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GLENDALE, Ariz. Cory Spangenberg Brewers Jersey . - The bounces and the breaks that went against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period went their way late in a comeback victory over the Arizona Coyotes.Daniel Briere scored 3:16 into overtime, and the Avalanche rallied from three goals down to beat the Coyotes 4-3 on Tuesday night.Brieres pass across the goal area hit the stick of the Coyotes Martin Hanzal, and the puck was redirected past goalie Mike Smith. That gave Colorado its fourth win in five games.They dont ask how, just how many, they say, Briere said. Got a lucky break on this one. Ill definitely take it.Its definitely a lucky bounce, but they had their bounces in the first period. Usually those things even up in the course of a game.Colorado won after a goalie change in the first period. Arizona absorbed another late-game home loss.The Avalanche tied it 3-3 when Matt Duchenes pass from behind the net went off the stick of Coyotes forward Lauri Korpikoski and squeezed past Smith at 4:05 of the third period.Arizona had everything going its way early. A three-goal barrage in the first 11 minutes put the Coyotes ahead big. But the Avalanche rallied behind left wing Gabriel Landeskogs two goals and substitute goalie Calvin Pickard, who finished with 25 saves and no goals allowed.The third Coyotes goal, a twisting wrist shot by Tobias Rieder off a rush at 10:53 of the first period, marked a quick end to goalie Reto Berras night.Berra was also pulled in the first period of Colorados previous game, a 4-3 home win over Carolina on Saturday. The Avalanche rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits with Pickard in goal.He was again perfect, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. You have to give it to him. He battles out there and he competes and he deserves a lot of credit for his play right now.Arizona took the lead when Michael Stones shot glanced off teammate Antoine Vermettes stick and into the net at 3:36 of the first. The teams were skating 4-on-4 at the time.Stone made it 2-0 at 10:20 when his shot appeared to go off the body of defenceman Nick Holden and past Berras extended glove. Stone, a defenceman, tied his career high for points in a game with his first multipoint game of the season.Just 33 seconds later, Rieder scored.Landeskog tipped in his own rebound with a backhander at 5:49 of the second period to make it 3-1, but the Coyotes carried the two-goal lead into the third.Its been a long time coming. Ive been dry lately, Landeskog said. It felt good to put a couple in the back of the net.The Avalanche got within 3-2 when Landeskog wedged in between defenders in front of the net and put in a deflected shot from Nathan MacKinnon at 1:36.One guy (Landeskog) skates in between two of ours and gets the rebound, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. Then the next two are off our sticks and in. What are you going to do?Smith made 30 saves, including a short-handed shot from Marc-Andre Cliche at 17:06 of the second period.Linemates Hanzal and Rob Klinkhammer returned to the lineup for the Coyotes. Hanzal played for the first time since Nov. 16, having missed four games due to a lower body injury.Klinkhammer was back after sitting out two straight and three of four.NOTES: Avalanche forward Alex Tanguay missed his second straight game due to a facial fracture. ... Semyon Varlamov, the Avs No. 1 goalie, was unavailable due to a groin injury. ... Jarome Iginla earned an assist on each of Landeskogs goals, giving him 1,181 career points, 48th on the NHL career list and third among active players. ... Colorado D Erik Johnson left the game at 1:11 of overtime, levelled by a hard check from Hanzal. ... Coyotes C Kyle Chipchura was a healthy scratch after playing four consecutive games. ... Arizona C Shane Doan moved into sole possession of 48th place in career NHL games played at 1,338. ... The Coyotes are 0-for-20 on power plays in their last five home games, including 0-for-1 on Tuesday. Trey Supak Brewers Jersey . Louis Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia will have surgery on his left shoulder this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season. Devin Williams Brewers Jersey . However, it wasnt a problem on Monday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.PHILADELPHIA - Former Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ gets a chance to face his former club tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays continue their trip through Pennsylvania with a stop in Philadelphia. Happ will make his first start of the season and has made three appearances out of the bullpen, allowing two runs and three hits in 4 1/3 innings of work. A sore back landed Happ on the DL to start the season. Happ has four Ks and five walks on the season and the Blue Jays have lost all three games the left-hander has competed in. He played with the Phillies from 2007 through parts of 2010 before being traded to Houston, and has won both of his starts in this series, accumulating a 2.19 ERA in 12 1/3 frames. Toronto is coming off a 7-2 victory of the Pirates on Sunday. Colby Rasmus belted a grand slam in the second inning and finished with three hits and two runs scored. Melky Cabrera also had three hits, including a two-run homer in the fifth inning, for the Blue Jays, who won for just the third time in the last 11 games. Dustin McGowan was solid on the mound for the Jays, tossing seven innings of one-run ball and allowing just three hits with five strikeouts and three walks. "It was good to get a win for this team," said McGowan. "It was something we needed and maybe it will give us a little boost going forward." The Blue Jays are 2-4 on an eight-game road trip and will return to Rogers Centre later this week to start a nine-game homestand. They will start the stay with two games versus the Phillies. Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista has reached base in all of his 31 games this season and is batting .294 with nnine homers and 20 RBI. Milwaukee Brewers Gear. . The Phillies and Blue Jays are meeting for the first time since Toronto won all three games at home back in 2012. The Jays are in south Philly for the first time since losing two of three games from June 25-27, 2010. Philadelphia trails the slumping Atlanta Braves, losers of six straight, by only 1 1/2 games for the NL East lead and took a three-game series from the rival Washington Nationals this weekend. In Sundays 1-0 win in the rubber match, Chase Utleys RBI single stood as the winning run and scored Jimmy Rollins, who stroked a one-out triple. Utley has reached base safely in each of his last 12 games. Phillies starter Roberto Hernandez pitched very well to the tune of seven shutout innings of four-hit ball with three strikeouts and three walks. "I think hes gotten better as weve gone along as far as command and control and really using his pitches," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said of Hernandez. Mike Adams and Antonio Bastardo got the final two outs in the eighth and closer Jonathan Papelbon worked around a hit in the ninth to post his ninth save. The Phillies have won eight of their last 12 games and will send Kyle Kendrick to the mound versus the Blue Jays. Kendrick is still searching for his first win of the season and has an 0-2 record with a 3.52 earned run average in five starts. The Phillies are 2-3 in that time. Kendrick did not figure into the decision of a 7-3 win at Los Angeles on April 24 and allowed just two runs on 10 hits and a walk over 5 2/3 frames. He has given up at least two runs in each of his past four starts (11 total). ' ' '
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