An unlikely duo helped the Phoenix Coyotes extend their winning streak to a season-high six games. Stay-at-home defenseman Adrian Aucoin scored the deciding goal in the shootout for the second straight game to give Phoenix a 2-1 victory over the Backhawks.Meanwhile, backup goalie Jason LaBarbera made 28 saves through overtime, then stopped two of three Blackhawks in the shootout in his ninth start and 12th appearance this season.Frmer Hawk, RobertL Lang also connected in the shootout, and Radim Vrbata scored late in the second period for the Coyotes, whose streak is their longest since they won seven in a row midway through the 2006-07 season. Phoenix is 9-2-0 in its last 11.Acoin, a 36-year-old former Blackhawk, had connected on his only previous shootout attempt this season, in the 10th round of the Coyotes’ 1-0 win at Nashville on Tuesday night. On Friday, Tippett called on Aucoin to shoot in the third round, with the extra session tied at 1.With the win, surging Phoenix improved to 75 points and moved past Los Angeles into fourth place in the Western Conference.LaBarbera backstopped the victory.Ilya Bryzgalov, the Coyotes’ No. 1 goalie, got the night off and is expected to start Saturday in Dallas. He was in the net in Phoenix’s shootout win over Nashville, making 25 saves through overtime and nine of 10 in the shootout.Colin Fraser scored in the first period for the Blackhawks, who have lost three straight for the first time this season. Jonathan Toews connected for the Hawks in the shootout.Joel Quenneville credited the Coyotes for shutting down his team, while adding the Blackhawks needed to battle through Phoenix’s tight game plan.The Blackhawks started strong on Friday, dominating the first period. But Fraser’s goal 4:46 in was the only score in the first, and was just the fourth-line center’s second this season and first since Dec. 29.After LaBarbera made a pad save on Duncan Keith’s drive from the top of the slot, Fraser fired the rebound over LaBarbera’s glove from the right circle.Fraser had been a healthy scratch for the first time this season in the Blackhawks’ previous game, a 3-2 home loss to St. Louis on Wednesday night.The Blackhawks missed on two point-blank chances late in the first. LaBarbera stopped Troy Brouwer from the right edge of the crease with two minutes left. About a minute later, John Madden misfired from the same spot, despite plenty of open net. Vrbata was credited with a power-play goal with 3:17 left in the second that tied it at 1, and came moments after LaBarbera stopped Marian Hossa on a short-handed breakaway. Vrbata fired low shot from above the left circle with Petr Prucha parked in front of the crease. The puck appeared to deflect before flipping past Huet.The Hawks killed a double-minor high-sticking penalty to Cam Barker early in the scoreless third, allowing just one shot during the advantage. Phoenix’s Zbynek Michalek was sent off for tripping Dave Bolland at 4:13 of overtime. LaBarbera made sharp saves on Keith and a rebound by Patrick Kane with 29 seconds left.

NOTES—The crowd of 22,169 was the Blackhawks’ largest this season and their 79th straight sellout….Jordan Hendry and RW Tomas Kopecky were healthy scratches, as were Phoenix D Anders Eriksson and C Joel Perrault.