Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) For the second straight game, the Phoenix Coyotes got two goals from defensemen and beat another Pacific Division rival in the process.

Sunday night, Jim Vandermeer scored his second goal of the game at 1:18 of overtime, center Matthew Lombardi also scored and Robert Lang had two assists, leading the Coyotes to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.

"It was one of those games where we kind of just hung in there," Vandermeer said. "They kind of outplayed us a little bit, but we kept to our game plan and kept throwing pucks at the net."

Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves against his former team, helping end Anaheim's season-best three-game winning streak. The Ducks have been outscored 34-26 in the third period through their first 26 contests.

"A team that is down 1-0 in the third is going to skate, so you have to match their intensity," Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere said. "We didn't do that and let them come, and they managed a way to score a couple of goals."

Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan scored for Anaheim, and Giguere made 23 saves after getting his 32nd career shutout Friday night in a 3-0 win over Chicago.

"Jiggy made a lot of saves early that you think would depress them at some point and get under their skin, but it didn't. They just kept hanging around," Ryan said.

"We got ahead and stopped skating in the third period, and they dominated the period."

Sharks 4, Canucks 2

In Vancouver, Dan Boyle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 6:15 into the second period, and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves to lead the Sharks over the Canucks.

Manny Malhotra scored on a breakaway with 2:35 left and Jamie McGinn made it 4-1 on a scramble in front 13 seconds later for San Jose.

Frazer McLaren also scored his first NHL goal for the Sharks, who have won four of their last five games and lead the league with 40 points.

Kyle Wellwood scored two minutes in and set up Jannik Hansen's meaningless goal with 6.3 seconds left in the game, and Roberto Luongo made 26 saves as the Canucks, playing for a second straight night, lost for just the second time in six games.

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