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After somewhat of an anomaly in Games 1 and 2 of the Coyotes-Nashville Predators conference semifinal series, Game 3 was much closer to the style expected between two teams built on their work ethic.

While the abundance of goals, odd-man breaks and open pockets of ice led to exciting hockey in the first two games, the tight goaltending and sound defensive performances returned for each team Wednesday.

The Coyotes are fine with that -- in fact, this is an approach that suits their system -- but the shift came with a hard lesson: With games needing sometimes only one goal to decide a winner, even a small mistake can prove costly.

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