Coyotes Drop Sixth Straight, Lose To Canucks

Although the Arizona Coyotes continued to stay competitive, they were unable to take home a victory as they were defeated by the Vancouver Canucks 3-1. The result marks their sixth straight loss.

The beginning of the game saw the Canucks dominate the pace of the game as the first ten minutes showed a 10-2 shots on goal advantage for Vancouver. With five minutes left in the first period, they were finally rewarded.

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With eyes and focus fixed on Daniel Sedin, who was handling the puck at the moment, there was an opportunity for Yannick Weber to cut right in front of Mike Smith and receive Sedin’s pass. A point blank wrist shot later and Vancouver took the lead 1-0.

A minute later, Oliver Ekman-Larsson decided that he wanted to take on the entire Vancouver Canucks. Ekman-Larsson went coast to coast and fired at Jacob Markstrom and then grabbed his own rebound to tie the game up a 1-1. Ekman-Larsson’s 20th goal extends his career high and leads all Coyotes.

The second period, although scoreless, featured plenty of opportunities for both teams to break the tie. Vancouver’s greatest obstacle was the crossbar as the iron post came into play at various moments. Arizona was unable to put many of their potential scoring chances on net. After two periods, the Canucks held a commanding 28-16 shots on goal advantage over the Coyotes.

The heart-breaker for Arizona came with less than five minutes left in the game. While on the power play, Vancouver’s Alexander Edler fired a shot that went off the post and then off of Smith right to the back of the net. Ex-Coyote Radim Vrbata collected his second assist of the game. Moments later Henrik Sedin scored an empty netter that sealed Arizona’s fate to a 3-1 loss.