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Blackhawks stun Coyotes 2-1 with late goal, Ducks hurt Flames playoff hopes in overtime

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Chicago did themselves a huge favor in their hunt for the playoffs earning a 2-1 win over the Coyotes in Glendale. Chris Campoli’s power play goal with just over six minutes left in the third period broke a 1-1 tie while Corey Crawford stopped 22 shots to give the Blackhawks the win.

Goals from Duncan Keith for Chicago in the first and Eric Belanger for Phoenix in the second held up until Shane Doan was called for a questionable penalty late in the third. That call led to Campoli’s blast that beat Ilya Bryzgalov (26 saves) and hurt the Coyotes chances of drawing closer to San Jose in the Pacific Division and putting distance between themselves and the rest of the playoff chasers in the West.

The win may have come at a price for Chicago as Patrick Sharp left the game late in the first period after taking an accidental knee-on-knee hit from Coyotes defenseman Michal Rozsival. Sharp was favoring his left knee in a big way and did not return to the game. If Chicago loses him for any amount of time, the pressure on Marian Hossa to step his game up grows huge.

Chicago’s win was important for another reason as Anaheim and Calgary did battle in California. With both teams entering today just one point behind Chicago for eighth in the West, the winner was going to catch the Hawks if they’d lost. Instead, Chicago pulls away from them while Anaheim delivered a crucial shot Calgary’s playoff chances beating Calgary 5-4 in overtime.

Corey Perry

Corey Perry scored twice including the game-winner in overtime and added an assist to lead the Ducks to the win in a wild one. Anaheim jumped out to a 3-0 lead just 5:49 into the game before chasing Miikka Kiprusoff in favor of Henrik Karlsson. The Flames would slowly get back into the game rattling off four straight goals to take a 4-3 lead in the third including tallies by Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque.

Teemu Selanne would tie things up on the power play with just over two minutes to play. Selanne’s great season continues as he had a goal and two assists in this one. In overtime, Iginla was denied by Dan Ellis on a breakaway opportunity. Anaheim’s Bobby Ryan then was awarded a penalty shot in overtime which Karlsson stopped. The ensuing faceoff after the penalty shot attempt, however, turned into Ryan Getzlaf winning it back to Toni Lydman who fired away while Perry tipped it home to give the Ducks the dramatic win.

Getzlaf finished the game with a goal and three assists and put Anaheim into eighth place with 85 points. The Ducks are tied with Dallas with 85 points but hold the tiebreaker over Dallas at the moment. Calgary isn’t out of it but with just eight games left to play and sitting a point back of the eighth spot, they can’t afford to make many more mistakes with other teams having games in hand.