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11/29/2009 11:56 PM EST
Coyotes beat Ducks in OT
PHOENIX 3, ANAHEIM 2 (OT)

ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- For the second straight game, the Phoenix
Coyotes got two goals from defensemen and beat another Pacific
Division rival in the process.

Sunday night, Jim Vandermeer scored his second goal of the game
at 1:18 of overtime, center Matthew Lombardi also scored and
Robert Lang had two assists, leading the Coyotes to a 3-2
victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.

"It was one of those games where we kind of just hung in there,"
Vandermeer said. "They kind of outplayed us a little bit, but we
kept to our game plan and kept throwing pucks at the net."

Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves against his former team, helping
end Anaheim's season-best three-game winning streak. The Ducks
have been outscored 34-26 in the third period through their
first 26 contests.

"A team that is down 1-0 in the third is going to skate, so you
have to match their intensity," Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien
Giguere said. "We didn't do that and let them come, and they
managed a way to score a couple of goals."

Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan scored for Anaheim, and Giguere made
23 saves after getting his 32nd career shutout Friday night in a
3-0 win over Chicago.

"Jiggy made a lot of saves early that you think would depress
them at some point and get under their skin, but it didn't. They
just kept hanging around," Ryan said. "We got ahead and stopped
skating in the third period, and they dominated the period."

Anaheim's Corey Perry extended his points streak to 18 games
with an assist on Ryan's tying goal with 1:54 left in
regulation, breaking the franchise record set in 1999 by Teemu
Selanne.

"It's important to focus on the positives," Giguere said. "We
found a way to get a point at the end in the last two minutes,
so we should be happy about that. The game didn't go exactly the
way we wanted, but we know what we did wrong and what we did
well."

The Ducks pulled even when former Phoenix defenseman Nick
Boynton got the puck from Perry and took a wrist shot from the
right point that deflected in off Ryan's stick while he was
screening Bryzgalov in the low slot. But Vandermeer ended it
with a 35-foot one-timer for his fourth goal of the season after
Lang set him up in the slot.

"We weren't down or anything like that (after Ryan's goal).
Anything can happen in overtime, so we just were going to go out
there and play hard and see what happened and we got a good
break," Vandermeer said. "Lang made a great play and I just put
it on net."

Lombardi made a nifty more swerving across the front of the
crease to put the Coyotes ahead 2-1 with 9:53 left in the third.
The goal came less than 5 minutes after Vandermeer scored into a
wide-open net with Giguere out of position, following a save on
Lang's wrist shot.

"We are not an offensive juggernaut as of yet," Coyotes captain
Shane Doan said. "We realize that if we can keep our head above
water and keep picking away, we think that we are capable of
being better than what we've done so far. That was a big game
for us, especially in their building."

The Ducks, who did all of their scoring on power plays in
Friday's win, connected at 5:12 of the second period while
Phoenix defenseman Sami Lepisto was off for hooking Perry.
Getzlaf beat Bryzgalov to the stick side with a 25-foot wrist
shot from the slot for his fourth goal in eight games, after
getting just one in his first 17 contests.

"We wanted to stay disciplined that is a pretty good power play
over there so we want to make sure we are out of the box,"
Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "I'm glad we didn't take any
penalties down the stretch it could have been a little
troublesome. I thought we executed better in the third period
and we were able to find a couple of chances we needed to get
back into the game."

Phoenix defenseman Ed Jovanovski and right wing Peter Mueller
were scratched after being forced out of Saturday's 5-2 win
against Dallas because of undisclosed injuries. Jovanovski had
played just two games after missing the previous eight due to a
lower body injury. Last season, the 14-year veteran played in
all 82 games for just the second time in his NHL career.

NOTES: The Ducks are 12 for 23 on the power play over their last
eight games. Their opponents have come up empty during all 15
power plays over the last four games. The Coyotes were 0 for 4
with the man advantage. ... Ducks LW Kyle Calder didn't play
because of bleeding in his left eye, caused by a deflected puck
that struck him during Saturday's practice. LW Matt Beleskey was
recalled from San Antonio of the AHL to replace him. ... Anaheim
RW Joffrey Lupul missed his fifth straight game because of back
spasms. ... The Ducks conclude their seven-game homestand
Tuesday night against the Kings, the first meeting this season
between the Southern California rivals. After that, 12 of
Anaheim's next 16 games are on the road.

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