Ladislav Nagy scored twice and Shane Doan added a goal and three
assists as the Phoenix Coyotes stormed back for their eighth win in
12 games, 6-4 over the fading San Jose Sharks.

The Coyotes' slim playoff chances looked even more bleak after they
fell behind, 3-0, following one period.

But Nagy sparked a four-goal outburst in the second and scored again
early in the third to give Phoenix a 5-3 lead.

Sharks rookie Niko Dimitrakos got his second power-play goal of the
night with 77 seconds to play, but defenseman Ossi Vaananen scored
into an empty net 54 seconds later to seal the win as Phoenix climbed
within eight points of Edmonton for the final Western Conference
postseason spot.

"It had to be done and it was done," Coyotes coach Bob Francis
said. "We were down, 3-0, but we were playing very well."

The collapse left San Jose 13 points behind Edmonton with 15 games to
play. After the game, the Sharks continued to dismantle their
disappointing team by trading defenseman Bryan Marchment to Colorado
for two draft picks.

Score by Periods
SAN JOSE 3 0 1 --4
PHOENIX 0 4 2 --6

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, San Jose, Niko Dimitrakos 3 (power play)
(Jim Fahey, Scott Hannan), 10:43.
2, San Jose, Mike Ricci 11 (power play) (Jim Fahey, Teemu Selanne),
13:33.
3, San Jose, Jonathan Cheechoo 9 (Adam Graves), 16:07.

Penalties: C Wiseman, San (obstr hooking), 3:39;
A Nazarov, Pho (attempt to injure served by B May match), 10:20;
T Harvey, San (major fighting), 16:14;
B May, Pho (major fighting), 16:14;
D Mcgillis, San (tripping), 16:44;
T Selanne, San (interference), 19:20.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Phoenix, Ladislav Nagy 16 (Shane Doan,
Todd Simpson), 6:45.
5, Phoenix, Shane Doan 19 (power play) (Teppo Numminen, Daniel
Briere), 17:51.
6, Phoenix, Branko Radivojevic 9 (Brian Savage, Shane Doan), 19:06.
7, Phoenix, Brian Savage 4 (Shane Doan, Branko Radivojevic), 19:34.

Penalties: J Fahey, San (roughing), 5:27;
O Vaananen, Pho (roughing), 5:27;
D Berehowsky, Pho (delay of game), 11:47;
K Mclaren, San (roughing), 16:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Phoenix, Ladislav Nagy 17 (Mike Johnson,
Daymond Langkow), 3:21.
9, San Jose, Niko Dimitrakos 4 (power play) (Vincent Damphousse, Jim
Fahey), 18:43.
10, Phoenix, Ossi Vaananen 2 (empty net) (Unassisted), 19:37.

Penalties: M Smith, San (holding stick), 14:49;
O Vaananen, Pho (cross checking), 17:47.

Shots on goal:
SAN JOSE 7 8 5 --20
PHOENIX 9 13 9 --31

Power-play Conversions: SAN - 3 of 5, PHO - 1 of 5.

Goalies: San Jose, Evgeni Nabokov (30 shots, 25 saves; record: 19-25-
6).
Phoenix, Sean Burke (20 shots, 16 saves; record: 9-4-0).

A: 15,417.

Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Greg Kimmerly.
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Mike Cvik.

B May G: 0 A: 0 +/-: even SOG: 5

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