Skip to main content

Featured

Jerez Preview: Can Anyone Stop the #72?

  Lately, Marco Bezzecchi is making winning look easy. With a flawless hat trick of victories in Thailand, Brazil, and the USA, the #72 has treated the early-season standings like his own personal victory lap. Next stop: Jerez. Will the win streak continue in Spain, or can anyone actually disrupt the rhythm of Bez? The "Global Takeover" in Three Acts: Thailand: To open the season in Buriram, Bezzecchi converted a dominant pole position into a Sunday masterclass. Every lap was led by him, crossing the finish line with a 5.5-second cushion over Pedro Acosta, setting the tone for a flawless start to the season. Brazil: In a treacherous race in Goiânia that was shortened due to track degradation concerns, Bez pulled an ambush at the first corner. He kept his cool on a track that felt more like a gravel pit than a circuit, bringing home back-to-back wins from second on the grid. USA: At COTA - the most technical track they face - Bezzecchi proved he could win anywhere. He...

Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Win Against Ottawa 1/11/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Senators played in Buffalo against the Sabres on Thursday, January 11th. The Sabres won with a 5-3 score, this being a good win for Buffalo after their 5-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken.


Senators lineup against the Sabres:

Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux

Kelly - Stutzle - Batherson

Kubalik - Joseph - Tarasenko

Kastellic - MacEwen


Chabot - Zub

Chychrun - Sanderson

Brannstrom - Hamonic

Bernard-Docker


Forsberg

Korpisalo


Sabres lineup against the Senators:

Mittelstadt - Thompson - Tuch

Peterka - Cozens - Quinn

Greenway - Krebs - Benson

Robinson - Girgensons - Okposo


Samuelsson - Dahlin

Power - Johnson

Johnson - Clifton


Luukkonen

Levi


   JJ Peterka gets Buffalo on the board, and the Sabres are in the lead. Vladimir Tarasenko ties up the game! Tage Thompson gets the Sabres back in the lead by one - Thompson strikes another with 28 seconds remaining in the first frame. 3-1 was the final score of the first period.


   Peyton Krebs scores the fourth goal for the Sabres - this also being the only goal in the middle frame, 4-1 was the final.


   Claude Giroux gets one back early in the third period - Giroux strikes again, his 12th of the season. Dylan Cozens scores an empty-netter! The final overall score was 5-3.



"We're in a pretty similar situation with them - a young team, and they have a lot of skilled players as do we. We know that they're a team we're going to be competing with for a long time." Dylan Cozens said after the Sabres win against Ottawa.



- Ramus Dahlin recorded the primary assist on both of Thompson's goals - also recording five points in the last four games. He tallied an assist on 31 goals total scored by Tage Thompson in his career, 21 of those assists have been primary assists.

- Anton Forsberg did not return for the next two periods - he sustained a right groin injury in the first period

- 600 NHL Games for Vladimir Tarasenko

- Tage Thompson stats:

   - 14 Goals

   - 13 Assists

   - 27 Points

 




POST-GAME : Peyton Krebs

POST-GAME : Don Granato

Comments