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CALGARY -- The Phoenix Coyotes are making come-from-behind victories a habit. cheap jerseys from china . Just two days after erasing a three-goal deficit to beat the L.A. Kings 5-4 in a shootout at home, the Ray Whitney scored the only goal of the shootout as the Coyotes fought back from two goals down to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-3. "Were all smiles and happy right now because we keep finding ways to win," said Phoenix captain Shane Doan, who scored once in regulation. "It might not be pretty and it might not be the way coaches have it drawn up at the beginning but weve found ways to come back. It gives us a belief system in your game that you know you can do it." Whitney also had a goal and an assist in regulation for the Coyotes (31-21-9), who won their fourth straight game and improved to 9-0-1 in their past 10. "Rays been unbelievable for us all year," Doan said. "He came up big again for us tonight. Him and (Radim Vrbata) and Martin Hanzal have been as good of line for a team and as valuable for our team as there is. You cant say enough about how good theyve been." Former Flames forward Daymond Langkow also scored in regulation for Phoenix. Mike Smith made 21 saves before also turning aside both Tanguay and Jarome Iginla to secure the shootout victory. Smith extended his career-high winning streak to nine games and his personal record against the Flames to 3-0. Alex Tanguay had a goal and an assist in the first period for the Flames (28-23-10), who lost their second straight game at home. "Theyre a team that plays their style the whole game and wait for their opportunities," Tanguay said. "Tonight we gave them a few opportunities and a few too many. Its like we put it on a silver plate for them. "We were able to fortunately get one point, but it certainly shouldnt have come down to that. Its certainly frustrating. Its points that we gave away." Matt Stajan and Olli Jokinen also scored for Calgary, while Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 26-of-29 shots he faced. "Its unfortunate weve hit a little bit of a speed bump," said Calgary captain Jarome Iginla, while noting that the Flames still gained a point to pull into a tie with the Kings and Stars for eighth spot in the Western Conference. "We got ourselves back in the race. Our mindset is lets make sure that we dont all of a sudden change our game and change the things weve been improving on. Weve got to get back playing and enjoy this good challenge ahead of us." The game marked the return of forward Curtis Glencross and defenceman Derek Smith to Calgarys lineup. Glencross had missed 13 games with a knee injury, while Smith sat out the last 22 with a high-ankle sprain. Smith made an early impact as he fired a point shot on the Phoenix net that Smith bobbled before directing wide of the net. Glencross then almost put the Flames up 1-0 when he redirected a pass from Iginla off the post before Smith kicked the puck out of the way. A short time later, Mike Smith left his net to play the puck with Glencross bearing down on him. Tanguay intercepted Smiths clearing attempt along the side boards and directed a pass into the slot that deflected off of Coyotes forward Lauri Korpikoski and into the wide-open Phoenix net. "I didnt think we executed very well in the first period," said Phoenix coach Dave Tippett. "They got one goal with a real bad break off a skate and went into an empty net. We picked up our energy levels, we played with a little more urgency in the second and third period and we forced some turnovers that allowed us to play with more urgency." The Flames continued to press and built their lead to 2-0 at 15:38 of the opening period when Stajan converted a feed from Tanguay to end a 14-game goalless drought. Langkow drew the Coyotes to within a goal at 1:32 of the second period when he one-timed a pass from Whitney into the top corner over Kiprusoffs blocker. Phoenix nearly tied the game a short time later when newly-acquired forward Antoine Vermette rang a shot off the post. Just one second after the Flames killed off a hooking penalty to Jay Bouwmeester, Doan tipped in a point shot by Oliver Ekman-Larsson to tie the game at 2-2. Keith Yandle intercepted a clearing attempt by Calgary forward Blake Comeau to get the play started. Whitney took advantage of a brutal turnover by Calgary defenceman Scott Hannan and scored on a breakaway at 10:27 of the third period to give the Coyotes a 3-2 lead. After Hannan tripped and lost control of the puck at his own blue-line, Whitney broke in alone on Kiprusoff and made a quick move before depositing a forehand shot into the net. With Radim Vrbata in the penalty box for tripping, Jokinen backhanded a rebound past Smith at 18:14 of the third to tie the game once again. "It was still a very important late goal," Iginla said. "Those points do add up, but weve got to win our games at home." After a scoreless overtime, Whitney snapped a shot over Kiprusoffs right pad in the shootout for the winning goal. Notes: The Coyotes acquired Vermette from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday in exchange for goalie Curtis McElhinney and a pair of draft picks. ... Flames forward Krys Kolanos, who left the game with a lower-body injury in the second period, was originally drafted by the Coyotes in the first round (19th overall) of the 2000 NHL draft in his hometown of Calgary. Kolanos, who has one assist in 10 games with the Flames, scored 17 goals and added 18 assists in 109 games with the Coyotes from 2001-06. ... After the loss, the Flames are now 14-4-10 in one-goal games this season. Cheap Jerseys . 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The velocity, movement, all three pitches put into great use. Really some funny swings on the other side. He really had them baffled." In the dugout, Black told Stauffer his day for a complete game was coming. "I was hoping that would have been tonight," Stauffer said. "But a couple extra pitches that last inning and my spot coming up in a close game, I completely understand from his perspective making the move he did. Im definitely going to keep working. Every time out, its a goal to finish the game and go as deep as you can, so hopefully thats something thats going to happen here pretty soon." Stauffer (2-4) had what he felt was his best game overall. He won for the second time in three starts, holding the Rockies to four hits and walking one. He had two of the Padres six hits. Stauffer and Bell combined on a five-hitter, with Bell pitching the ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances. It was San Diegos third shutout after they tied the franchise record with 20 last year. 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Rookie Kyle Phillips singled to right and took second on a wild pitch. Gonzalez hit an infield single up the middle that was knocked down by second baseman Chris Nelson. The ball squirted away behind second base. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki picked it up as Phillips was coming home on the play and threw home, but catcher Jose Morales couldnt hang on. Gonzalez went to second on the throw home and scored on Stauffers single to left. "We couldnt get out of the inning," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. The Rockies, who beat San Diego 3-0 on Monday night, had runners on second base three times with two outs. Also Tuesday, Padres general manager Jed Hoyer said prized prospect Anthony Rizzo will be in San Diego on Wednesday to have his left thumb examined by a specialist. Hoyer wouldnt say if Rizzo will remain in San Diego to join the big league club, although indications are that the slugging Triple-A first baseman will make his big league debut within days. 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