GLENDALE New Jersey Devils Hoodies Authentic , Ariz. (AP) — Derek Stepan gathered the puck near Arizona’s blue line and flipped it toward the other end, hoping to kill a few extra seconds off Ottawa’s power play. The puck skittered off the ice and slipped through the goalie’s pads, a dump-in turned into an unexpected goal.A little lucky? Maybe, but the Coyotes are also creating good fortune by playing hard and smart during a four-game winning streak.Stepan scored his short-handed goal in Arizona’s three-goal first period and Antti Raanta stopped 25 shots, lifting the surging Coyotes to a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.“You earn your bounces,” Stepan said. “We had some bounces going the other way early on in the year, now they’re starting to go our way and in a few weeks, they’re going to come back the other way. Good teams find ways to win any given night regardless of the bounces.”The Coyotes opened the season 1-4-0 New Jersey Devils Hats Authentic , shut out three times their first four games. Once Arizona started scoring, the pucks have kept finding the net.The Coyotes chased Ottawa goalie Mike Condon with three goals on 10 shots in the first period, capped by Stepan’s short-hander. Arizona has short-handed goals in three straight games for the second time in franchise history (1985), with five in that span.Alex Galchenyuk notched his first goal with Arizona and had an assist on Oliver Ekman Larsson’s power-play goal in the third period. Brad Richardson and Richard Panik also scored for the Coyotes, who have outscored opponents 20-4 during the four-game winning streak.“It’s hard to score goals in this league and we’ve got a good mojo going right now,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said.The Senators don’t.Coming off an overtime loss at Vegas on Sunday, Ottawa was flat early while falling into a big hole. The Senators seemed to gain momentum on Alex Forementon’s first goal of the season in the second period, but Arizona scored 22 seconds later. The Senators have lost three straight.“That was our first stinker Custom New Jersey Devils Jerseys ,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said. “We got out-competed in the first period and that usually doesn’t happen.”Arizona beat Tampa Bay 7-1 on Saturday and didn’t take long to keep the scoring going. Galchneyuk created a turnover by knocking away Mark Stone’s stick and slipped the puck behind Condon’s pads 4 1/2 minutes in. Richardson scored two minutes later, one-timing Michael Grabner’s pass from behind the goal.Stepan made it 3-0 late in the first period with a tumbling puck from Arizona’s blue line that squirted through Condon’s pads and sent him to the bench, replaced by Craig Anderson.“You give a team three goals, 90 percent of the time you’re not coming back,” Senators center Chris Tierney said.Tierney nearly got Ottawa back in it a minute into the second period, getting a goal reinstated upon review after it was initially waved off for high-sticking. But then it was waved off after Arizona’s challenge for goalie interference was upheld.Another Coyotes challenge for goalie interference did not pan out and Forementon’s goal stood, seemingly giving the Senators momentum.Instead, Panik scored 22 seconds later www.officialislanders.com , beating Anderson from between the circles.“That was a big goal for us right there,” Galchenyuk said. “You don’t know which way it’s going to go, but we’re confident and we were able to make a statement.”Notes: Senators D Mark Borowiecki sat out the first of a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Vegas F Cody Eakin on Sunday. … Coyotes D Kevin Connauton missed the game due to an illness. … Ottawa F Brady Tkachuk began skating this week for the first time since suffering a torn leg ligament on Oct. 15. … The Coyotes have won three straight over Ottawa for the first time since taking five in a row from 1994-96.UP NEXTThe Senators host the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.The Coyotes host the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. Ken Hitchcock began his tenure with the Edmonton Oilers by sparking his new team with a comeback, that led to an overtime victory.Hitchcock wasted no time making an impact to this team. He was hired on the same day the Oilers had a match-up against the San Jose Sharks. The only pre-game planning he was able to do was in his meetings with the assistant coaches before the game.There wasn't even time for Hitchcock to have a morning skate with his new team, because he was busy flying to San Jose to make it in time for the game. It clearly showed that the Oilers weren't prepared for this game, because they were scored on 45 seconds into the game.advertisingThe new man behind the bench for the @EdmontonOilers is no stranger to winning. pic.twitter.com/QEKU3rWyZP— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) November 20, 2018RELATED:聽Oilers Fire Todd McLellan And Hire Ken HitchcockHowever, midway through the second period the Oilers started to look like they were buying into what Hitchcock was saying. 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McDavid became the fourth active player to score 100 goals before his 22nd birthday. He has carried the Oilers offensively all season long.If the Oilers are going to climb out of this hole they have put themselves in, they will need McDavid to continue producing at the rate that he is now. They will also need Hitchcock to groom their defense to play better, in order to help Cam Talbot get back to the way he use to be playing.advertisingMid-season coaching changes has worked recently in the past. There's no reason for this one with the Oilers not to work as well. Hitchcock is exactly the type of coach the Oilers needed. He is a defensive minded coach, and he is also very capable of coming in right away and sparking a team.We all saw how he can spark a team New York Islanders Hoodies Authentic , like how he did it in his debut against the Sharks. 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