FINAL: Coyotes 4 , Bruins 3 (OT) - Bruins fall in OT after great scoring chances, Ullmark and Poitras leave with injuries

The Bruins fell to the Arizona Coyotes by a score of 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night. Boston played flat throughout the game which let Arizona stay in it. Linus Ullmark left the game in overtime with an injury leaving Jeremy Swayman to take over in goal. Matt Poitras also left the game in the third period and did not return either. 

The first period wasn’t pretty as Boston was outshot 12-6 and didn’t do a great job on puck control and forechecking. However, the Bruins took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission with a goal from David Pastrnak on the power play 4:41 into the game. 

The Coyotes tied it at one at the 8:12 mark in the second period thanks to a Clayton Keller goal on the man advantage. Jesper Boqvist scored his first Bruins goal:50 later to give Boston a 2-1 lead. 

However, Dylan Guenther scored off a Bruins turnover to tie the game at two to go into the second intermission. 

The third period started with Matias Maccelli scoring :52 seconds in to give the Coyotes a 3-2 lead. Jake DeBrusk tied the game at three on the power play at the 5:04 mark. 

Pastrnak had two breakaway chances in overtime that he missed. Right after the second missed shot, Arizona came down the other way and Nick Schmaltz scored the game winner which was the first shot the Coyotes took on Swayman. 

The Bruins will be back in action on Thursday night in Las Vegas to face the Golden Knights at 10 p.m. ET. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Bruins get a point for second straight night despite loss. 
• Would think back-to-back played into some of Boston's performance tonight. 
• Will have to keep an eye on the status of Ullmark and Poitras who both left the game with injuries. 
• Pastrnak has to score on one of those breakaway scoring chances in OT. 

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WHO: Bruins (24-8-7) at Coyotes (19-17-2)
WHEN: 9 p.m. ET.
WHERE: Mullett Arena, Tempe.
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE
ROSTERS

    
BOSTON
Zacha-Geekie-Pastrnak
Marchand-Coyle-DeBrusk
Van Riemsdyk-Poitras-Frederic
Beecher-Boqvist-Heinen

Lohrei-McAvoy
Londholm-Wotherspoon
Grzelcyk-Shattenkirk

Ullmark
Swayman

COYOTES
Keller-McBain-Schmaltz
Maccelli-Kerfoot-Crouse
Cooley-Bjugstad-Guenther
Carcone-Kirkland-O'Brien

Moser-Durzi
Dermott-Dumba
Stecher-Kesselring

Ingram
PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins continue their four-game Western Conference road trip tonight in Arizona to face the Coyotes at 9 p.m. ET. James Van Riemsdyk returns to the lineup after missing the past two games, he will take the spot of Oskar Steen. Brandon Carlo will not play tonght after suffering an upper-body injury in Colorado and will be replaced by Mason Lohrei. 

The Coyotes enter tonight in the fourth-game of their five-game homestand. Arizona is coming in on a three-game losing streak, msot recently by a score of 6-2 to Winnipeg on Sunday. Boston won 5-3 the last time these two met at TD Garden back on December 9th. Lawson Crouse leads Arizona in goals with 16 on the season. Clayton Keller leads in points (32) and is third on the team in goals at 13. 

Nick Schmaltz has scored a goal in two consecutive games, only one shy of his season high. Matias Maccelli has recorded at least one point in all four career games versus the Bruins.