Their first shot was effective albeit fortuitous.
A wrist flick toward the goal mouth got lost in traffic until it wasn’t, pinging off a Bruins skate and past goalie Tukkaa Rask.
The Coyotes’ perfect shooting percentage remained intact for some time afterward but only because they failed to register any more tries.
They upped their reps, eventually, but it was too-little, too-late as the Bruins peppered goalie Mike Smith until they pried away a 5-3 win Saturday in front of 13,411 at Gila River Arena to drop the Coyotes to 3-2.
Boston center Patrice Bergeron slotted the game-winner on the power play and added an insurance marker, while Rask had a 20-save effort in the team’s seventh straight victory over the Coyotes.