Phoenix @ Winnipeg 3-4 SO - The Coyotes crawled back from a 3-1 third-period deficit with two goals in a 2:49 span in the final 6:39 of regulation. However, Winnipeg's Bryan Little was the only player to score in the shootout and salvaged the game for the Jets. Little scored his team-leading 18th goal for the Jets early in the first period, and Michael Frolik followed with a second-period goal. Dustin Byfuglien scored in the third period before Arizona's late comeback. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Lauri Korpikoski and Tobias Rieder scored for the Coyotes (16-24-5), who had captain Shane Doan back in the lineup after he had missed the past two games because of a lower-body injury. Doan contributed two assists. The Jets snagged a 1-0 lead 4:08 into the game when Little finished a 2-on-1 rush off a pass from Andrew Ladd. Little has three goals and three assists in his past six games. Little has not been practicing recently because of an undisclosed injury, but he continues to anchor Winnipeg's first line and play in all situations. But the Coyotes responded on their first shot of the game at 7:36. Ekman-Larsson took a pass from Doan and beat Pavelec from the left circle for his team-leading 12th goal. Ekman-Larsson is tied with Erik Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche for the NHL lead in goals by a defenseman. A miscommunication between Smith and Coyotes defenseman Connor Murphy helped Winnipeg take back its lead 1:39 into second period. Smith's attempt to pass the puck from behind the net to Murphy failed and allowed Frolik to tap his 10th goal into the empty net. Byfuglien put the Jets up 3-1 with 10:24 left in the game when he converted a 3-on-1 rush for his 12th goal of the season. However, Tippett has been stressing the need for his players to go to the net, and the message paid off in the Coyotes' third-period comeback. Korpikoski moved the Coyotes back to within one goal, scoring his fourth goal with a deflection off a screen on the power play with 6:39 remaining. Rieder tied the game with 3:50 left in regulation when he tipped a shot past Pavelec for his sixth goal.
Buffalo @ Detroit 4-6 - The Red Wings trailed 3-0 after the first period, but scored five consecutive goals. Petr Mrazek allowed three goals on seven shots before being pulled with 6:23 left in the first period. Tom McCollum replaced him and made seven saves for his first career win. Zetterberg backhanded in a rebound 1:59 into the third period to give the Red Wings a 4-3 lead. It came with Detroit playing 6-on-5 with a delayed penalty against the Sabres. Zetterberg scored a power-play goal 5:05 into the third. Ennis' second goal of the game and 12th of the season made it 5-4 at 8:31 of the third period, but Zetterberg completed his hat trick with 8:01 left. It was his 14th goal. The Red Wings scored three times in the second period to tie the game 3-3. Nyquist's power-play goal a minute into the second got Detroit on the scoreboard when he swatted his own rebound out of the air for his 18th goal. Miller scored at 4:07 on a spin-around shot from the inside edge of the right circle. Tatar tied it with 9:52 left when he picked up a loose puck and snapped it from the left circle. It was Tartar's 21st goal and fifth in four games.
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