Coyotes hold off Flames in crucial West playoff battle

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    The blue-collar Coyotes got it done again thanks to a pair of defensemen.

    Keith Yandle and Michal Rozsival scored 19 seconds apart early in the third period to lift the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night in a key Western Conference matchup.

    "We don't have any 50-goal scorers or 100-points guys, we just have a lot of guys that chip in and do the dirty work and when we win, we win as a team," Yandle said.

    Yandle put Phoenix up 3-1 with his 11th goal at 1:53 of the third when his centering pass deflected in off the knee of Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester.

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