n Jean-Gabriel Pageau connected with the puck before it bounced in off McElhinney.“That was unfortunate,” DeMelo said. “If there’s no goalie in net that’s going into the corner, so obviously he’s not trying to kick it in. Sometimes those can go either way and it’s tough it didn’t go our way, but we st

GLENDALE John Moore Jersey Womens , Ariz. (AP) — Brad Richardson and the Arizona Coyotes were tasked with trying to limit the productivity of the Colorado Avalanche’s high-scoring top line.They did just enough Saturday night, and Richardson provided the offense the Coyotes needed down the stretch, scoring twice in the final 3:39 in a 6-4 win over Colorado.Richardson’s ninth goal of the season broke a 4-all tie, and his empty-net goal was his 10th and gave him the team lead in scoring. The empty-netter came with 12 seconds left.“I just literally tried to shoot as quick as I could on that,” Richardson said of his first goal. “Went through two other guys. I don’t think the goalie saw it at all.”Derek Stepan, Christian Fischer and Richard Panik scored for Arizona, and Conor Garland added his first career NHL goal.Alexander Kerfoot scored twice, and Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon added goals for the Avalanche, who have lost three of four. J.T. Compher and Matt Nieto had two assists for Colorado, which entered in fourth place in the Western Conference.The Coyotes lost a three-goal lead in the third period as the Avalanche rallied with goals from Landeskog, Kerfoot and MacKinnon to make it 4-4. Landeskog and MacKinnon are part of Colorado’s 157-point No. 1 line that didn’t score a point until the third.“We had MacKinnon’s line kind of hemmed in quite a bit in their end,” Richardson said.“We defended well early,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “If there’s any guy you want to get the goal Chris Wagner Jersey Womens , for me, it’s ‘Richie’ because he shut down that line. That line is arguably the best line in hockey. He did a great job. That’s tough to do.”The Avalanche went with an extra attacker inside the final two minutes, but to no avail. The Coyotes put an end to a three-game losing streak.MacKinnon tied it at four with his 22nd of the season at 11:51 of the third. With intensity high, Landeskog and Arizona’s Lawson Crouse dropped gloves and exchanged blows.Both were given five minutes for fighting with 7:35 to play, Landeskog getting the better of the fight.It didn’t give the Avalanche momentum, however, as the Coyotes finished strong despite having lost seven of the previous eight games.“The third was not fancy, it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t east-west, it was all the things we wanted it to be,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “Up-tempo, physical, involved Alex Galchenyuk Jersey Womens , passionate. That’s the way we have to play. That’s the way we were playing at the beginning of the year.”Panik gave the Coyotes a first-period lead with his left-handed wrister at 8:58. He scored off a pass from Stepan for his seventh goal of the season.Hill got his pad on Sven Andrighetto’s centering pass in deep, but the puck caromed right to Kerfoot, who stuffed in the rebound at 18:13 of the first to tie the game.It was Kerfoot’s first goal since Nov. 14.Clayton Keller fanned on a shot, but Stepan was nearby to shoot the puck past Philipp Grubauer with five seconds left in the period, and Arizona had momentum with a 2-1 lead to start the second period.The Coyotes’ third goal was almost all due to the handiwork of Nick Schmaltz, who handled the puck through defenders before passing, then got on the receiving end of another pass from Alex Galchenyuk that led to Schmaltz’s assist to Fischer.Fischer’s eighth goal at 2:30 of the second period gave the Coyotes a two-goal lead. Then Garland hustled to catch up to a long pass from Mario Kempe and beat Grubauer at 8:28.Grubauer, who had 12 saves, was then removed from net and replaced by Pavel Francouz, who at age 28 made his NHL debut.Francouz stopped 21 shots. Landeskog’s goal was his team-leading 24th of the season.“We left it all out there in the third,” Landeskog said. “If you ask me, I think we deserved more, but that’s the way it goes.”NOTES: Coyotes D Kevin Connauton was scratched for the second straight game. … D Ilya Lyubushkin recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Garland’s goal. … The Avalanche called up C Sheldon Dries Carter Rowney Jersey Womens , Francouz and F A.J. Greer from Colorado of the AHL. Francouz was Grubauer’s backup goaltender with Semyon Varlamov out due to illness. Dries was scratched. … C Colin Wilson, hurt Friday in a loss to Chicago, was placed on injured reserve.UP NEXTColorado: At Vegas on Dec. 27.Arizona: At San Jose on Sunday. OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators‘ penalty kill had been perfect through their last eight games. It fell short against the Carolina Hurricanes.The Hurricanes scored the winning goal on a two-man advantage and added another on the power play — all in the third period —in a 4-1 win over the Senators on Tuesday.“Penalties killed us, plain and simple,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said. “That’s the game right there.”The final result is disappointing as the Senators got the start they wanted, took the lead and got another solid performance from Anders Nilsson, who was making his third straight start. He stopped 33 shots.“I thought (Nilsson) did a good job getting us there and probably deserved better from us in the third,” Bobby Ryan said. “You take away the 5-on-3 and couple 10-bellers that he had to come up with on the penalty kill and I thought we did a pretty good job keeping them at bay on the secondary chances, but it is disappointing. We came out with an objective in the third and clearly didn’t meet it.”Teuvo Teravainen scored two of Carolina’s four unanswered goals in the third period as the Hurricanes wrapped up a season-long five game trip.With the win, the Hurricanes moved within a point of Pittsburgh for the final wild-card spot in the East.“Being on the road for 10 days, it’s always hard and we did great,” Calvin de Haan said. “I’d say we did better Luke Schenn Jersey Womens , maybe, than expected playing in some of these buildings, so it was a good road trip overall.”Micheal Ferland and Justin Williams also scored for the Hurricanes. Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves.“It wasn’t that pretty from the start, but we got better,” Teravainen said. “The power play came up huge and got a couple goals.”Mark Stone scored the lone goal for the Senators, who saw their two-game winning streak come to an end.Despite trailing 1-0 heading into the third period, the Hurricanes felt confident there was plenty of time for them to get back in the game.“We’ve had some good last periods, so we were trying to keep those habits,” Teravainen said. “Just need to keep believing in our game. We don’t have to do anything special, just the same old and shoot the puck and luckily our power play was good to get the win.”Down 1-0, the Hurricanes tied the game just 16 seconds into the third period when Dougie Hamilton found Ferland at the net for a tap-in.Soon after, the Senators found themselves in penalty trouble as Thomas Chabot was called for tripping and Cody Ceci took a double-minor for high sticking Nino Niederreiter.Carolina wasted no time on the two-man advantage as Williams scored and just over one minute later Teravainen made it 3-1 by beating Nilsson with a one-timer.“That penalty and the 5-on-3 just kind of killed us and we couldn’t get the kill when we needed it,” Dylan DeMelo said. “Our PK’s been really good for a long stretch now Womens Niklas Hjalmarsson Jersey , but we just couldn’t get that kill.”Teravainen scored his second and 17th of the season late in the period off a turnover as he beat Nilsson high on the short side.The Senators appeared to take a 2-0 lead at the four-minute mark, but the goal was called back when it was deemed there was a kicking motion when Jean-Gabriel Pageau connected with the puck before it bounced in off McElhinney.“That was unfortunate,” DeMelo said. “If there’s no goalie in net that’s going into the corner, so obviously he’s not trying to kick it in. Sometimes those can go either way and it’s tough it didn’t go our way, but we still had plenty of looks to get a couple more and just weren’t able to get more than that one.”Both teams had a number of good chances in the first, but it was Ottawa that opened the scoring at the 12-minute mark. Stone knocked a puck out of the air and over McElhinney’s shoulder to extend his point streak to four games (four goals, two assists).NOTES: Filip Gustavsson got his first NHL recall and served as the Senators’ backup Tuesday as Craig Anderson took a tennis ball to the eye Monday. … Patrick Brown was a healthy scratch for the Hurricanes. … A heavy snow storm hit the area and a season-low 10,648 were on hand at the Canadian Tire Centre.UP NEXTHurricanes: Host Edmonton on Friday.Senators: At Detroit on Thursday.