The Phoenix Coyotes may have traded away Tony Amonte, but they
haven't abandoned their postseason hopes.

Shane Doan and Brian Savage scored third-period goals and Sean Burke
made 34 saves as the Coyotes rallied for a 2-2 tie with the Colorado
Avalanche.

Hours after dealing Amonte to Philadelphia and one day before the NHL
trade deadline, Phoenix rallied from a deficit of at least two goals
for the second straight game. The Coyotes also inched within seven
points of Edmonton for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

"We found a way to get a point tonight, which was huge," Doan
said. "It was hard. You're down, 2-0, and you have the opportunity
to gain on somebody. You have to go and get that next goal. Once we
got it, then it was a matter of just keeping the energy and hopefully
get that next one to tie it up. We came back from 3-0 the game
before. That was sort of a building block for tonight."

After the game, Phoenix traded center Chris Gratton to the Buffalo
Sabres for center Daniel Briere.

"There's so much speculation with our club, you knew something was
going to happen," said Coyotes coach Bob Francis. "We all realize
that we're professional players, it comes along with the business.
It's unfortunate, but it was interesting to see how we responded. I
think the guys sent a message."

Doan, who ended a 16-game scoring drought on Tuesday, halved
Phoenix's deficit just 36 seconds into the third period.

"We obviously needed something out of here," Francis said. "We knew
it was make or break. I thought the game ended probably the way it
should. We were disappointed the goal that we scored didn't count
because (Peter) Forsberg had (Paul) Ranheim in a bear hug. But, hey,
we ended up scoring a power-play goal on it."

Score by Period:
PHOENIX 0 0 2 0 --2
COLORADO 0 2 0 0 --2

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None.

Penalties: S Parker, Col (unsportsmanlike cond), 9:50;
D Langkow, Pho (roughing), 13:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Colorado, Peter Forsberg 25 (Alex
Tanguay), 10:22.
2, Colorado, Steven Reinprecht 15 (power play) (Radim Vrbata, Martin
Skoula) 12:21.

Penalties: B Radivojevic, Pho (obstr hooking), 6:17;
M Johnson, Pho (hooking), 10:49.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Phoenix, Shane Doan 20 (Branko
Radivojevic, Danny Markov), 0:36.
4, Phoenix, Brian Savage 5 (power play) (Deron Quint, Shane Doan)
13:01.

Penalties: T Simpson, Pho (roughing), 7:27;
M Skoula, Col (high sticking), 11:40;
P Ranheim, Pho (holding), 11:40;
P Forsberg, Col (holding), 11:40.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.

Penalties: P Roy, Col ( gross misconduct), 5:00.

Shots on goal:
PHOENIX 3 7 11 4 --25
COLORADO 9 13 9 5 --36

Power-play Conversions: PHO - 1 of 2, COL - 1 of 4.

Goalies: Phoenix, Sean Burke (36 shots, 34 saves; record: 9-4-1).
Colorado, Patrick Roy (25 shots, 23 saves; record: 27-13-12).

A: 18,007.

Referees: Brad Watson, Mark Faucette.
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Vaughan Rody.

B May G: 0 A: 0 +/-: -1 SOG: 0