Coyotes Fall in Overtime to Stars on Tuesday

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Clayton Keller, Jason Zucker, and Lawson Crouse scored, and Karel Vejmelka made 30 saves, but the Arizona Coyotes fell to the Dallas Stars 4-3 in overtime at American Airlines Center on Tuesday.

Esa Lindell, Roope Hintz, Tyler Seguin and Matt Duchene scored for the Stars (11-3-1), who won their fourth straight game. Jake Oettinger made 22 saves to earn his eighth win of the season.

Tuesday's overtime loss to the Central Division-leading Stars puts the team at 1-1-1 in its current five-game road trip, with games remaining against Columbus on Thursday and Winnipeg on Saturday.

"When you play against that kind of opponent, and you lose in overtime and you have that kind of frustration, in some ways, it's a good feeling," head coach André Tourigny said. "It's a feeling that we're really close."

Keller opened the scoring at 5:33 of the first period, giving the Coyotes (7-6-2) a 1-0 lead on their first shot of the game.

Lindell tied it up late in the first period with a wrister from the high slot before Hintz gave the Stars a 2-1 lead at 9:32 of the second period, recording a power-play goal after he one-timed a shot past Vejmelka from the right circle.

The Coyotes encountered adversity in the third when defenseman Juuso Valimaki left the game after being hit in the face by a puck. Tourigny did not have an update on the blueliner following the game, saying he would be evaluated overnight, but the Coyotes rallied following the injury by scoring two goals to briefly take the lead.

"That's one of our brothers that went down," forward Lawson Crouse said. "The way that we were able to come back after something like that and tie the game, and ultimately take the lead, is something we should be proud of."

Zucker started the rally with a power-play goal, one-timing a shot from the right circle past Oettinger to even the score. Arizona has been red-hot on the power play as of late, having scored at least one goal with the man advantage in six straight game.

Crouse gave the Coyotes the lead just over two minutes with his sixth goal of the season, but Seguin responded with a breakaway goal at 16:40 to tie it up at three.

"I'm proud of our group," Crouse said. "We need to learn a few things, we have to do a better job protecting that lead with five minutes left. If we can learn on that, it will be a different story in the future."

Duchene scored 41 seconds into overtime to secure the win for Dallas, finishing off a 2-on-1 break with Seguin.

"We need to become comfortable in the uncomfortable situations, and not just protecting the lead," Tourigny said. "The NHL is a good league. The opponent at any moment in any game will have momentum. They will push. We do it, they will do it to us, and that will happen.

"We need to be comfortable, in control, and poised in those situations."

The Coyotes are back in action on Thursday in Columbus against the Blue Jackets. Puck drop is scheduled for 5 pm, and the broadcast will be available on the following networks:

WHERE TO WATCH:
• Antenna: 15.2 Phoenix, 9.2 Tucson, 15.2 Cottonwood/Prescott/Flagstaff/Lake Havasu/Kingman
• Phoenix Cable: Cox 95, Orbitel 200, Mediacom 107 (Pinal County)
• Tucson Cable: Cox 85, Xfinity 1179, Orbitel 208
• Flagstaff: American Cable channel 4
• Sedona: Optimum Cable channel 6
• Prescott: Cable One Prescott channel 61
WHERE TO LISTEN:
• Radio: Stream Only (Arizona Coyotes App, NHL App)