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That allowed Adrian Kempe to skate in and take the puck off Matheson’s stick and feed Anze Kopitar at the far post for the tap-in.
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Hany Mukhtar's shot from just outside the penalty area was parried by diving goalkeeper Drake Callender, but Espinoza was there for the tap-in putback to give Nashville (2-0-1) a 2-0 lead in the 33rd.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
When looking at this season only, Jean-Philippe Mateta (80 per cent) tops the tap-in standings, ahead of Calvert-Lewin (75 per cent) and Kevin Schade (71 per cent), while Viktor Gyokeres, a striker perhaps deliberately signed to be a stat-padding, flat-track bully, is seventh on 62 per cent.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Hany Mukhtar’s shot from just outside the penalty area was parried by diving goalkeeper Drake Callender, but Espinoza was there for the tap-in putback to give Nashville (2-0-1) a 2-0 lead in the 33rd.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Hany Mukhtar's shot from just outside the penalty area was parried by diving goalkeeper Drake Callender, but Espinoza was there for the tap-in putback to give Nashville (2-0-1) a 2-0 lead in the 33rd.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
When looking at this season only, Jean-Philippe Mateta (80 per cent) tops the tap-in standings, ahead of Calvert-Lewin (75 per cent) and Kevin Schade (71 per cent), while Viktor Gyokeres, a striker perhaps deliberately signed to be a stat-padding, flat-track bully, is seventh on 62 per cent.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Hany Mukhtar’s shot from just outside the penalty area was parried by diving goalkeeper Drake Callender, but Espinoza was there for the tap-in putback to give Nashville (2-0-1) a 2-0 lead in the 33rd.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Tap-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap-in. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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