Ingram makes 47 saves, Coyotes defeat Lightning in double shutout

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Connor Ingram made 47 saves in his first NHL shutout, and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 in a shootout at Mullett Arena on Wednesday.

Ingram's 47 saves are the most by an NHL rookie in his first career shutout. The only rookie goalie with more saves than Ingram in an NHL shutout is Darren Jensen, who made 48 for the Philadelphia Flyers against the St. Louis Blues on Jan. 25, 1986.
"Yeah, I was thinking about [the shutout), especially near the end," said Ingram, who won for the fifth time in 21 NHL games. "I'd never had one in the League. It's a lifelong dream."

Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller scored in the shootout for the Coyotes (19-28-8). Arizona extended a season-long seven-game point streak (4-0-3).
"[Ingram] was unbelievable," Keller said. "We love playing at home, and it's great to get some momentum. We hope to keep it going."
Brian Elliott made 26 saves for the Lightning (35-16-3), whose three-game winning streak ended. Tampa Bay was 6-1-1 in its previous eight games and was shut out for the first time this season.
"The goalies put on a clinic," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "It came down to a skills competition at the end, and they won it. That was it. Am In upset with my team? Not in the slightest."
Tampa Bay won 4-3 against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, when Steven Stamkos had the decisive goal in the shootout. Stamkos scored again in the shootout against Arizona, but Ingram turned aside Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov, the Lightning's final two shooters.
"I thought we did a pretty good job … we had plenty of chances to score goals but their goalie played well," Tampa Bay defenseman Ian Cole said. "We got a point, so I guess that's good."

Tampa Bay took 12 shots during the game's first two power plays in the first period but couldn't score and finished 0-for-5 with the man-advantage, including 11 seconds in overtime. The Lightning led 37-12 in shots after two periods.
"Our goaltending was outstanding," Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. "And we have an intensity of commitment defensively. We battled hard, we fought in front our net, there's nothing free. We put our opponent through adversity in our zone. We're tough to play against."
Most of Elliott's difficult saves came in the third period, when Arizona had its only two power plays. Elliott's shutout was his 45th in the NHL.
"It's disappointing, especially when these points mean a lot at this time of the year," Elliott said. "Nobody's happy about that, but we'll take the good things that we did."

The Lightning didn't arrive in Phoenix until approximately 3:30 a.m. Wednesday after the win against the Avalanche and a plane de-icing delay in Denver.
"We didn't give them a ton, but I think we got tired and the third period you could tell," Cooper said. "By the third, we were tired."
The Coyotes had a 13-5 edge in shots in the third, with Nick Bjugstad putting a shot off the crossbar halfway into the period for Arizona's best scoring chance until then. Shortly after that, Ingram turned aside a short breakaway by Brandon Hagel.
Ingram's 47 saves are the second-most in a shutout in Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets history, trailing the 54 by Mike Smith against the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 3, 2012.
"I try to do what I'm asked, and that's keep us in the game for as long as I can," said Ingram, who was selected by Tampa Bay in the third round (No. 88) of the 2016 NHL Draft. "There wasn't anything I hadn't seen before in the NHL. If you can see it, you have a good chance of getting in front of it."
NOTES:The Coyotes' seven-game point streak is their first since Dec. 31, 2015-Jan. 14, 2016 (5-0-2). ... Kucherov's 11-game point streak ended (four goals, 12 assists). He put a shot off the crossbar in the final 10 seconds of overtime. … Stamkos doesn't have a goal in eight games after scoring six in four games. … Tampa Bay is 7-3 in overtime and 3-5-2 in the second half of a back to back. … Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak was held out with an upper-body injury and is day to day.