Coyotes Drop Final Game of Road Trip to Penguins on Tuesday

Lawson Crouse and Matias Maccelli scored and Connor Ingram made 40 saves, but the Arizona Coyotes fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Jake Guentzel and Jeff Carter scored twice and Tristan Jarry made 20 saves for the Penguins, who snapped a four-game losing streak with the win.

Arizona's loss came just one day after a 5-2 defeat in Buffalo, but head coach André Tourigny said the Coyotes' battle-level on Tuesday was more on par with his expectations. The teams battled to a 2-2 tie through two periods before Pittsburgh took the lead for good in the third.

"I’m happy about the effort, we won way more battles," Tourigny said. "Obviously we didn’t put a lot of pucks at the net. We played against a team that was urgent, as well."

Pittsburgh outshot Arizona 44-22 in the game, including 12-5 in the third period.

Guentzel opened the scoring with a power-play goal just 1:12 into the first period, breaking the Penguins’ 0-for-36 slump with the man advantage to take an early 1-0 lead.

Crouse tied it up with his 13th of the season, also on the power play, taking a pass from Jason Zucker and one-timing it from the slot past Jarry. He finished with two points in the game, increasing his season total to 19.

Maccelli gave the Coyotes a 2-1 lead at 15:24 of the first with his fifth of the year, shooting home a rebound following Crouse’s initial shot. Carter answered with a shorthanded goal at 16:54 to tie the game.

Carter scored his second of the game 4:23 into the third, redirecting Kris Letang’s shot past Ingram as a power play was expiring. Guentzel's empty-netter at 18:36 essentially iced the game, sending the Coyotes to their fourth consecutive loss.

"I thought we were competing for pucks a lot more," forward Logan Cooley said. "We were winning way more battles than we did in Buffalo, but unfortunately we had a few chances we didn’t bury."

The game also marked Cooley's hometown return, and Tourigny had the 19-year-old in the starting lineup to take the opening draw against Sidney Crosby. He finished with 16:34 of ice time.

"It’s a pretty special feeling. Crosby is a guy that I watched a lot," Cooley said. "To take the first draw against him was pretty special, and it’s special for my family, too."

Arizona returns home for back-to-back games this weekend, beginning on Friday against the San Jose Sharks. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 pm MST, and the game will be broadcast on the following networks:

WHERE TO WATCH:
• Antenna: 61.1 Phoenix, 9.2 Tucson
• Phoenix Cable: Cox 95
• Phoenix Satellite: DirecTV Channel 61, Dish Network Channel 61
• Bullhead City / Lake Havasu: Optimum channel 6
• Flagstaff: American Cable channel 4, Optimum Cable channel 6
• Maricopa: Orbitel channel 11
• Pinal County: Mediacom channel 13
• Prescott: Sparklight channel 61
• Sedona: Optimum Cable channel 6
• Show Low / Winslow Sparklight channel 61
• Tucson: Cox channel 85, Xfinity channel 1179, Orbitel channel 208

WHERE TO LISTEN:
• Radio: ESPN 620
• Stream: Arizona Coyotes App, NHL Mobile App