GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Wayne Gretzky coaching era began on the road. Now he's working on getting his name associated with winning again.

Shane Doan scored the tiebreaking goal, and Gretzky earned his first win as a coach, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild last night.

The Coyotes went 0-2 in two road games before The Great One's long-awaited debut at home.

"It wasn't pretty, but it counts," Gretzky said.

Doan, one of the top holdovers from the 2003-04 team, redirected a slap shot by Sean O'Donnell into the net with 4:42 remaining for the game-winner. O'Donnell got the puck from Mike Leclerc, who acquired it below the goal line and skated toward the circle before passing.

Curtis Joseph (1-1-0) made 23 saves for the win. Ladislav Nagy scored Phoenix's first goal on his first penalty shot.

Randy Robitaille scored for the Wild. Dwayne Roloson (1-1-0) made 15 saves in the loss.

Before the game, the Coyotes acquired forwards Geoff Sanderson and Tim Jackman from the Columbus Blue Jackets for forwards Mike Rupp and Jason Chimera and defenseman Cale Hulse.

Other games

At Oilers 4, Canucks 3 (SO)

Vancouver's Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi failed in their shootout attempts. Naslund did have two power-play goals.

At Lightning 2, Panthers 1

Tampa Bay's John Grahame had 28 saves and Fredrik Modin ended Florida goalie Roberto Luongo's season-opening shutout streak.

Luongo, who hadn't allowed a goal in 148 minutes, 21 seconds dating to the 2003-04 season, posted shutouts in his two previous games this year.

At Islanders 3, Hurricanes 2

Miroslav Satan finally scored his first goal for New York and Rick DiPietro made 42 saves.

Jason Blake and Shawn Bates added goals for New York. Eric Staal scored twice for Carolina.

At Senators 5, Sabres 0

Dominik Hasek stopped 35 shots for his 64th career shutout, and Wade Redden had a goal and two assists for Ottawa. Dany Heatley had two power-play goals.

Canadiens 5, at Maple Leafs 4

Mike Ribeiro scored with 4:27 left to help Montreal beat Toronto for its third straight road victory of the season and first 3-0-0 start in 27 years.

The Canadiens gave up a 3-2 lead in the third period on goals by Matt Stajan and Nik Antropov.

At Thrashers 8, Capitals 1

Peter Bondra had two goals and an assist to help Atlanta beat Washington, his former team, for the second night in a row. Marc Savard had a goal and four assists for Atlanta.

Bruins 7, at Penguins 6 (OT)

Pittsburgh fans came to see Sidney Crosby's first career goal, and they got it. The bonus: Mario Lemieux's first two-goal game in 2 ½ seasons.

But Glen Murray's second goal, a one-timer just as a Pittsburgh penalty was expiring 1:23 into overtime, rallied Boston from a two-goal deficit.

At Devils 3, Rangers 2 (OT)

Brian Rafalski scored at 3:17 of overtime to lift New Jersey. Alexander Mogilny also scored for the Devils and Martin Brodeur made 33 saves.

Jason Ward and Martin Rucinsky scored for New York.

Sharks 7, at Blues 6

Jonathan Cheechoo scored with 1:54 remaining to propel San Jose.

Former Seattle Thunderbird Patrick Marleau scored on a penalty shot for the Sharks. Jamal Mayers scored two goals for St. Louis.

At Predators 3, Mighty Ducks 2 (SO)

Paul Kariya scored the lone goal in the shootout as Nashville beat Anaheim. Yanic Perreault scored two goals for the Predators as goaltender Tomas Vokoun won his 100th career game. Vokoun stopped 33 of 35 shots.

Avalanche 3, at Stars 2

Marek Svatos scored on a power-play rebound with 1:57 left to lift Colorado over Dallas.

Peter Budaj stopped 16 shots in his NHL debut. Joe Sakic added a goal and an assist for Colorado, and Pierre Turgeon had a power-play goal and an assist.

Note

• The Detroit Red Wings re-signed defenseman Jason Woolley to a one-year contract.