Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Jean Morin
Attendance: 11109
Derek Morris scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Ilya Bryzgalov made 37 saves to lead the visiting Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
Vernon Fiddler, Eric Belanger and Radim Vrbata also scored for Phoenix, which is 4-0-1 over its last five games.
Phoenix trailed, 3-2, when Vrbata evened matters 36 seconds into the third period. Morris gave the Coyotes their first lead of the night with a slap shot from the point midway through the frame. Martin Hanzal assisted on both goals.
The Blue Jackets jumped out to a quick start in the first period when Jared Boll scored at the 2:56 mark before Rostislav Klesla tallied again less than six minutes later.
Fiddler scored his fifth of the season while Phoenix was shorthanded at 2:14 of the second session to make it 2-1, but Kristian Huselius answered on the power play a minute later. Belanger cut the deficit again less than a minute after that with his fifth of the season.
Mathieu Garon made 24 saves for Columbus.
| Phoenix | Columbus | |
| Martin Hanzal 2 | Points | Fedor Tyutin 2 |
| Eric Belanger 1 | Goals | Jared Boll 1 |
| Martin Hanzal 2 | Assists | Fedor Tyutin 2 |
| N/A | Power Play Goals | Kristian Huselius 1 |
| Vernon Fiddler 1 | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
| Ilya Bryzgalov .925 | Save Percentage | Mathieu Garon .857 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov 37 | Saves | Mathieu Garon 24 |
| Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
| Phoenix | 28 | 4 | 0-4 | 4-5 | 10 | 33 |
| Columbus | 40 | 3 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 8 | 23 |
- Columbus will play their next game at home against Detroit. The Blue Jackets have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .455 after a loss.
- Phoenix will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Coyotes have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .545 after a loss.