Arizona outshot the visiting Florida Panthers 42-25. They attacked the offensive zone with gusto. And with the exception of a couple of momentary lapses, they played solid defense. They deserved a victory.
Thanks to Tobias Rieder, they got one. Rieder scored his 10th goal of the season to give the Coyotes the 3-2 overtime victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night at Gila River Arena. The victory followed a 5-3 win over the NHL’s other Floridian team, the Tampa Bay Lightning.
1-0 Florida - Vincent Trochek out-muscled Lawson Crouse to the front of the net, and was able to bat home a rebound off of a shot by Jakub Kindl to give the Panthers a first period lead.