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Saturday, Feb. 12 10:00pm ET
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PHOENIX (AP) _ Jeremy Roenick scored two goals to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. The victory tied the Coyotes with the Dallas Stars for first place in the Pacific Division. Roenick's second goal _ his 26th of the season _ seemed unnecessary when he put it in with 1:42 remaining. But it turned out to be his ninth game-winner this season after the Flames finally solved Phoenix goalie Sean Burke and scored twice in the final 1:11. Steve Begin and Bill Lindsay, who got his goal with four seconds remaining, scored on the last two shots by Calgary, which lost its third straight in an 0-7-1 skid. Burke made 29 saves and won for the first time in three games since he was sidelined one game with a groin strain. Trevor Letowski scored short-handed for Phoenix's first goal, and Teppo Numminen had two assists as the Coyotes snapped their two-game losing streak and improved to 10-2-2 against the Flames since moving to Arizona in 1996. Benoit Hogue also had two assists in his first game with the Coyotes since signing as a free agent Feb. 3. He started on the third line, but moved up to the first to play left wing when captain Keith Tkachuk aggravated an ankle sprain. The Flames got a power-play goal from Jarome Iginla in the first period, but weren't able to get anything past Burke from then on until they scored with their last two shots. Roenick made it 3-1 with 5:14 left in the second period when he took a pass from Numminen just outside the crease and flicked it behind Giguere. Tocchet broke a 1-1 tie just 1:34 into the second, tapping in the rebound of his own shot as he skated diagonally across the crease. Both first-period goals came with a Calgary advantage. Letowski's goal was his third short-handed goal this season and the NHL-best 11th for the Coyotes, breaking a deadlock with the St. Louis Blues. He beat Giguere, who had 26 saves, with a 62-foot shot from just beyond the blue line.
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