Sept. 23: NHL Preseason Roundup

Logan Cooley scored in his preseason debut when the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 in the NHL's preseason opener as part of the 2023 Global Series -- Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday.

Cooley scored to make it 4-1 at 11:40 of the second period, spinning away from defenseman Andreas Englund at the right face-off circle before cutting to the net and lifting a shot past Pheonix Copley.

Clayton Keller had a goal and assist, Matias Maccelli, Lawson Crouse and Barrett Hayton scored, and Connor Ingram made 28 saves for Arizona.

Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist, and Adrian Kempe and Trevor Moore each scored for the Kings. Pheonix Copley made 12 saves over the first two periods, and David Rittich made three saves in the third period.

Keller scored for a 1-0 lead 1:48 into the second period before Maccelli made it 2-0 at 8:22.

Kempe cut it to 2-1 at 9:08 before Crouse and Cooley scored 21 seconds apart for a 4-1 lead midway through the period.

Arvidsson scored at 14:33 of the second to make it 4-2 and Moore got Los Angeles within 4-3 at 16:12.

Hayton scored an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining for the 5-3 final.

The teams will conclude the Global Series with a second game at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.

Coyotes 5, Blues 1: Josh Doan scored a hat trick for the Arizona Coyotes in their split-squad win against the St. Louis Blues at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.

Conor Geekie had a goal and an assist for Arizona. Ivan Prosvetov made 20 saves.

Alexey Toropchenko scored for St. Louis. Malcom Subban made 30 saves in two periods; Colten Ellis allowed two goals on 18 shots in the third period.

Doan, the son of retired NHL forward Shane Doan, gave the Coyotes a 1-0 lead at 11:02 of the first period, then made it 2-0 at 5:46 of the second period. Geekie made it 3-0 Arizona with four seconds left in the second on a short-handed breakaway.

Toropchenko scored for St. Louis to make it 3-1 when he scored on the rush on the power play 14 seconds into the third period.

Doan completed his hat trick on the power play at 10:57 of the third period to make it 4-1. Julian Lutz scored at 19:23 for the 5-1 final.

Blues 3, Coyotes 2: Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist when the St. Louis Blues defeated the Arizona Coyotes at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

Pavel Buchnevich and Oskar Sunqvist scored for St. Louis. Vadim Zherenko made 20 saves after replacing Joel Hoeffer (six saves) to start the second period.

Zach Sanford had a goal and an assist for Arizona, and Matt Villalta made 20 saves.

It was the first preseason game for St. Louis.

Buchnevich gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 18:01 of the first period, and Sundqvist extended it to 2-0 at 13:31 of the second.

Kyrou made it 3-0 at 17:17 of the second.

Sanford got the Coyotes within 3-1 at 3:52 of the third before Milos Kelemen scored a power-play goal at 14:33 to make it 3-2.