GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Too bad the last-place Arizona Coyotes couldn't have found this formula much earlier in the season.
How to start winning consistently? Play teams that are slumping badly.
The Chicago Blackhawks, losers of their last six? Played and beaten. The Montreal Canadiens, losers of four in a row? Played and beaten. Up next for the suddenly on-a-roll Coyotes? The Edmonton Oilers, losers of their last five.
The Coyotes (16-32-10) always seemed to run into hot teams or hot goaltenders earlier in the season, when they'd go weeks without winning more than a game.