Buffalo got on the board right away on the strength of its power play. At the 3:31 mark of the first period, and 3 seconds into Buffalo's first man advantage, Eichel netted a wrist shot top corner for his seventh goal of the year.
The goal moved Eichel into a tie for the NHL lead with nine power-play points this season (4+5).
Eichel has totaled 12 points (4+8) in nine career games against Arizona, including six points (2+4) in five home games. It's his second-best per-game output against any opponent, trailing only his 19 points in 13 career meetings with the Ottawa Senators.
Skinner made it 2-0 with a pretty passing play with Marcus Johnasson with 8:44 remaining in the opening period.
Jeff Skinner has totaled 10 points (5+5) in his last eight games against the Coyotes, including points in each of the last four (5+3).
With 1:10 to play in the first, Connor Garland found daylight on the short side to beat Hutton and make it a 2-1 game. Garland leads the Coyotes with six goals.
Buffalo controlled play for long stretches of the second period, but couldn't beat Darcy Kuemper. Arizona ended up scoring with 3:28 left to tie the game thanks to a strange bounce. Carl Soderberg was credited with the marker.
The two teams were calculated in overtime with Arizona registering the only shot on goal. The Sabre hit the crossbar twice. First, Sam Reinhart cranked one off the pipe 14 seconds in and then with about 38 seconds to go, Casey Mittelstadt hit iron. Mittelstadt also had another chance in tight with less than 5 seconds remaining.
Nick Schmaltz scored the only goal in the shootut.
