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DETROIT (Ticker) -- The only break the Phoenix Coyotes could not catch was the one in overtime. Sean Burke finished with 46 saves and Daymond Langkow scored the tying goal with 33 seconds to play in regulation as the Coyotes rallied for a 1-1 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. Moments after goaltender Dominik Hasek lost his stick behind the net, Shane Doan set up Langkow with a pass in the right faceoff circle, where he wristed the puck over Hasek's glove to force overtime. Langkow's eighth goal was only the second Detroit allowed in the final two minutes of any period this season. "I decided to play the puck," Hasek said, "Maybe I should've tried to freeze it. It's a tough decision. I lost the stick. After that, it was a pretty good shot. Losing the stick puts you at a disadvantage because you have to guard the lower part of the net. Cheli (Chris Chelios) tried to block the shot. It was a wrist shot, kind of a lob." "When you're shooting at Dominik Hasek, you're just trying to get a good shot," Langkow said. "You're not trying to pick a corner, just trying to get off a good shot." Phoenix registered six shots in the extra period, but could not convert on a goalmouth scramble, a point-blank shot by Doan and a 2-on-1 with just under 90 seconds remaining. The Coyotes fended off Sergei Fedorov's attempt to seal the game with an empty-net goal with just under a minute to go in the third period. Doan and defenseman Paul Mara tied up Fedorov and forced him to shoot wide. "It's not over until it's in," Doan said. "We got lucky and caught him. I think (Fedorov) thought we might quit, too. We came awful hard to catch him." The Coyotes allowed 22 shots in the first period, including five by Brett Hull, and killed off two penalties to preserve the scoreless tie. "We better make it short so we can make it out of here before the cops show up because we kind of stole one tonight," Phoenix coach Bob Francis said. "Sean Burke was phenomenal. In the first period, we could have been out of the game, but he bought time for us." Burke came out of the first period unscathed, but couldn't read a redirected puck five minutes into the second. Nicklas Lidstrom, who became the NHL's highest-paid defenseman when he signed a two-year, $20 million contract extension earlier Friday, fired a slap shot from the left point that bounced off the top of Mara's skate and over Burke's glove. "It hit something and went in," Burke said. "We kept our composure. We bounced back, hung in there long enough to give ourselves a chance. Maybe we didn't deserve a point in a lot of ways, but we made good plays at the right time and came out with a point." "They played well, but we have to build on that lead," Red Wings winger Brendan Shanahan said. "We can't let a team hang around at 1-0. We were guilty of not having the killer instinct. You let them hang around and anything can happen." Detroit extended its winless streak to a season-high three games (0-2-1). |
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