Martinook, Doan power Coyotes past Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jordan Martinook scored to snap a tie with 10:58 remaining in the third period as the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 in a matchup of last-place teams Friday night at PNC Arena.
Martinook skated unchecked toward the slot and unleashed a shot that Carolina goalie Cam Ward appeared to have trouble initially locating. The goal snapped a seven-game point drought for Martinook.
Shane Doan added an empty-net, power-play goal with 59 seconds left to clinch the outcome, ending the Coyotes' two-game skid.
Christian Dvorak and Alex Goligoski also scored and Louis Domingue stopped 32 shots for Arizona, which received two assists from Doan. The Coyotes scored on two of their five third-period shots.
Lee Stempniak and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina, which is winless in its last four games. Ward finished with 18 saves.
The score was tied at 2-2 through two periods after Staal provided the only second-period scoring. He scored 90 seconds into the period, basically left alone on the right side to take Teuvo Teravainen's feed.
Dvorak and Goligoski had clear shots on goal without a defender in the way for their tallies for Arizona within a six-minute span of the first period.
Dvorak has seven of his 11 goals since the start of February. Goligoski has four goals this season, with three coming within the past month.
Stempniak scored with 49 seconds left in the first period on a deflection of defenseman Jaccob Slavin's delivery for his second goal in three games.
The Coyotes led for only the 18th time through 20 minutes of play this season, holding a 2-1 edge.
NOTES: RW Radim Vrbata, a former Carolina player, leads the Coyotes in road scoring this season with 21 points. ... LW Jeff Skinner was back in the Carolina lineup after a two-game absence with an upper-body injury. ... The Hurricanes sent C Andrej Nestrasil back to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League after he played less than 10 minutes Wednesday night at Tampa Bay. ... Hurricanes C Jay McClement played in his 900th NHL game. ... Arizona has six short-handed goals this season, the most for the team since the 2010-11season. ... The teams meet again Sunday in Arizona. ... Friday's game marked the lone home contest during a five-game stretch for the Hurricanes.