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    Stempniak's hat trick lifts Coyotes over Kings

    PHOENIX -- Lee Stempniak scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in front of an announced crowd of only 6,706 on Thursday night.
    Andrew Ebbett added a short-handed goal, and Ed Jovanovski had three assists for the Coyotes, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
    Wayne Simmonds scored his first two goals of the season for the Kings, whose two losses this season have come on the second night of back-to-back games.
    Simmonds cut the Kings' deficit with 2:41 left in the game, scoring on a rebound after Brad Richardson's shot was tipped back to him just outside the crease.
    But Stempniak scored an empty-net goal from center ice with 34.6 seconds remaining to finish his hit trick.
    Both teams were missing key players. Kings defenseman Drew Doughty sat out because of the upper-body injury sustained Wednesday against Carolina. Coyotes captain Shane Doan served the first of a three-game suspension for his hit on Anaheim's Dan Sexton on Sunday.
    Stempniak scored his first of the season at 4:30 of the first period when he redirected Jovanovski's blast from the right point past goalie Jonathan Quick. Stempniak started the play with a shot from the right circle that Quick deflected to the left circle before Phoenix cycled the puck back to the blue line.
    Stempniak made it 2-0 at 7:24, backhanding a rebound of Taylor Pyatt's shot from the bottom of the left circle over Quick's shoulder.

    Ebbett extended the lead to 3-0 at 5:49 of the second, charging into the Kings zone on the right side of a 2-on-1 break and shooting between Quick's pads for his first goal with the Coyotes.
    Simmonds ended Ilya Bryzgalov's shutout bid at 8:20 of the second when he fought past a poke check by David Schlemko just outside the Phoenix zone before backhanding a shot over the goalie.
    Notes: Doan had played in 193 consecutive regular-season games dating to Feb. 11, 2008. Doughty had played in 126 straight dating to Jan. 17, 2009. Ebbett was recalled from San Antonio (AHL) to replace center Martin Hanzal, who is on the injured list because of a lower-body injury. Coyotes LW Ray Whitney returned to the lineup after missing consecutive games with an upper-body injury. Brayden Schenn assisted on Simmonds' goal for his first NHL point.

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