Hurricanes 5, Coyotes 4
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Defenseman Justin Faulk scored a power-play goal with 17 seconds left as the Carolina Hurricanes responded with two late goals to defeat the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 on Sunday at PNC Arena.
The winning goal came with two seconds remaining on the power play as the Hurricanes won consecutive games for the first time in more than a month.
Defenseman Ron Hainsey's goal tied the game at 4 with 4:22 to play after Arizona had produced two goals to take the lead.
Center Antoine Vermette scored on a power-play goal with 6:19 remaining to put Arizona up one, 4-3. Vermette collected a rebound in front of the net and powered a back-hand shot that made it into the net.
Coyotes defenseman Stefan Elliott made it 3-3 earlier in the period, but Arizona fell to 0-10-1 when trailing after two periods this season.
Center Eric Staal, right winger Kris Versteeg and center Jay McClement also scored for the Hurricanes (10-13-4), who last won two games in a row in late October. Staal finished with two assists.
Right winger Tobias Rieder and defenseman Nicklas Grossmann also scored for the Coyotes (13-13-1), who are winless on the first four games of a five-game road trip.
Goalie Cam Ward made 19 saves for Carolina and Arizona goalie Anders Lindback had 13 saves.
Elliott, who was in the Arizona lineup for only the third time in a 10-game stretch, slid the puck just inside the near post from the right side. Ward failed to respond in time to cover the opening.
The Hurricanes twice answered Arizona goals with equalizers in the first period and then took a 3-2 lead into the third period.
Eric Staal's first goal in 15 games broke a 2-2 tie 6:27 into the second period.
Arizona opening the scoring 49 seconds into the game on Rieder's first goal in 15 games.
Carolina didn't waste time in pulling even on Versteeg's goal. The unassisted tally came less than 24 hours after he sat out as a healthy scratch. He hadn't scored since Nov. 1.
The Coyotes led 2-1 on Grossmann's goal late in the first period.
Less than two minutes later, Carolina tied the game when McClement scored his first goal of the season. He has played in all 27 games.
NOTES: Arizona RW Shane Doan was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. He missed his seventh game in a row. ... LW Viktor Tikhonov rejoined the Coyotes organization after being claimed off waivers from Chicago. He did not play Sunday. ... RW Kris Versteeg was back in the Carolina lineup a day after he was a healthy scratch first time this season. ... C Riley Nash was scratched for the second day in a row for the Hurricanes, leaving him with 198 career games ... The teams meet in a rematch Saturday at Arizona. ... The Coyotes complete the five-game road trip Tuesday at St. Louis. ... The Hurricanes don't play a home again until Dec. 18, beginning a four-game road stretch Tuesday at Dallas.