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Penguins Secure 2nd Straight Victory Against Flyers

  After dropping the first three games to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins are officially making things interesting. The Penguins secured their second straight victory in Game 5 on Monday at PPG Paints Arena, defeating the Flyers in a nail-biting 3-2 win to keep their season alive. Sidney Crosby fueled the comeback with a pair of assists, while Elmer Soderblom, Connor Dewar, and Kris Letang each found the back of the net. Following a 4-2 win in Game 4, Pittsburgh has now cut the series lead to 3-2 and will look to force a decisive Game 7 when they travel back to Philadelphia on Wednesday. Philadelphia Flyers Lineup: Barkey - Zegras - Tippett Konecny - Dvorak - Martone Foerster - Cates - Bump Glendening - Couturier - Hathaway Sanheim - Ristolainen York - Drysdale Seeler - Andrae Vladar Ersson Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup: Rakell - Crosby - Rust Chinakhov - Novak - Malkin Soderblom - Kindel - Mantha Dewar - Lizotte - Acciari Wotherspoon - Karlsson Girard - Letang Shea -...
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Mitchell Chaffee scores first NHL goal, Lightning beats Arizona 6-3 1/25/24

 






   The Coyotes fall to the Lightning in Tampa Bay on Thursday, January 25th. The Lighting won with a great 6-3 score.


Coyotes lineup against the Lightning:

Keller - McBain - Schmaltz

Zucker - Kerfoot - Crouse

Carcone - Bjugstad - O'Brien

Maccelli - Cooley - Guenther


Moser - Durzi

Dermott - Kesselring

Valimaki - Brown


Ingram


Lightning lineup against the Coyotes:

Stamkos - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Paul

Eyssimont - Motte - Sheary

Chaffee - Glendening - Merela


Hedman - Raddysh

de Haan - Perbix

Lilleberg - Crozier


Vasilevskiy


   Starting off Tampa Bay, Darren Raddysh scores 24 seconds into the first period and makes it a 1-0 lead for the Lightning. Raddysh scored with a wrist shot from the right point, getting it in past Connor Ingram. Clayton Keller tied up the game at 1-1 with his 20th goal of the season... a follow-up in the slot, the shot coming from Josh Brown. Putting the Lightning back in the lead, Brayden Point nets one from the left circle.


   From the left circle - Nikita Kucherov scored a one-timer off a pass from Steven Stamkos, who had gotten his 1,100th NHL point with this assist. Stamkos extended the lead to 4-1 on the power play, a cross-ice pass from Kucherov... 7:58 remaining in the middle frame. With his first NHL goal, Mitchell Chaffee scored on the rebound of Maxwell Crozier's shot and gave Tampa the 5-1 lead. Sean Durzi scored his eighth goal of the season from the slot near the end of the second period, making it a 5-2 game.


   Luke Glendening scored his eighth goal of the season, getting the Lightning a 6-2 lead. Glendening shot from the left circle with 12:28 remaining in the final frame. Lawson Crouse scored a one-timer, a feed by Logan Cooley - 6-3 was the final.



Notes:

- Mitchell Chaffee scored his first NHL goal

- 400 games for Anthony Cirelli

- Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists

- For the fifth time in nine games, Kucherov has had at least three points... leading the NHL with 83 (32 goals, 51 assists)

- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves

- Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist

- Connor Ingram made 32 saves



"I think I've kind of matured a little bit more now, and I feel like those nerves maybe aren't as much there. So, I think I can go out there, kind of play my game, and play how I know I can rather than just trying to enjoy the moment." Mitchell Chaffee said after the Lightning's 6-3 win over the Coyotes.







Postgame: Steven Stamkos
Postgame: Max Crozier
Postgame: Jon Cooper

*All photos used by the Tampa Bay Lightning used with permission*

 

 



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