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The Arizona Coyotes and the Buffalo Sabres go into their game at KeyBank Centre on Thursday night after contrasting results in their games Tuesday night.The Coyotes could not hold a two-goal lead Jonathan Marchessault Jersey , allowing four goals in five minutes during the second period, and lost 4-3 to the Boston Bruins.The Buffalo Sabres, meanwhile, came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in overtime.Article continues below ...The Coyotes (13-14-2) led 2-0 in Boston before the Bruins scored twice in 33 seconds apart. Brad Marchand gave the Bruins the lead about two minutes later and added another two minutes later.“It was those three minutes,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “We played a good hockey game for 50. Two-nothing, there, we backed off again. It’s very frustrating. We cannot back off. That’s something that we’ve got to keep pressing here. It’s a learning process.”The Sabres (18-9-4), who wrap up a four-game homestand Thursday, had a different story to tell. It was about hard work down the stretch to overcome a 3-1 deficit that ended a five-game winless streak.“I think in the third we just committed to putting the puck in their end and just trying to wear them down,” Sabres center and captain Jack Eichel said. “You see it, we draw a couple penalties Marc-Andre Fleury Jersey , our power play is able to score a few goals. I thought we just wore them down.”“I think when the guys dug in and found a way to win it’s because of their work, especially in the third period,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “We were moving our feet. our transition game was really solid, clean and crisp.”The Sabres were 0-3-2 in the five games after reeling off 10 straight wins and were coming off a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday, a game they led 2-0.The Sabres are facing a testing schedule with two road games in Boston and Washington Saturday and Sunday after they play the Coyotes.“We’ve got a tough stretch coming up here,” Eichel said. “Arizona’s playing some good hockey and then you’ve got a back-to-back against two of the top teams in the East. We’ve just got to start playing a better 60 minutes. We can learn from that third period and what makes our team successful and why we’re good. I think there’s some things to be learned but it’s good to get two points, because we needed it.”The Sabres are 6-7-2 when trailing after two periods.Eichel has had success against the Coyotes with 10 points in seven career games against Arizona. Kyle Okposo (one goal, six assists) and Jeff Skinner (three goals, four assists) each has seven points in their past six games against the Coyotes and Rasmus Ristolainen (two goals, six assists) has eight points in nine career games against them.Arizona defenseman Alex Goligoski has 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in 23 career games against the Sabres.Coyotes center Alex Galchenyuk missed the game Tuesday because of a lower-body injury and is considered day to day.Arizona did have goaltender Darcy Kuemper back Tuesday after he missed nearly three weeks with a lower-body injury and stopped 22 of 26 shots. His best save came on a breakaway by Marchand in the first period.“I was pretty happy with a lot of parts of my game today Nate Schmidt Jersey ,” Kuemper said. “A few things, just some reads and timing, I’ve got to watch the video and get a little bit better at, but overall I felt pretty good in there.”Michael Bunting, recalled from the American Hockey League last Friday, scored Arizona’s third goal in his NHL debut Tuesday.“I thought it went pretty well,” Bunting said. “At the start, I had my jitters. Right when the national anthem hit, it was like ‘All right, I’m in an NHL game.’ After that I just played simple at the start of the game and I was lucky enough to put one by the goalie. … To get that under my belt in the first game is pretty special. I’m going to remember that for the rest of my life.”Arizona defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson logged 20:39 in ice time and blocked three shots in his 700th NHL game on Tuesday, the 15th player from the 2005 NHL Draft class to reach that plateau. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Casey DeSmith is not the highest-paid or most accomplished goaltender on the Penguins. Yet he’s playing like it http://www.officialknightsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-oscar-dansk-jersey , a development that’s helped Pittsburgh keep its season from unraveling.The backup thrust into a starting role while two-time Stanley Cup winner Matt Murray recovers from a lower-body injury and shaky play stopped a career-high 48 shots as Pittsburgh fended off a third-period Boston rally to slip by the Bruins 5-3 on Friday night.DeSmith improved to 7-2-1 in his last 10 starts, keeping his cool even after the Bruins erased a two-goal deficit in the third period by scoring twice in 54 seconds. Jake Guentzel restored Pittsburgh’s lead by tipping home Kris Letang’s point shot with 9:13 to go, and DeSmith did the rest.“It’s always fun, though, when you’re getting peppered as long as you come out on the right side of things,” DeSmith said. “It was a little (chaotic) there at the end but glad we pulled it out.”The Penguins appeared to be firmly in control after Zach Aston-Reese’s short-handed goal — Pittsburgh’s first down a man in 57 games — with 58 seconds to go in the second period made it 3-1.Boston’s Chris Wagner and David Krejci drew the Bruins even when they beat DeSmith less than a minute apart in the third. But the Penguins executed perfectly on a faceoff in the Boston zone, with Sidney Crosby winning the draw and then sending the puck back to Letang. He shot it and Guentzel extended his stick to get a piece of it. The puck slid by Jaroslav Halak for Guentzel’s 13th of the season.“I know he’s going to shoot it,” Guentzel said. “I just put my stick there and hit it. We run that (play) in practice. Sid kind of gave the nod so we knew it was coming. Obviously a great play by Sid.”Brandon Carlo scored for the first time in 115 games for Boston and Halak stopped 24 shots but the Bruins had trouble with DeSmith, who has filled in capably with Murray spending most of the first two months of the season dealing with injuries or a serious dip in form.The team activated Murray on Wednesday but coach Mike Sullivan has chosen to stick with DeSmith, though Murray is likely to make his first start since Nov. 17 on Saturday night when the Kings visit. DeSmith insists he won’t change his approach now that he’s engaged in a full-on competition battle for playing time.“I think when I get a game, I go out there Authentic Oscar Lindberg Jersey , try to win, try to play my best,” DeSmith said. “(Just) keep working hard in practice, doing all the same things. That’s the way to keep having success is to not change anything once you get a hold of it.”The Bruins dominated for long stretches thanks in part to sloppy play by the Penguins, but DeSmith managed to keep Pittsburgh in it.“He’s a good goalie, but I thought our scoring chances weren’t A scoring chances, especially in the first period,” Krejci said. “But that’s how it goes sometimes.”DeSmith’s flashiest stop came in the first. He was sliding to his right when Brad Marchand picked up a bouncing puck and moved to DeSmith’s left. The goaltender reached back with his glove and plucked a shot out of midair to keep the game scoreless.“I just kind of fell over and stuck something over there and thankfully it went in my glove,” DeSmith said. “That was not technique.”Derek Grant gave the Penguins the lead shortly after DeSmith’s save on Marchand. Phil Kessel, playing in his 277th consecutive game with the Penguins — the fourth-longest streak in franchise history — and 723rd straight overall, doubled Pittsburgh’s advantage 1:56 into the second period.The Bruins responded by pressing Smith Reilly Smith Jersey , who eventually relented when Carlo fired a laser from the top of the right circle 11:53 into the second for just the seventh goal of his career and first since March 4, 2017, against New Jersey.“It had been a long while,” Carlo said. “But I feel like with the way that I’m starting to put the puck to the net a little bit more, the opportunities were coming for me to shoot the puck, tonight especially.”Though Boston eventually pulled even, Pittsburgh still ended up pulling away, with Aston-Reese putting in an empty-netter with six seconds left to ice it.NOTES: Letang exited late in the third period favoring his left leg and did not return. … If Kessel stays healthy, he could break Craig Adams’ club record of 319 straight games played near the end of the regular season. … The Bruins were 0 for 2 on the power play. The Penguins were 0 for 1.UP NEXTBruins: Welcome the Sabres on Sunday. Boston took the first meeting 4-0 in Buffalo on Oct. 4.Penguins: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.