GLENDALE, Ariz. – Phoenix’s players spread across the ice like a fishing net, the forwards causing the tension up front, the defensemen pinching in for support just inside the blue line.

Leaving no room to escape, the Coyotes picked off pucks, sent them back in, kept the Blackhawks on the ice for shifts that seemed to go on forever.

It wasn’t constant pressure, it just came at the right times – enough to give Phoenix a 3-2 overtime win over the Hawks on Thursday night and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.