Coyotes 4 Oilers 2
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Daymond Langkow, Adrian Aucoin and Boyd Gordon scored for Phoenix, and the Coyotes held off Edmonton 4-2 on Saturday night to snap the Oilers’ six-game winning streak.
Ray Whitney added an empty-net goal with 11 seconds left, while Mike Smith had 24 saves and his fourth career assist for the Coyotes in their fourth victory in five games.
Rookie sensation Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his sixth goal for Edmonton.
Theo Peckham scored his first of the season for the Oilers, who had 26 saves from Devan Dubnyk.
The victory was the 100th for Dave Tippett in 177 games as Phoenix coach.
The Coyotes, behind second-period goals by Langkow and Aucoin, were up 2-0 after two periods but the Oilers twice cut their deficit to one.
The 18-year-old Nugent-Hopkins knocked in a deflection in front of the net to cut it to 2-1 with just over 10 minutes left, but Phoenix countered with what turned out to be the deciding goal.
Barely two minutes later, Gordon scored on a backhand. Quick passes from Radim Vrbata to Ray Whitney to Gordon set up the goal with 8:24 remaining.
With 7:07 to go, Peckham’s goal cut it to one again.
The Coyotes scored first when Langkow skated to the right of the Edmonton net, then fired a wrist shot that found the net just inside of the left post 4:44 into the second period. Keith Yandle and Smith got assists on the quick-striking play.
Midway through the second period, the Coyotes were called for too many men on the ice but killed the penalty to maintain the 1-0 lead.
Phoenix had a 15-11 advantage in shots and one power play in the first period but failed to score against an Oilers team coming off a 3-0 victory at Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Edmonton (8-3-2) hadn’t lost since a 3-2 defeat at home against Minnesota on Oct. 20. They had outscored the competition 17-6 during the winning streak.