Juha Ylonen had a goal and an assist for Phoenix, which was playing its first game since dealing captain Keith Tkachuk to St. Louis at Tuesday's trade deadline. We played a decent game. It wasn't our best effort and hopefully, we'll do better next game. We have to play as a team a lot better and tonight wasn't what we were looking for. The Coyotes had a three-game unbeaten streak snapped and are only three points ahead of Los Angeles for the final Western Conference playoff berth.
New Jersey is a good club.
It's not the number of shots you get, it's the number of quality chances you get, and we didn't have many of those either. The lead lasted barely three minutes as New Jersey defenseman Scott Niedermayer misplayed the puck in the neutral zone and Ylonen beat Vanbiesbrouck on a breakaway for his career-best seventh goal.