Arizona Coyotes fans were in a festive mood on Wednesday evening, with Thanksgiving looming and two big divisional rival games at Gila River Arena bookending the Thursday holiday.
During the team pre-game warm-up, all of the players seemed excited and motivated to put together a complete 60-minute game to get two points against the Vancouver Canucks.
Things don’t always go as planned, however, and this game was a prime example.
The Canucks scored in the first period when Oliver Ekman-Larsson turned the puck over in the Coyotes’ own end to Canucks forward Bo Horvat.