Coyotes edge Sharks with 3 second-period goals

With how poor their performance was in the first period, it wasn’t exactly hard for the Coyotes to improve in the final 40 minutes.

But the Coyotes didn’t just get better.

They shined, rebounding from that underwhelming start to pull away from the Sharks 3-2 Tuesday at Gila River Arena in what was probably their most-convincing win to date.

That might not too flattering of an assessment since the team still ranks last in the NHL with only six points (3-6), but this did seem to be the first time when Arizona had stretches where it seemed in control.

And it came against a team in the Sharks that advanced all the way to the Stanley Cup Final last season.

BOX SCORE: Coyotes 3, Sharks 2

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