Cooley Scores Twice as Coyotes Top Ducks 4-2 on Thursday

Logan Cooley scored twice, Alex Kerfoot and Matias Maccelli each added a goal, and Connor Ingram made 31 saves as the Coyotes beat the Ducks 4-2 in Anaheim on Thursday. Jason Zucker, Travis Boyd, and Juuso Valimaki added assists for Arizona, which has one preseason game remaining in its exhibition slate.

John Gibson stopped 13 of the 17 shots he faced before leaving with just under 10 minutes left in the game with an apparent injury. Alex Stalock did not have to make any saves in relief.

Cooley opened the scoring with his second goal of the preseason after Zucker forced a turnover with pressure behind the net, corralling the puck and wristing it top shelf past Gibson. The 19-year-old forward has three goals and an assist in four preseason games.

Kerfoot gave Arizona a two-goal lead just over a minute later, one-timing a shot from the slot past Gibson. It marks his first goal of the preseason since signing a two-year deal with the Coyotes at the start of free agency in July.

Cooley then converted on a penalty shot early in the third period after he was taken down during a shorthanded breakaway attempt. He skated in slowly from the right side before ultimately firing a wrist shot and converting bar-down past Gibson.

Maccelli rounded out the scoring with a power-play goal at 9:04 of the final frame, taking a pass from Zucker and firing it past a sprawling Gibson. The goal is Maccelli’s second of the exhibition season, while Zucker has two assists in four preseason games.

The Coyotes wrap up their preseason this Saturday against the Ducks in Tucson, and puck drop is scheduled for 3 pm MST.