Coyotes defeat Ducks in OT on Keller's second, end six-game skid

ANAHEIM -- Clayton Keller scored his second of the game at 2:09 of overtime, and the Arizona Coyotes ended a six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday.

Keller scored three points, Travis Boyd had a goal and two assists, and Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves for the Coyotes (6-21-2), who scored six goals for the first time this season.
"I thought we stuck with it," Keller said. "We had been playing some good hockey here the last couple games [but] things didn't go our way. So tonight we just wanted to come out strong, keep playing the way we were."
Hampus Lindholm had two goals and an assist, Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist, and John Gibson made 21 saves for the Ducks (17-9-6), who lost for the second time in the past six games.
"I don't care if you're playing the first-place team or a team that struggles, you have to have discipline to stick with your game and not come off of it," Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. "It's a great example, and a great reminder, that every team in this league is dangerous."

Lindholm scored his second goal of the game from above the left circle on a power play to tie it 5-5 at 13:10 of the third period.
Earlier in the period, the Coyotes scored twice in 1:06 to take a 5-4 lead, on goals by Andrew Ladd at 8:35 and Phil Kessel at 9:46.
"We got away from our game a little bit there, definitely gave them a little too many [Grade A] scoring chances," Lindholm said. "We kind of got back to our game, but then we had a breakdown and they scored, and then we kind of went back to bad habits again. It was a roller coaster of a game."
Boyd gave Arizona a 1-0 lead at 2:46 of the first period.
Lindholm, Kevin Shattenkirk and Derek Grant scored in a 2:54 span to give Anaheim a 3-1 lead. Shattenkirk scored his first power-play goal since March 6 to tie it 1-1 at 5:47; Lindholm finished a 3-on-2 for a 2-1 lead at 6:44; and Grant redirected Jakob Silfverberg's shot to make it 3-1 at 8:41.
"The first 10 minutes of that game, it was not pretty," Arizona coach Andre Tourigny said. "Anaheim was hard on us and we didn't react well."
Coyotes forward Christian Fischer scored on the power play to make it 3-2 at 15:12. It was his first goal since Oct. 31 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Ducks went 13:36 without a shot on goal in the second period before Max Comtois' breakaway at 19:12. Keller then went the other way shortly after and scored on a breakaway to tie it 3-3 with 34 seconds left in the second period.
"That's a swing in the game," Tourigny said. "It could have hurt us a lot with that goal [if Comtois scored]. Another big save for [Wedgewood], and right away after we got our own breakaway, and [Keller] scored a big goal there. That was a huge swing in the game, no doubt about it."

Zegras scored on a slap shot that deflected off Coyotes defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin to give the Ducks a 4-3 lead at 2:07 of the third period.
NOTES:Three officials worked the game after linesman Ryan Gibbons was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol. ... Coyotes forwards Alex Galchenyuk was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol on Friday, joining Lawson Crouse and Jay Beagle who entered on Thursday. … Gibson missed two games with a lower-body injury sustained in a 1-0 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 11. … Johan Larsson returned for the Coyotes after missing five games with a lower-body injury. He had an Arizona-high five hits in 16:43. ... Arizona recalled forward Blake Speers from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Friday. In his first NHL game since Oct. 22, 2016, with the New Jersey Devils, he had one shot on goal and two blocked shots in 7:19 of ice time. ... Comtois returned after missing 16 games following right hand surgery on Nov. 18. He had one shot on goal and three hits in 18:44.