Rangers 4, Coyotes 1
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- New York backup goaltender Antii Raanta finished 4.6 seconds short of his second shutout in three starts this season and the Rangers bunched three goals in the second period for a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday at Gila River Arena.
Center J.T. Miller, left winger Chris Kreider and right winger Kevin Hayes scored goals 11 minutes apart in the second period for the Rangers (10-2-2), who stretched their winning streak to five games.
Raanta, who shut out San Jose on Oct. 19, has given up two goal in three games while starting in place of Henrik Lundqvist.
Hayes has four goals this season, and Miller and Kreider have two apiece.
The Rangers have points in nine straight games and, with 22 points, trail only Montreal. They are 4-0 in the second game of back-to-back games, and Raanta has started three of the four.
Arizona (6-6-1) has lost three of its last four.
Coyotes left winger Shane Doan scored on a power play with 4.6 seconds remaining to break the shutout.
NOTES: Rangers LW Rick Nash missed is second game because of a back injury sustained in practice on Thursday. Nash, who had a career-high 42 goals last season, has one goal and six assists in 12 games. ... Coyotes C Antoine Vermette missed his fifth game in the last six because of a lower body injury. ... Coyotes RW Shane Doan played in his 1,407th game Saturday, tying former Quebec and Washington C Dale Hunter for 33rd in the NHL in career games. Doan is second among active players behind Florida RW Jaromir Jagr (1,562). Jagr is 11th all-time. ... Rangers D Keith Yandle played in Phoenix for the first time since being traded by the Coyotes to New York in a four-player package that included LW Anthony Duclair and three draft picks on March 2, 2015. ... The Rangers beat the Coyotes, 4-1, in the only other game of the season series, Oct. 22, at Madison Square Garden. ... Since the start of the 2014-15 season, the Rangers were 23-6-5 against the Western Conference. They were 14-2 in road games.