MONTREAL -- Christian Fischer scored the tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period and the Arizona Coyotes got their first regulation win in 21 games this season with a 5-4 victory against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Thursday.
Derek Stepan scored an unassisted power-play goal at 4:54 of the third to tie the game at 4-4. Fischer scored on a deflection at 10:10 to give the Coyotes their first lead at 5-4.
Coyotes defeat Canadiens for first regulation win
Stepan, Fischer score power-play goals in third to lift Arizona
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