DETROIT (AP) Rookie Logan Cooley had a short-handed goal in the first period, Michael Carcone broke a tie midway through the second and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday night.

Connor Ingram made 28 stops for Arizona, which also beat Detroit 4-0 last week.

ā€œWe played two good games against them," Coyotes coach Andrew Tourigny said. "They are a team that moves the puck very well and theyā€™re dangerous off the rush and as of late, that is one of our strengths, defending against that. So, that was a good matchup for us.ā€

Nick Bjugstad put the Coyotes up 3-1 in the third, and Clayton Keller added an empty-netter with 3:04 left.

ā€œWe were in control,ā€ Tourigny said. ā€œThatā€™s the way we want to play.ā€

The suddenly slumping Red Wings have slipped out of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, losing seven straight games in regulation for the first time since early in the 2019-20 season and getting booed off the ice following the latest setback.

ā€œThis is as tough as it gets,ā€ winger David Perron said. ā€œWeā€™ve got to find a way to bounce back, put our pride on the line and be better.ā€

Detroit had won a season-high six consecutive games before its current slide, putting the franchise in a position to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

Captain Dylan Larkin missed a fifth straight game with a lower-body injury, hurting the team at both ends of the ice.

"Itā€™s not just Larks," defenseman Ben Chiarot said. ā€œYou see the chances we give up and the breakdowns we have. When weā€™re playing well, those arenā€™t there. Weā€™re giving up too many chances and that puts too much stress on us.ā€

Arizona won for just the fourth time in 22 games.

Detroit, which has gotten off to poor starts during its slump, gave up a goal on the first shot it allowed.

Lucas Raymond pulled the Red Wings into a 1-all tie late in the first period on a power play, set up by Patrick Kane's cross-ice pass, but they were not able to do much more offensively.

Detroit's Alex Lyon made 23 saves.

The 19-year-old Cooley, drafted No. 3 overall in 2022, scored on a Red Wings power play early in the game, set up by 20-year-old teammate Dylan Guenther.

ā€œThey have speed," Tourigny said. ā€œThey scored a big goal on the PK to get us going.ā€

It was just the second time in 30 years that two players 20 or younger contributed to a short-handed goal and the first since Anaheimā€™s Brandon McMillan and Luca Sbisa did it in 2011.

ā€œTheyā€™re going to be elite players in this league going forward,ā€ Bjugstad said.

UP NEXT

Coyotes: Host New Jersey on Saturday.

Red Wings. Host Buffalo on Saturday.

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