--The Coyotes managed only 17 shots and could never get into an offensive rhythm.

--Phoenix was 0-for-4 on power plays and limited the Flames to one power-play goal in seven chances.

--RW Shane Doan led the Coyotes with three shots.

--D Derek Morris and Keith Ballard each logged 22-plus minutes of ice time.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We just seemed to come into the game and stand around and wait and see what the opposition is going to do. For whatever reason, we got ourselves starting the game on our heels, and before you know it, they score on a good shot. It was a good goal; they're up 1-0, that happens. Then you take a penalty, and they're on a power play, and before you know it, it's 2-0.

"It's just work ethic and effort. It's just not there in the first 10 minutes of the hockey game, and you're not going to win against a team like that, that's as good as they are and as hungry as they are and a team that's lost two in a row that's battling for their lives, so it was just really a bad effort to start a hockey game." -- Coach Wayne Gretzky.

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