Rieder's overtime goal lifts Coyotes past Panthers
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Coyotes' youth movement hasn't produced many positive results in the standings this season, but the team is starting to see signs of hope as it approaches the All-Star break.
Tobias Rieder buried a feed from Alex Burmistrov 48 seconds into overtime and the Coyotes won their second straight game with a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday at Gila River Arena.
Arizona, which also received goals from rookie Christian Fischer and Ryan White, recorded a season-high 42 shots on goal. The Coyotes have won four of their past five home games.
Vincent Trocheck and Michael Sgarbossa scored for Florida, which went 0-2-2 on its four-game road trip and has lost 10 contests past regulation, the most in the league.
Mike Smith made 23 saves for Arizona. Roberto Luongo made 39 saves for Florida.
Florida took a 1-0 lead when Trocheck eluded the grasp of Arizona's Lawson Crouse to get his stick on a rebound of Jakub Kindl's shot and push it past Smith at 14:24 of the first period. Smith appeared to have trouble controlling the rebound as he was fighting through a screen. Trocheck scored his 10th goal in the past 14 games.
Fischer evened the game at 2:03 of the second period when he redirected defenseman Jakob Chychrun's high shot downward and past Luongo. It was Fischer's second goal in as many NHL games after making his debut on Saturday against Tampa Bay.
White scored his third goal of the season 12 seconds later when he took a feed from Chychrun on the right wing, froze Kindl with a shot fake and then beat Luongo inside the far post with a wrist shot. The assist gave Chychrun four points in his past four games (two goals).
Florida tied the game at 2-2 when Chychrun lost touch with his man in front of the net. That opponent, Sgarbossa, corralled his own rebound and stuffed it inside the far post at 6:34 of the second period. Both of Sgarbossa's goals this season have come in his past three games.
NOTES: Coyotes RW Jordan Martinook (upper body) missed his second straight game and fifth in his last eight. ... Coyotes RW Christian Fischer said he received more than 200 text messages after scoring a goal in his NHL debut against Tampa Bay on Saturday. One of the texts was from Hall of Famer Mike Modano. ... Panthers C Nick Bjugstad (groin injury) is day-to-day. ... Coyotes LW Lawson Crouse was the Panthers' 2015 first-round pick (11th overall). The Coyotes acquired him and Dave Bolland in August in exchange for a conditional third-round draft choice in 2017 and a conditional second-round choice in 2018. ... Panthers D Keith Yandle was the Coyotes' fourth-round pick (105th overall) in 2005. He played his first eight seasons with Arizona organization.