done this to this organization. You could see why him
and Kane are making $10.5 million. They¡¯re superstars.¡±Rask tied the game at 3
with less than 3 minutes remaining with his first goal in five games for
Minnesota after being acquired from Carolina for Nino Niederreiter.NOTES:
Minnesota scratched F Pontus Aberg with a lower-body injury sustained in
Friday¡¯s loss at Dallas. D Anthony Bitetto and D Nate Prosser were also
scratched. Bitetto hasn¡¯t played in the two games since being claimed off
waivers from Nashville on Jan. 25. ¡ Chicago scratched Chris Kunitz and Brendan
Perlini was in the lineup after being scratched three straight games. ¡ Play was
halted in the second period when a pane of glass came loose following a big hit
from Wild F Marcus Foligno on Blackhawks D Connor Murphy. ¡ Perlini had his
first career penalty shot in the first after being hooked on a breakaway, but
Stalock made the save. ¡ Minnesota is 12-7-1 in the last 20 games against
playoff nemesis Chicago, but the Blackhawks won the final three games of the
four-game season set.UP NEXTBlackhawks: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.Wild: At
Buffalo on Tuesday night.