Coyotes Revert to Winning Ways

Greg Adams’ fifth goal in his last six games led the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night at Calgary.

Playing for the first time since having 14-game unbeaten and eight-game winning streaks snapped Wednesday night in Edmonton, Phoenix got off to an early lead against the tentative Flames, who trailed 2-0 before taking a shot.

Keith Tkachuk opened the scoring in the first four minutes on a power play when he deflected a slap shot from Jyrki Lumme past Flame goalie Tyler Moss.

Adams scored at 4:48 of the first period, and Brad Isbister scored later in the first period for Phoenix (15-3-2). The Coyotes outshot the Flames, 16-4, in the first period.

But the Flames didn’t quit.

Cory Stillman scored in the final minute of the second period and Jarome Iginla scored at 17:08 of the third, setting the stage for a frantic finish.

Although not busy early in the game, Coyote goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin mixed in some key stops among his 16 saves. He robbed Theoren Fleury with an alert pad save after the Flames’ forward was set up alone in the slot early in third.

The win improved Khabibulin’s lifetime record against the Flames to 10-1-1.

The Flames have lost six of their last eight games.

Adams was a free agent when he signed with Phoenix last summer to add scoring depth to the Coyote lineup, but the veteran left wing had only two assists through the first 14 games.

Adams, the oldest member of the Coyotes at 35, has five goals and an assist in his last six games.

New Jersey 7, New York Islanders 5--The Devils got goals from seven players and needed every one of them as they hung on to beat the Islanders at Uniondale, N.Y.

New Jersey scored five goals in the second period.

Colorado 3, St. Louis 1--Claude Lemieux scored a power-play goal with 4:50 remaining to lead the Avalanche at St. Louis.

Florida 3, Carolina 3--Former Panther Ray Sheppard scored his ninth goal in the last 11 games and added an assist on the tying goal for the Hurricanes at Sunrise, Fla.

Buffalo 3, Nashville 1--Brian Holzinger scored the winning goal with 5:13 left and Dominik Hasek made 36 saves as the Sabres beat the Predators at Nashville.

Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1--Shawn Bates scored his first goal of the season and assisted on another as the Bruins extended their unbeaten streak to seven games (5-0-2) with a victory over the Penguins at Boston.

Philadelphia 2, Washington 1--Rod Brind’Amour scored two power-play goals and Ron Hextall made 22 saves as the Flyers beat the Capitals at Philadelphia.

New York Rangers 2, Ottawa 1--Todd Harvey and Niklas Sundstrom each scored first-period goals at Kanata, Canada, as the Rangers won their fourth consecutive game.

Toronto 4, Montreal 3--Tomas Kaberle’s blast from the high slot 34 seconds into overtime gave the Maple Leafs a come-from-behind victory over the Canadiens at Montreal.