Ducks give it away in overtime, 6-5

The one thing the Ducks have had with any consistency this season, stout goaltending, finally went astray Wednesday night. And their penalty killing against the Phoenix Coyotes, once a strong suit a Stanley Cup championship ago, was adventurous.

But the Ducks were a resilient bunch for once, overcoming three deficits and the first hat trick by rookie Peter Mueller to get themselves in position for a rare come-from-behind victory.

It took one final mistake to quash that dream. Shane Doan’s goal off a bad turnover by the Ducks with 30.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Coyotes a 6-5 victory at Honda Center.

“It was one where the team with the last shot was going to win. And they got the last shot,” Coach Randy Carlyle said. “We made a mistake, turned over the puck in overtime on four on four. Doan made a big-time shot far side and won the hockey game for them.”

The final blow was struck by Doan when he whistled a slap shot by the glove of Jean-Sebastien Giguere on the far side after Corey Perry and Francois Beauchemin collided and lost the puck to end a sloppy sequence in the defensive zone.

“I had the puck and it went off my stick right to Doan and he shot it,” Perry said. “It’s a tough bounce. We had control of it and we were maybe just trying to do a little too much. We didn’t take our time and make a nice breakout with it.

“We were just trying to get up ice with it. Sometimes, that’s not always the best thing.”

The Ducks have rarely put everything together and Wednesday was no different..

The Ducks’ dormant power play clicked twice on goals by Chris Kunitz and Mathieu Schneider. Drew Miller forged a 4-4 tie in the third period and Perry tied it again after Mueller’s third goal of the game.

But the Ducks also gave the Coyotes eight power plays, of which they converted two. Ilya Bryzgalov got the start but was pulled midway through the second period after giving up four goals in 13 shots.

“It’s not a game we’d want to keep in the archives and post,” Carlyle said. “You score five goals, you should win the hockey game.”

Mueller rallied the Coyotes with his second goal at 8 minutes 25 seconds of the second period. Steven Reinprecht later gave them the lead for the first time with a power-play goal and Radim Vrbata scored 1:16 later for a 4-2 lead.

Instead of letting the swift turn of events get them down, the Ducks battled back. Schneider gave their reawakened power play some more juice when he got his second goal with Anaheim, a blistering one-timer that got past screened goalie Alex Auld with 1:17 remaining in the second period.

eric.stephens@latimes.com