The Coyotes suffered a brutal 3-1 defeat against the Wild on Wednesday night as their struggles reach a boiling point.
The Arizona Coyotes lost 3-1 to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night marking their seventh consecutive loss.
Recently the Coyotes have struggled to string together a full 60 minutes of hockey and Wednesday night was more of the same.
Arizona played an up and down first period, but in familiar fashion ended up trailing 1-0 by the end of those 20 minutes.
While the Coyotes had a bit of a slow start to the second period, they really started to find their legs through the latter half and were possessing the puck well while generating some high-end scoring opportunities.
However, Nick Schmaltz’s overturned goal and Jonas Brodin’s goal with 20 seconds remaining all but decimated all of that newfound momentum.
Logan Cooley scored his seventh goal of the season in the third period which gave Arizona a little bit of life, but they were unable to capitalize on it, leading to yet another loss.
A big theme of this game was penalties as the Coyotes went to the box five times which continues to be a recurring issue for the team. Coach André Tourigny feels that it was just one of those nights when it came to penalties.
“I think there are a lot of nights that we could control our sticks better,” Tourigny said. “I don’t think tonight was one of those nights. I will keep it that way.”
Connor Ingram played the first two periods, but did not return for the third period. He sustained some sort of injury during the game and Tourigny’s update on the matter was very brief.
“No, he is not ok, but he should not be long, seven to ten days… No clue,” Tourigny said about when Ingram’s injury occurred. “I don’t know, They told me after the period he was going out and it will be about a week.”
The Coyotes just continue to lose game after game and this was a big one since the Wild are also in the mix for a wild card spot in the Western Conference.
Arizona will need to get back on track fast as their time to recover from this losing streak is beginning to dwindle.
The Coyotes next game will be on Friday night against the Carolina Hurricanes at Mullett Arena.