– The Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Martin Hanzal had two goals and an assist, and the Phoenix Coyotes won for the third time in four games with a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Hanzal scored the final two goals of the game, the first a rare Phoenix power-play score to break a 3-3 tie with 11:42 to play. He added an empty-net goal with 1:04 remaining.

The Coyotes had gone 17 power plays without scoring before Hanzal ended the drought.

Radim Vrbata scored for Phoenix before leaving the game in the second period with a lower body injury. David Moss and Kyle Chipchura also scored for the Coyotes.

Jared Boll, Matt Calvert and Derek MacKenzie scored for Columbus, which has dropped 5 of 6.

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Steve Sullivan set up the winning goal with a precise long pass to Keith Yandle, who sent a crossing feed to Hanzal in front of the net. Hanzal’s first point-blank attempt bounced off goalie Steve Mason, but he scored on his next whack at it to put Phoenix up for good.

With the empty-netter, Hanzal has seven goals this season.

Mason had 34 saves. Mike Smith had 20 for the Coyotes.

Phoenix, a 5-1 winner over Columbus in the teams’ first meeting earlier this season, led 3-2 after a frenetic first period.

Columbus took a quick 1-0 lead when Boll’s shot deflected into the net just 2:09 into the game.

Then came a flurry of three goals in less than three minutes.

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First, Moss slammed a rebound home to tie it at 1-1 5:30 into the game. Ninety seconds later, Vrbata’s shot found the net just inside the right post and Phoenix led 2-1.

That lead lasted just one minute when Calvert’s goal tied it 2-2 with 12 minutes still to go in the period.

Chipchura’s first goal of the season on a terrific pass from Keith Yandle put Phoenix up 3-2 with 2:20 to go in the first.

LIGHTNING 6, PANTHERS 5: Benoit Pouliot and former University of Maine standout Teddy Purcell helped Tampa Bay finally get back on the winning track against Florida at Sunrise, Fla.

Pouliot scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Lightning ended a six-game losing streak .

Steven Stamkos also scored twice, and Purcell and Alexander Killorn each had a goal for the Lightning. Anders Lindback made 25 saves.

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Purcell’s goal with 11 seconds left in regulation tied it 5-all as his shot from the slot hit off the post and into the net.

ISLANDERS 5, DEVILS 1: John Tavares notched his fourth career hat trick and assisted on another to lead the host New York Islanders past New Jersey.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, SENATORS 0: Ben Scrivens stopped 34 shots for his first career shutout and Toronto defeated injury-ravaged Ottawa. Scrivens was making his second straight start since incumbent James Reimer injured a knee in Monday night’s 5-2 win over Philadelphia.

CANADIENS 4, FLYERS 1: Rookie Brendan Gallagher had a goal and assist before leaving the game with an injury, and host Montreal downed Philadelphia for its third win in a row. There was no immediate word on the injury.

DUCKS 3, PREDATORS 2,: In Nashville, Nick Bonino and Corey Perry scored in the shootout, and Anaheim won its fourth straight.


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