Phoenix Coyotes beat Atlanta Thrashers in shootout

Adrian Aucoin scored the shootout winner, Lee Stempniak had his sixth goal in five games with Phoenix, and the Coyotes beat the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-2, Sunday for their fifth straight victory Sunday.

Phoenix has won 13 of its last 17 games. After setting a Coyotes single-season record with a 4-0 win Saturday at Carolina, Phoenix has 42 victories, one away from tying the franchise mark set by Winnipeg in 1984-85 — when overtime ties were not broken in shootouts. Atlanta has lost six straight, including four at home.

Stempniak, acquired in a March 3 trade with Toronto, put Phoenix ahead 2-1 with a power-play goal midway through the third period.

Maxim Afinogenov and Nik Antropov scored power-play goals for Atlanta in the third.

Matthew Lombardi scored his 15th goal when his skate redirected Keith Yandle’s wrist shot past Ondrej Pavelec for a 1-0 lead 5:14 into the second.

Aucoin was the fourth Coyotes skater in the shootout.

Jason LaBarbera stopped 39 of 41 shots to improve to 6-4-1 for Phoenix. Pavelec dropped to 12-17-5 after making 32 saves.

Phoenix, playing in Atlanta for the first time since 2007, improved to 11-1-1 against the Thrashers, 5-1-0 at Philips Arena.