Horvat, Chiasson score two apiece as Canucks beat Coyotes

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Bo Horvat and Alex Chiasson each had two goals and an assist and the Vancouver Canucks continued a late playoff push with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.

Elias Pettersson had a goal and two assists for the Canucks, who have won two straight and earned five points in their last three games.

Horvat has his first 30-goal season and has four goals in his last three games and 13 in his last 16. Pettersson had two goals in a 5-1 victory at Vegas on Wednesday and has 13 points in his last eight games.

“Just getting all the right bounces and trying to finish as best I can,” Horvat said. “Thankfully they’ve been going in for me. I am playing with confidence and definitely feel good with the puck night-in and night-out, but at the same time getting the wins are more important for sure."

The Canucks have 78 points, six behind Dallas for the second wild card in the Western Conference with 10 games to play. Las Vegas has 82 points. The Stars have two games in hand on both.

Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves and is 11-3-2 in 16 career games against Arizona.

Nick Schmaltz scored his career-high 22nd goal for the Coyotes, who have lost nine of 11. Harri Sateri made 27 saves in his first game with Arizona and his 10th in the NHL, his first since Feb. 9, 2018, while with Florida. He was claimed off waivers from Toronto on March 21.

Horvat scored 38 seconds apart early in the Canucks’ three-goal second period for a 3-0 lead. He was 17 of 17 on faceoffs.

Chiasson opened and closed the scoring with power-play goals in the first and third periods, and Pettersson took a feed from Chiasson to score into an open net on a two-on-none break for for 4-1 lead at 11:12 of the second period.

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