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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...
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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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