The Arizona Coyotes’ road problems continue as they drop their second straight game. The Desert Dogs fell 5-3 to the Florida Panthers, splitting the series.
Florida did a great job capitalizing on the Coyotes’ mistakes, and it started early. Just over a minute in, a turnover in the Coyotes’ zone led to Matthew Tkachuk scoring his first of three, and it was clear it was going to be that kind of night.
Unfortunately, defensive zone turnovers and an inability to clear the puck would be consistent problems for the Coyotes. We saw something similar happen ten minutes after Tkachuk opened up the scoring, with Eric Staal getting his fifth of the season after another costly Coyotes’ turnover.