TORONTO — Kasperi Kapanen rescued a game from the fire for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The speedy winger scored on a breakaway in overtime during Tuesday’s 3-2 win over Arizona after an earlier Coyotes winner was wiped out due to goaltender interference.
It was the third straight game where the Leafs picked up points while Jack Campbell started in place of the injured Frederik Andersen.
Sheldon Keefe loaded up his top line with the three young cornerstone pieces — Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander — but the Leafs pulled this one out because of depth.
The Coyotes got a quick start while playing for the second time in as many nights, with Christian Dvorak finding a half open net to score in at 1:04 after Conor Garland’s tip attempt bounced right out to him in the slot.
Zach Hyman got that back by working his way to the front of the net and having Tyson Barrie’s point blast deflect off his shin pad before the intermission.
That was a greasy goal against a hard-working Arizona team that did a nice job of taking away lanes in the neutral zone, especially against the Nylander-Matthews-Marner line.
Carl Soderberg’s 14th of the season in the final minute of the second period put the Coyotes ahead 2-1 before Hyman tied it again thanks to a gorgeous spinning pass from captain John Tavares while on one knee.
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