Can Coyotes recover from successive late giveaways?

It would be hard to blame the Phoenix Coyotes if they're a little shell-shocked after consecutive games in which the Blackhawks have sent it to overtime courtesy of last-second goals — the first team in NHL history to score tying goals with less than 15 seconds in regulation in consecutive games, by the way.

The Coyotes re-rallied in OT of the series opener, but they didn't have an answer in Game 2 as the Hawks got out of the desert with a split.

“It's 1-1 now, obviously we're disappointed and frustrated, but it's 1-1 now,” Phoenix captain Shane Doan said. “You never want to give a game away the way we did but at the same time it's just one game and we have to go in there and win one of theirs.”

“It was disappointing,” Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. “We had a chance with the empty net coming up the ice that we didn't take advantage of. We had the puck on our stick with about 15 seconds left and couldn't get it out and it ends up in the back of our net. It's tough luck.”

Where's Patrick now?

The experiment of reuniting Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa on the top line lasted just a little more than one game.

Early in Saturday's 4-3 overtime win, Hawks coach Joel Quenneville decided to switch Kane back to center from left wing between Hossa and Andrew Brunette.

“Getting Kaner in the middle, I thought he picked it up,” Quenneville. “That line with Kaner and Hoss and Johnny was pretty good the first game. But I think we get a little bit more with those guys playing center.

“Different looks and something to think about for (Phoenix).”

He said it:

“Yeah, we have confidence in our team on the road; we know how to play the game. Like I said, as ugly and as painful as (Saturday's result) looks, we all recognize that it's one game. We thought it was going to be a long series and it's going to be a long series.”

— Coyotes captain Shane Doan about preparing for Games 3 and 4 at the United Center.