Coyotes nip Thrashers in SO

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03/14/2010 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adrian Aucoin scored the game-winning goal in the fourth round of the shootout, as the Phoenix Coyotes edged the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-2, at Philips Arena.

Rich Peverley got Atlanta on the board with a backhander to start the third round. However, Radim Vrbata kept Phoenix alive by netting his own backhander. Clarke MacArthur got the fourth round started with a wrister that missed the net. Aucoin then fired a wrist shot that hit off the inside of the right post and into the back of the net for the victory.

Matthew Lombardi and Lee Stempniak scored in regulation for the Coyotes, who have won five in a row and sit fourth in the Western Conference with 89 points. Jason LaBarbera made 39 saves for the victors.

Nik Antropov and Maxim Afinogenov each had a goal and an assist for the Thrashers, who have dropped six straight for the first time since a nine-game slide from December 19-January 5. Atlanta, which moved into sole possession of 11th place in the East with the single point, sits five points behind Boston for the eighth spot.

Ondrej Pavelec turned aside 32-of-34 shots in defeat.

Down 1-0 in the third, Afinogenov scored a power-play goal just 34 seconds into the final frame on a snap shot, then Stempniak countered on a power play at 10:39.

Antropov's power-play score with 6:22 to go tied the game at 2-2. Afinogenov led a rush down the right side of the ice and made a cross-ice pass to Antropov, whose tip-in got past LaBarbera.

LaBarbera stopped four shots in the extra session, while Pavelec made three saves.

Following a scoreless first period, Lombardi lit the lamp at the 5:14 mark of the second to put Phoenix on the board, when he deflected Keith Yandle's shot from along the left boards.

LaBarbera was sensational in the middle stanza, making 16 saves to keep the Coyotes ahead heading to the third.

Game Notes

Atlanta has just one win and a tie in 13 all-time meetings with Phoenix...The Coyotes went 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Thrashers went 2-for-8 on the man advantage.

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