Keller sparks Coyotes in shootout win against Kraken

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Clayton Keller had a power-play goal and an assist for the Arizona Coyotes in a 4-3 shootout win against the Seattle Kraken at Mullett Arena on Tuesday.

Connor Ingram made 35 saves, and Nick Schmaltz had two assists for the Coyotes (6-5-1), who trailed 1-0 and 3-2.

“Even when you don’t have your A-game, you need to find a way to crawl in and dig deep and find a way to win the game, and I think we did that,” Arizona coach Andre Tourigny said. “We battled and crawled back.”

Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist, and Matty Beniers had two assists for the Kraken (4-6-3). Joey Daccord made 24 saves.

“It’s a tight league. Every game is a battle and close,” Seattle defenseman Justin Schultz said. “We’re doing a lot of good things, but especially in overtime, [they’re] not going in right now for us.”

Nick Bjugstad was the only player to score in the shootout.

“We did a good job of doing the right things at most points in the game. We weathered the storm, and Ingram came up huge for us in situations when we didn’t,” Bjugstad said. “It was a back-and-forth game, we had our chances, they had their chances and it was huge to come up with the two points.”

Tolvanen scored 40 seconds into the game to give Seattle a 1-0 lead, working a give-and-go on a 2-on-0 break with Yanni Gourde.

Matias Maccelli tied it 1-1 at 6:07, taking advantage of a screen by Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson to score from above the circle on a wrist shot. Maccelli has points in nine straight games (two goals, eight assists).

Barrett Hayton tipped in Keller’s one-timer from the right circle on the power play at 3:59 of the second period to give the Coyotes a 2-1 lead. Hayton’s goal was his first in 14 games since April 8.

“I’m a competitor, I want to score, I want to produce, without a doubt,” Hayton said. “You’ve got to trust the process, stick with what you’re doing, and I feel I can impact the game without [being] on the score sheet. But obviously, that was nice.”

Schultz answered 58 seconds later at 4:57 to tie it 2-2, scoring from the edge of the right circle off a pass by Beniers.

“I felt like we were skating and playing with speed and were predictable for each other, playing the way we know how to and what made us successful last year,” Schultz said. “We’ll just build off the good things we did, but it’s [bad] not getting the two points.”

Jaden Schwartz gave Seattle a 3-2 lead with a power-play goal at 1:16 of the third period. He has four goals and five assists during a seven-game point streak.

“I think we can be proud of some aspects of our game,” Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak said. “As a group, obviously, we didn't get the job done. … We’ve just got to do a better job realizing some of the [key] moments in the game and not give them the timely goals they got.”

Ingram held Seattle scoreless after Schwartz’s goal and is 4-1-0 this season.

“They threw a lot of pucks at the net, [to] go for tips, scrap around the net. A goalie who reads the play well like Ingram, you cannot read broken plays,” Tourigny said. “So, credit to him.”

Keller tied it 3-3 with a power-play goal at 1:58, shooting a one-timer from the same spot he did on the Coyotes’ second goal.

NOTES: Seattle was 3-0-0 against Arizona last season, outscoring them 16-4. ... Daccord played at Arizona State from 2016-19 but had not yet played at Mullett Arena, which opened in 2022. … Beniers, the Calder Trophy winner as the NHL's top rookie in 2022-23, still doesn’t have a goal this season (six assists). … Bjugstad has seven points during a seven-game point streak (one goal, six assists). He has scored on both of his shootout attempts this season… Arizona, which begins a five-game road trip Thursday at the St. Louis Blues, is 3-1-1 in its past five games and 2-0 in shootouts.