"It was a great shot off the post and it went in," Raanta said. "I don't know if there was some interference or anything like that, but why not challenge it when the game is so close."
Asked if the stick contact kept him from making the save, Raanta said: "I don't know. There was so much going on in front of me so I was just trying to see the puck but I couldn't see it and it went in. I think it was a hockey play."
Coyotes Head Coach Rick Tocchet was not too surprised his challenge failed.
"I thought the stick hit 'Rants' before the goal," Tocchet said. "I guess they didn't think it was enough to overturn it ... They're good refs. It could have gone either way."
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored Arizona's first goal with 11.3 seconds left in the second period to pull the Coyotes into a 1-1 tie.
The goal was Ekman-Larsson's 96th and it moved him into sole possession of second place on the Coyotes/Jets franchise list for goals by a defenseman. Teppo Numminen tops that list with 108.
• Arizona was again strong on the penalty kill, especially early in the second period when the Coyotes erased a 4:00 hi-sticking call against Brad Richardson.
"We took their sticks away and when their 'D' got the shot I was just trying to track the puck and to see the puck and almost every time I saw the puck and was able to make the save," said Raanta, who stopped 37 of 39 shots. "It helps a lot when the 'D' are taking the sticks away so you can pretty much focus on the puck and you don't need to focus on if there's a redirect. Our PK is one of the best things we have been doing the whole year. To keep them at no goals in PK is a win for us."