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first career hat trick, and Arizona Coyotes teammate Derek Stepan will get a
free dinner.Stepan set up the 21-year-old Fischer on goals in all three periods
Tuesday night as Arizona rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1. Stepan¡¯s
huge role wasn¡¯t lost on Fischer, who picked up his first hat trick in his 94th
NHL game. He¡¯d never ever had a two-goal game before.¡°I think I owe Derek a nice
dinner and bottle of wine or something,¡± he said.¡°It¡¯s the first time we played
together this year and a guy like that, he¡¯s really smart. He knows the ins and
outs of this game,¡± Fischer said. ¡°I know if I get open and create space for
him, he¡¯s either going to take a shot or pass the puck, whatever is the right
play.¡±Darcy Kuemper, subbing for ill starter Antti
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season, and Dylan Strome also scored to help the Coyotes beat the Blue Jackets
for the first time in seven tries dating back to February 2015. Arizona has won
two of its last three overall.Pierre Luc-Dubois scored and Sergei Bobrovsky had
22 saves in what was mostly a lackluster game for the Blue Jackets, even though
they had 10 more shots on goal. Dubois got credit for a goal 31 seconds into the
game when he shot wide, then skated in to knock the puck out from behind the
net. It ricocheted off Clayton Keller¡¯s skate and trickled in as Kuemper leaned
the other way.It was one of the few mistakes the Arizona goalie made.¡°It was
just an unfortunate bounce, a terrible start for us, but what can you do?¡±
Kuemper said. ¡°You just have to stick with it.¡± Fischer tied it 7:08 in with a
one-timer . Strome made it 2-1 later in the first when he tipped in a shot from
just outside the blue paint on a power play.¡°We didn¡¯t like our first (period),¡±
Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. ¡°We¡¯re up 2-1, but we didn¡¯t like our first ¡ª
which is a good sign ¡ª then we grabbed the game back.¡± Fischer got his second 29
seconds into the second period on a rush with another pretty feed from Stepan.
He beat Bobrovsky again 4:44 into the third , shortly after Columbus came up
empty on its third power play.Columbus has lost two straight and three of the
last four.¡°I think the plays are there to be made but we¡¯re not making
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synch a little bit with that. I don¡¯t know what it is. I just think it¡¯s lack of
detail.¡±Columbus defenseman Seth Jones made his season debut after spraining a
medial collateral ligament in his right knee on Sept. 25. He was expected to
miss up to six weeks but made it back in less than a month. He led the team with
27 minutes, 24 seconds on the ice and logged four shots and three blocked
shots.Columbus coach John Tortorella said the team is still searching for an
offensive identity.¡°I know there are some guys that are lacking confidence right
now,¡± he said.NOTES: F Alex Galchenyuk made his season debut for the Coyotes. He
was injured in a preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 18. ¡
Dubois¡¯ goal was the quickest in a game this season for the Blue Jackets. ¡
Columbus F Artemi Panarin was dropped to the second line late in the first
period and Nick Foligno moved up. Tortorella mixed up the lines considerably
from there trying to find some chemistry.UP NEXTCoyotes: Hosts Vancouver on
Thursday night.Blue Jackets: At St. Louis on Thursday night. Getting shots on
goal hasn¡¯t been the problem for the Arizona Coyotes.Getting them into the goal
has been the issue, one that might not get any easier to solve Tuesday night
when they start a four-game road trip by aiming pucks at Minnesota Wild goalie
Devan Dubnyk.Although Minnesota (1-2-2) lost 4-2 Monday night in Nashville with
backup Alex Stalock between the pipes, Dubnyk isn¡¯t the reason for its slow
start. All he¡¯s done in four games is post a .934 save percentage, going 1-1-2
with a 2.64 goals-against average.Article continues below ...He¡¯s faced an
average of 41.8 shots per game, including a ridiculous 57 Saturday in a 5-4
overtime loss to Carolina. Without Dubnyk, the Wild probably don¡¯t steal a point
in that game or in a 2-1 OT setback to Vegas on Oct. 6, when Dubnyk stopped 41
of 42 shots.¡°He¡¯s been our No. 1 star in all four games that he¡¯s
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loss against the Hurricanes. ¡°In a realistic world, you¡¯re happy you got a point
out of that.¡±For his part, Dubnyk isn¡¯t worried about the Wild¡¯s slow start, not
just to the season, but to games. They coughed up the first goal Monday night
for the fourth time in five games, and even though they tied it after 20
minutes, they spent most of the game¡¯s remainder in chase mode again.¡°I think
we¡¯re all proud in here and we all know how good we can be, so we have just got
to figure it out,¡± Dubnyk said. ¡°We know we have a great group in here. I think
we all agree we can be better.¡±As for Arizona
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Don¡¯t allow frustration to govern your game. He gave that speech minutes after
it outshot Buffalo 36-23 Saturday, but couldn¡¯t beat backup goalie Linus Ullmark
in a 3-0 setback.The Coyotes have driven play in the early going, putting 146
shots on net to the opponents¡¯ 93. But aside from a 3-2 win on Wednesday in
Anaheim, they haven¡¯t scored a goal.¡°I know everybody¡¯s frustrated,¡± Tocchet
said. ¡°The coaching staff¡¯s frustrated. Everybody¡¯s frustrated we¡¯re not scoring
goals. You¡¯re trying your best to figure it out, but at the end of the day,
you¡¯ve just got to be able to will yourself a goal.¡±Arizona has pumped at least
30 shots on goal in every game, the first time it¡¯s done that in the first four
games since
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when the franchise was playing in Winnipeg.Part of the problem might be the lack
of proven snipers on the roster. Only two players have scored 30 goals in a
season. Michael Grabner is eight years removed from doing it with the New York
Islanders and Alex Galchenyuk, who scored 30 three years ago for Montreal, is
currently sidelined with a lower-body injury.¡°I¡¯d like to see somebody score a
goal,¡± Tocchet said. ¡°We¡¯ve had point-blank shots in the slot. You just got to
keep shooting, I guess. You got to work at your game. I don¡¯t have a recipe
other than that.¡±