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Coyotes Blow By Blackhawks

Johan Larsson had his first career hat trick, and the Arizona Coyotes sent the Chicago Blackhawks to their sixth straight loss, 6-4 Thursday night.

 

Larsson, who missed 10 games earlier in the season because of injury and COVID-19 protocols, scored the game's first goal when he deflected Janis Moser's shot from the blue line past Chicago goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

 

His second goal came on the power play and gave Arizona a 5-2 lead early in the third period. After the Blackhawks cut the deficit to one goal with 6 1/2 minutes to play, Karel Vejmelka and the Coyotes held Chicago off the scoreboard and Larsson scored into an empty net with 29 seconds remaining. It was the first hat trick of the season for Arizona, which posted just its seventh win.

 

Dysin Mayo, Travis Boyd and Clayton Keller also scored for Arizona. Boyd, Shayne Gostisbehere and Phil Kessel each had two assists for the Coyotes. Vejmelka made 32 saves to earn his first home victory of the season. He has won twice on the road.

 

Larsson's second goal came 51 seconds after Boyd scored 3:10 into the third period. Chicago challenged the goal, claiming interference on former Blackhawks player Andrew Ladd against Fleury, but the ruling stood as replays showed Ladd was pushed into Fleury by Chicago's Riley Stillman.

 

Kirby Dach, MacKenzie Entwhistle, Jonathan Toews and Alex DeBrincat scored the Chicago goals. DeBrincat's was his 21st of the season and third in two games.

 

Fleury made 21 saves for Chicago. The Blackhawks last won Dec. 15, in overtime against Washington.

 

The Blackhawks are at Las Vegas on Saturday.

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