0xbt

Getting shots on goal hasn’t been the problem for the Arizona Coyotes.Getting them into the goal has been the issue [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-craig-smith-jersey]Womens Craig Smith Jersey[/url] , one that might not get any easier to solve Tuesday night when they start a four-game road trip by aiming pucks at Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk.Although Minnesota (1-2-2) lost 4-2 Monday night in Nashville with backup Alex Stalock between the pipes, Dubnyk isn’t the reason for its slow start. All he’s done in four games is post a .934 save percentage, going 1-1-2 with a 2.64 goals-against average.Article continues below ...He’s faced an average of 41.8 shots per game, including a ridiculous 57 Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to Carolina. Without Dubnyk, the Wild probably don’t steal a point in that game or in a 2-1 OT setback to Vegas on Oct. 6, when Dubnyk stopped 41 of 42 shots.“He’s been our No. 1 star in all four games that he’s played,” Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said following the loss against the Hurricanes. “In a realistic world, you’re happy you got a point out of that.”For his part, Dubnyk isn’t worried about the Wild’s slow start, not just to the season [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-filip-forsberg-jersey]Filip Forsberg Jersey[/url] , but to games. They coughed up the first goal Monday night for the fourth time in five games, and even though they tied it after 20 minutes, they spent most of the game’s remainder in chase mode again.“I think we’re all proud in here and we all know how good we can be, so we have just got to figure it out,” Dubnyk said. “We know we have a great group in here. I think we all agree we can be better.”As for Arizona (1-3-0), its mission is simple, according to coach Rick Tocchet: Don’t allow frustration to govern your game. He gave that speech minutes after it outshot Buffalo 36-23 Saturday, but couldn’t beat backup goalie Linus Ullmark in a 3-0 setback.The Coyotes have driven play in the early going, putting 146 shots on net to the opponents’ 93. But aside from a 3-2 win on Wednesday in Anaheim, they haven’t scored a goal.“I know everybody’s frustrated [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-juuse-saros-jersey]Juuse Saros Jersey[/url] ,” Tocchet said. “The coaching staff’s frustrated. Everybody’s frustrated we’re not scoring goals. You’re trying your best to figure it out, but at the end of the day, you’ve just got to be able to will yourself a goal.”Arizona has pumped at least 30 shots on goal in every game, the first time it’s done that in the first four games since 1985-86, when the franchise was playing in Winnipeg.Part of the problem might be the lack of proven snipers on the roster. Only two players have scored 30 goals in a season. Michael Grabner is eight years removed from doing it with the New York Islanders and Alex Galchenyuk, who scored 30 three years ago for Montreal, is currently sidelined with a lower-body injury.“I’d like to see somebody score a goal,” Tocchet said. “We’ve had point-blank shots in the slot. You just got to keep shooting, I guess. You got to work at your game. I don’t have a recipe other than that.” GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona rookie Conor Garland was challenging for a roster spot before he broke a hand in training camp. Healthy again [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-kyle-turris-jersey]Kyle Turris Jersey[/url] , he is making his mark.Garland was credited with two goals — the first appearing to just graze his uniform — and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season and 12th overall to help the Coyotes beat the New York Rangers 5-0 on Sunday to end a three-game losing streak.“If you look at his goals, too, I don’t care if they go off his pants or not, he’s in front of the net,” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet, who recorded his 100th NHL victory. “It doesn’t matter how they go in. I have to give him a lot of credit because he is in front of the net.”Garland was stationed just outside the crease when Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s wrister from inside the blue line got past Henrik Lundqvist on a power play to open the scoring at 7:19 of the first period, the beginning of another tough game for Lundqvist.Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and two assists, and Mario Kempe and Clayton Keller also scored as the Coyotes scored all their goals in the first two period while winning for the second time in their last nine home gamesGalchenyuk has 10 points in his last eight games and Garland has three goals in his last two games and five in his last seven. He was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League early last month.“I feel more comfortable every game,” Garland said. “You get to see film, talk to the coaches after a game and pick up new things. It is slowing down. It feels good.”Lundqvist stopped 27 of 32 shots before being replaced by Alexander Georgiev with 3:22 left in the second period. Lundqvist also was pulled in his last start [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-matt-irwin-jersey]Youth Matt Irwin Jersey[/url] , a 7-2 loss to Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.The Rangers have been outscored 18-3 while losing three straight games and have lost six of eight and nine of 12. They were shut out for the third time this season and have given up four power play goals in the last two games — three in a 6-1 loss at Colorado on Friday night.“We’re fragile mentally and physically right now, the ways things are going,” Rangers coach David Quinn said.“There are a whole heap of problems, and we have to address them. We had no legs today. They had way more jump than we did. It was every man. We just didn’t have any energy. You can’t play with no energy in this league.”The Coyotes had scored only four goals in their last three games and had been held to one or fewer goals in seven of their last 12, including a 3-2 overtime loss to New Jersey on Friday.“We wanted a good bounce-back game, and it starts with the first period,” Garland said.Kempe made it 2-0 exactly two minutes later when the Rangers could not clear a bouncing puck near the left circle. Kempe fired a wrist shot that beat Lundqvist high to the blocker side.Garland struck again at 6:34 of the second, when a shot from the slot deflected off Kevin Shattenkirk’s stick and fluttered past Lundqvist. Galchenyuk’s poke check at his own blue line started the rush.“We’re not starting very well, and it’s snow-balling on us,” New York’s Marc Staal said.Keller and Galchenyuk added goals in second [url=http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-mattias-ekholm-jersey]Womens Mattias Ekholm Jersey[/url] , with Keller’s shot through the five-hole sending Lundqvist to the bench.NOTES: Rangers center Kevin Hayes, who is second on the team with 34 points, did not play for the second straight game. He suffered what is believed to be mid-body injury when he ran into the boards in a Dec. 14 game against the Coyotes. … The Rangers played the eighth game of a stretch in which they are to play 12 games in 23 days in four time zones. They are 2-4-2 thus far. … Kuemper’s mask was knocked off by Brandon Smith’s wrist shot 1:30 into the second period, and play was stopped while he got a new one. … The Coyotes swept the two-game season series after overcoming a 3-0 lead for a 4-3 overtime victory in New York on Dec. 14. … Tocchet was asked about his 100th victory: “It took a long time,” he said, smiling. It came in his 272nd game over three-plus seasons, the first two with Tampa Bay.UP NEXTRangers: At Vegas on Tuesday night.Coyotes: At Vancouver on Thursday night.