Coyotes' offence comes alive to shoot down Stars

Phoenix : The Phoenix Coyotes broke free of their goal-scoring struggles to pound the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Friday.

Mired near the bottom of the NHL scoring charts, the Coyotes finally found some firepower to avoid a third defeat in a row.

Lauri Korpikoski recorded his first two goals of the season while Robert Lang, Adrian Aucoin and Zbynek Michalek also scored to give Phoenix (14-11-1) a 5-0 lead.

"Our whole team broke through," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said.

"It's nice compared to where we've been the last few games. In the third period we had a lot of players put in a lot of extra time ... it was nice to have the lead."

Brenden Morrow and Mike Ribeiro scored late goals for the Stars (11-7-7), who fell to a second straight defeat and have now lost five in a row to the Coyotes.

Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 30 saves.

RESULTS

New Jersey 2 BOSTON 1

Buffalo 4 PHILI 2

NY ISL'DERS 3 Pittsburgh 2

MINNESOTA 5 Colorado 3

ANAHEIM 3 Chicago 0

Atlanta 6 CAROLINA 4

Calgary 3 DETROIT 0

TAMPA BAY 5 NY Rangers 1

Toronto 6 FLORIDA 4

St Louis 3 NASHVILLE 1

PHOENIX 5 Dallas 2

San Jose 5 EDMONTON 4

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