West Indies and Sydney Sixers allrounder Carlos Brathwaite has cautioned against the Caribbean Premier League introducing the Power Surge into this year's tournament for fear it might jeopardise players preparation for the T20 World Cup in India.

Speaking ahead of the BBL final at the SCG on Saturday, Brathwaite has liked the innovation that was introduced in the BBL this season as part of three new rule changes.

Leagues around the world are looking at the success of the Power Surge in the BBL with a view to possibly introducing it elsewhere.

Whilst Brathwaite is not against the Surge coming into the CPL altogether, he said the timing of such a move was important as it would not be ideal for middle-order batsmen ahead of the T20 World Cup in India where there will be no Power Surge in play.

"It's a nice innovation for the tournament," Brathwaite said. "However, with the World Cup being around the corner, it also can give a false pretence of where a guy is at. If he gets a massive spark in the Surge and then you see him with a strike-rate of 170, 180, 200.

"If you're going to the World Cup and there's no Surge in the World Cup then all of a sudden it can be a bit of a false dawn. So, I don't know if this year in the lead up to a World Cup would be the best for it. I think it's something that the Big Bash will keep because they've been gaining rave reviews from pundits, journalists, and players. So, in a few years, if it's the thing, yeah, why not. I just think it's a matter of timing."

Brathwaite has bowled four Power Surge overs across the tournament picking up two wickets at an economy rate of 12.00. Of the 23 bowlers in the BBL who have bowled four or more overs in the Surge, he is ranked 19th for economy rate in the Surge overs.

"The challenge is a big one for sure," Brathwaite said. "It's about clarity. You're expected to get met in the Surge. Teams target around 15 runs per over in the Surge overs, so if you can restrict teams to 7, 8, 10 runs, I guess you're winning.

"I guess on reflection, one thing I'd like to have done is to have picked up a few more wickets. I've gone quite defensive, around the wicket, into the heels and just trying to mix it from there, whereas you watch other guys in the tournament go a bit more attacking and basically have the same fields that they would have in the first Powerplay and try to break the back of the batting because players are taking a lot more risk in the Surge as well. So on personal reflection that's one thing I could potentially have done a bit better."

Surge numbers aside, Brathwaite has been an outstanding contributor with the ball for the Sixers throughout the tournament. He has taken 16 wickets at an economy rate of 7.84. Of the 17 bowlers in the BBL who have taken 15 wickets or more, only six have a better economy rate.

"I think the pitches probably suit my bowling a lot more than most places around the world," Brathwaite said. "I'm able to run in and hit good lengths. Kind of that four-day length. For me personally, one of my cues is hitting the top of off stump. From place to place that I go I would always be talking to one of the local players just to get an idea of what length hits the top of off stump.

"My powerplay bowling probably hasn't been the best in the first four, but that being said, coming back in the Surge or at the death, or coming in those middle overs with five men out and trying to control the run-rate, I think I've been executing quite well and keeping things quite simple and not thinking too much or getting funky with my fields, just being really clear and executing as well as I possibly can."

Brathwaite has struggled with the bat though scoring just 45 runs in 10 innings with a highest score of 21, but remains hopeful he can deliver if needed in Saturday's final.

"I forgot my runs in Barbados apparently," Brathwaite said. "So hopefully if needed with the bat, I can come to the forefront as I haven't done for the season. So that has been a bit disappointing. But overall, I do think I've helped the team with the ball massively, in the field, and off the field gelled quite well as well. All positives bar the bat."

He is excited to play again at the SCG for the first time this season, a venue where he made his highest Test score.

The ground will have a 75 percent capacity for the BBL final meaning more than 28,000 will be allowed to attend.

"I'm looking forward to playing at the SCG," Brathwaite said. "I probably played one of my best Test knocks there. Having been deprived of that and now being able to represent the team in front of our fans at the SCG it may be a bit more of an occasion than just a Grand Final.

"So once we control our emotions and continue to execute, the other guys have played enough cricket at the SCG to know and understand and assess the conditions quickly and then implement the game plan that has worked over the last few years if the conditions are the same."

DALLAS -- With the Phoenix Suns trailing by two points with 10 seconds remaining Monday night, coach Monty Williams drew up a play he borrowed from Doc Rivers, one that Chris Paul used to run to create 3-point looks for JJ Redick during their days with the LA Clippers.

A few teams later in Paul's career, it was Devin Booker coming off a screen set by Deandre Ayton, catching Paul's pass on the right wing and rising up to drill the game winner with 1.5 seconds remaining in a dramatic 109-108 decision over the slumping Dallas Mavericks.

"All the confidence in the world," said Paul -- who had 34 points, nine rebounds and nine assists -- when asked how he felt when Booker caught the pass. "When I spun and knew Book was coming there, I could see him. His eyes were huge. He knew he wanted the ball -- big-time shot."

It was the fifth go-ahead shot in the final 5 seconds of a game in Booker's career, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Only Russell Westbrook (seven) has made more such shots since Booker entered the league in 2015-16.

"I look forward to them when the opportunity presents itself," said Booker, who finished with 21 points on 9-of-19 shooting in his return after missing the previous four games with a left hamstring strain. "That's why we work so hard. That's why we train so hard. I use my imagination in my workouts to put myself in those situations."

The Mavs had a foul to give before Booker's shot and were instructed to use it during the timeout before the play. Dallas power forward Maxi Kleber, who made his return after missing 11 games due to COVID-19, switched onto Paul after a screen but didn't foul him, instead playing Paul straight up and attempting to deflect the pass. Booker immediately went into his shooting form after the catch and swished the shot despite it being tightly contested by Mavs shooting guard Josh Richardson.

"We didn't [take the foul], and so that's my responsibility," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "There's not going to be any finger-pointing. It's going to fall right in my lap. We're just learning the hard way that attention to the smallest details is of the utmost importance. It's hard to imagine being more disappointed after a game.

"It's a really bad mistake. It's just so unfortunate, because the game was there."

The Mavs' sixth straight loss -- and ninth in 11 games -- was sealed when Luka Doncic missed a 28-foot prayer over two defenders at the buzzer.

Booker played 31 minutes -- a few more than the Suns had planned in his return from the hamstring strain -- in part because he was so spectacular in the fourth quarter. He had 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting in the quarter -- including a 3 from the left wing that put Phoenix up one with 2:21 remaining; a tough, midrange step-back jumper over 7-foot-3 Kristaps Porzingis to tie it up with 55 seconds left; and the game winner.

"I imagine if I would have taken Book out in the fourth; that would have been the first time you saw a player knock a coach out on the sideline," Williams said. "So I just thought I'd stay away from that scenario and let him play, as long as he was looking good."

Paul called the 11-8 Suns' excellent late-game execution "growth" for a team that is trying to get back to the postseason after the franchise's decadelong drought. It's the kind of moment that the 35-year-old Paul can't imagine living without.

"I was telling the guys in the locker room that I don't know if I can ever retire because the emotional roller coaster that you go on during a game -- like for real, for real -- there's no high like that," Paul said. "The energy when you're pissed and mad, and then the joy when you win the game. It's really nice to get a win like this with this group of guys that we've got."

Milwaukee Bucks guard D.J. Augustin hasn't been around the organization long. Neither has guard Bryn Forbes.

Nevertheless, after suffering back-to-back losses on Friday and Saturday in New Orleans and Charlotte to fall to 11-8, it didn't take them long to learn what is accepted and what's not.

Losing is not.

"I don't think anybody's happy, to be honest with you," Forbes said ahead of Monday's tipoff. "[The top guys are] not used to losing two in a row or having a losing stretch over a few games. I don't think anybody's happy about it, but we've got to take it day by day and I think that's the way everybody's approaching it, game by game. We can't win them all back right now, but if we take it day by day, we can win a lot of games."

The Bucks put one in the win column Monday, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 134-106.

Entering Monday's game, Milwaukee's 20th of the season, the Bucks had suffered eight losses. That didn't happen until their 54th game last season, when they finished with the league's best record for the second straight year.

Recognizing that standard, Augustin called the latest victory over the Trail Blazers a "must-win" for Milwaukee. "It wasn't a good feeling around the building," said Augustin, who like Forbes is in his first year with the Bucks.

"It wasn't a good flight back home to Milwaukee, so when you're on a team like this, the atmosphere is a little different, and tonight was a must-win for us and that's how we played and that's how we came out from the jump."

Defending the 3-point line has been an issue for the Bucks dating back to last season.

For example, the Hornets nailed 21 3-point field goals when they beat Milwaukee on Saturday. Prior to Monday's game, seven teams had posted or tied a season high in 3-point field goals against the Bucks this season.

They cleaned that up somewhat against Portland, allowing the Blazers to hit just 35.7% from beyond the arc, with All-Star guard Damian Lillard shooting 2-for-7 from that range.

"We didn't bring an edge, didn't bring a swag to the games on Friday and Saturday and had two stinkers," Bucks forward Bobby Portis admitted. "They made a lot of shots. I think tonight we played with swag, played with grit, played with fire and I think that's kind of contagious through the whole team."

Although their play as a whole has been up and down this season as their new pieces get acclimated, the Bucks did post their 13th win of 25 points or more since the start of last season, breaking a tie with the Clippers for most in the NBA over that span, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

Milwaukee had its fourth game this season with at least 20 3-point field goals. The Bucks had four such games in franchise history entering 2020-21.

"They lost some really good players from a great team. When you say, [Eric] Bledsoe and George Hill and [Ersan] Ilyasova and Wes Matthews ... they lost some really experienced rotation players," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. "And I think it just takes time for things to jell."

Like Stotts, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer is confident his guys will figure it out.

After all, the goal isn't to be the best regular-season team, since Milwaukee has been that the past couple of years without an NBA Finals appearance. The goal is to be the best team when it matters most.

The Bucks also are experiencing what life is like in the NBA while being the hunted rather than the hunter.

Budenholzer feels that will make them better in the long run.

"NBA players, they love to go against the best and compete against the best, whether it's teams or individuals, and they're bringing it against us," Budenholzer said. "And that's great for us, that's what's gonna make us our best."

Looking ahead, Milwaukee will face the Indiana Pacers in an ESPN game Wednesday night (7 ET) before back-to-back games at Cleveland on Friday and Saturday as the Bucks try to find a rhythm.

One thing they can expect is for teams to be on point when the ball is tipped.

"Honestly, I think people get up for this game. It's the Bucks. They're No. 1 in the East for the last couple of years, so I think people are locked in when they play us," Forbes said. "Every team is bringing their best when they play us, honestly. Every team is ready to go when they play us and maybe they are a little more focused and locked in than they are on some other nights and maybe just trying to prove a point."

BBC Sport brings you live radio and text coverage plus TV highlights of the second week of the 2021 Australian Open.

Live radio and text commentaries will be announced each day once the order of play has been confirmed.

This year's tournament, which runs from 8 to 21 February, has been pushed back three weeks from its traditional January dates to enable players, coaches and officials to go through a strict coronavirus quarantine.

Matches will take place in front of up to 30,000 fans a day at Melbourne Park.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic and American Sofia Kenin will seek to defend the titles they won in 2020, but Britain's Andy Murray has not travelled to Australia because of quarantine complications.

BBC coverage times

Times are GMT and subject to late changes.

Saturday, 13 February

Highlights - 13:15-14:15 - BBC One

Sunday, 14 February

Highlights - 13:45-14:45 - BBC Two

Monday, 15 February

Highlights - 15:00-16:00 - BBC Two

Tuesday, 16 February

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Wednesday, 17 February

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Thursday, 18 February

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Friday, 19 February

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Saturday, 20 February

Women's final highlights

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Men's final highlights

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WELCOME, N.C. — Richard Petty Motorsports has announced a partnership with RP Funding, Florida’s No Closing Cost refinance lender.

RP Funding will serve as the primary partner on the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE driven by Erik Jones in the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Clash at Daytona.

The Busch Clash will open the NASCAR season under the lights on Tuesday, Feb. 9, featuring an elite field of Cup drivers on the iconic Daytona Int’l Speedway road course.

RP Funding has entered into a single-race partnership as the primary partner in the non-points exhibition race to help kick-start the brand’s involvement within NASCAR.

Through the partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports, Robert Palmer, president of RP Funding, aims to highlight that the Orlando-based company offers customers deals on a Florida mortgage with No Closing Cost Mortgages.

As one of the fastest growing companies in Florida, RP Funding has paid more than $40 million in closing costs for customers on their refinance.

“RP Funding is proud to partner with Richard Petty Motorsports and driver Erik Jones,” Palmer said. “Having the opportunity to display RP Funding in the Busch Clash will be highly beneficial to broaden our community awareness as Florida’s no closing cost refinance lender. We hope that NASCAR fans will call RP Funding for their mortgage needs in Florida.”

In contrast to the tightly packed competition on the 2.5-mile Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway tri-oval, the reimagined Busch Clash will utilize the track’s 14-turn, 3.61-mile road course for the 35 lap, 126.35 mile race.

In the 43rd annual Busch Clash, fading blue and white colors will adorn the No. 43 RP Funding Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE.

“I am looking forward to the Clash at DAYTONA, and getting started for the first race of the year with a new team,” Jones said. “Obviously, getting to race on the road course will breakdown what our race cars are doing and, also help us to look ahead for the points race as well. I am excited to get to Florida with those guys and get to business.

“We are looking forward to having our new partner, RP Funding, on-board for that race as well. It will be pretty cool. I am excited to get to know those guys and have them on the car and hopefully go out and get a strong first run for them.”

The 24-year-old Byron, Mich., native is part of a field made up of Busch Pole Award winners, past Busch Clash winners who competed full time last year, Daytona 500 winners
who competed full time last year, former Daytona 500 pole winners who competed full-time last year, and last year’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers, NASCAR Cup Series race winners, and NASCAR Cup Series stage winners.

Jones is one of 24 drivers that are eligible for the Busch Clash at Daytona.

Last year, in the longest Busch Clash in the 42-year history of the race, Jones prevailed after three overtime attempts. By the time he crossed the finish line, there were only six remaining entries in the 18-car field.

With the nose of his car held together with tape, Jones led the final lap to collect his first victory in the season-opening NASCAR Cup Series exhibition race.

It was Jones’ second Daytona win, following a points-paying score from July of 2018.

LINCOLN, Ill. – Lincoln Speedway, located at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Lincoln, Ill., will open its season by hosting the rescheduled finale of the DIRTcar Fall Nationals on April 9.

Lincoln Speedway hosted the DIRTcar Fall Nationals for the first time in October of 2020, with two days of racing scheduled. Unfortunately, only the first of the two race days were completed as rainfall settled in on the Saturday portion of the event.

The Friday event had well more than 100 cars, including a field of 42 DIRTcar modifieds.

Following last year’s format, the April 9 event will have DIRTcar Super Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Modifieds, and Sport Compacts (Hornets). Those who were registered for last year’s event are set and entered for this year’s make-up date. New entries will also be accepted via pre-registration or at the track.

An open practice is scheduled for Thursday, April 8.

Competitors who had purchased two-day pit passes as well as fans who had purchased two-day or Saturday tickets in person or online will be able to use those by presenting them at the event.

The 2021 Fall Nationals will also be held at the quarter-mile dirt track, following the regular season for DIRTcar competitors. Practice will be held on Thursday, Sept. 30 with racing Oct. 1-2. Full details on that event will be announced at a later date.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski is aware that there’s one major prize missing from his NASCAR Cup Series trophy case.

He won the Cup Series championship in 2012 and he’s a past winner of three of NASCAR’s four traditional major events — the GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2009), the Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (2018) and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (2020).

Keselowski even has a Brickyard 400 victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018 for good measure, though that event will move off the 2.5-mile IMS oval and onto the track’s infield road course this year.

However, a victory in the Daytona 500 — the traditional NASCAR Cup Series season opener and the sport’s biggest event — has continued to elude the 36-year-old native of Rochester Hills, Mich.

Keselowski told SPEED SPORT during his Daytona 500 media availability Monday that the iconic Harley J. Earl Trophy is “the last missing piece” on his racing résumé and he’s hoping to rectify that statistic during the 63rd edition of The Great American Race on Feb. 14.

“It’s definitely the one big box I don’t have checked. I’ve got the championship. I’ve won every other major but Daytona,” Keselowski said. “The only person that can claim that actively right now is Kevin Harvick and I want to join that club. It’s a big club to be in — to have all the majors and to have a championship. I know I’m right there and I want to make it happen and feel like I’ve done a lot of the right things to make it happen.

“I haven’t been perfect, but it’s certainly somewhat of a frustration to me, for sure.”

That frustration comes, in large part, due to Keselowski’s superspeedway prowess at the Cup Series level being overshadowed by crashes and bad luck at Daytona — particularly when it comes to the Daytona 500.

In three of his last four tries in The Great American Race, Keselowski has been swept up in accidents that led to DNFs. He also crashed out of the Daytona 500 in 2011 and ’12, and lost an engine in 2015.

Six of Keselowski’s 11 Daytona 500 starts have ended in heartbreak. He’s tired of the narrative.

“My frustration level is pretty extreme, to be quite honest with you,” said Keselowski of his current relationship with the Daytona season opener. “I feel like I’ve made some mistakes in that race, no doubt, but the last few years specifically I’ve ran really, really strong races and just didn’t have the ability to dictate my own fate. That’s what you want. You want the ability to know that when you drive a race car you’re making a difference and that it matters and that hasn’t played out the last few years.

“It’s frustrating, but I know eventually it will (play out in our favor) and when that moment happens, we need to capitalize.”

Unlike most other professional sports, NASCAR opens its season with its most prestigious event. Keselowski was candid in his description of how the emotions of arriving at Daytona for the first time each year are unique and, in his mind, extremely special.

“It’s kind of like having your final exam on the first day of school. It’s a big moment for our sport,” noted Keselowski. “It’s very much inverse to most other sports, where the biggest game is at the end of the year rather than at the start of the year, but I think it’s one of the things that makes our sport unique is that we have our biggest race at the start of the year (as) the first race of the season. It feels like the first day of school. Everybody’s got all their best uniforms on.  You dress your best the first day of school. Everything is new — pit boxes, cars and it just has that crisp feel to it.

“It’s a very unique race weekend as compared to any other weekend and, obviously, very special with respect to the fact that any success you have at Daytona is something you can carry with you forever.”

Keselowski knows that momentum from a strong run in the Daytona 500 could easily propel him forward as he pursues a second NASCAR Cup Series title.

At least currently, however, his eyes are focused solely on next Sunday and his 12th Daytona 500 start.

“If you put up a great race at Daytona it can make or break your year, and we certainly know that,” Keselowski said. “Right now, we’re just looking at next week and we’ll see how it all shakes out.”

Practice for the 63rd Daytona 500 begins on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at noon ET.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The storyline entering Monday night’s eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Clash at the virtual Daytona Int’l Speedway was the many driver and team changes ahead of the new season.

But while plenty of things were different, one thing remained constant at the end of the non-points, preseason exhibition race at the World Center of Racing: the No. 97 William Byron eSports Chevrolet Camaro in victory lane.

Logan Clampitt took the entry to its second-straight Clash win in a thrilling overtime finish, never leading in regulation but surviving a myriad of crashes throughout the night to be in position when it counted.

Clampitt lined up second for the two-lap sprint to the finish, after a multi-car accident in the back of the field coming to two to go set up the extra distance, then surged to the point after receiving a huge push from Garrett Manes.

After that, Clampitt defended the double yellow line for a lap and a half for the finish, surviving contact from his new teammate – defending series champion Nick Ottinger – coming into the tri-oval on the final lap to hold on for the win in a photo finish.

The margin of victory for Clampitt over Ottinger was a scant .013 seconds, marking a one-two finish for the eSports team owned by Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series regular William Byron.

“Man, that whole last lap was complete chaos,” said Clampitt after the race. “I was mirror driving at that point, but that was … boy, what a way to start off the season that was. That was a lot of fun and really exciting. It’s really cool to have Nick get second there, with me joining William Byron eSports this year.

“It doesn’t pay points, but this is still a great way to kick off the season,” Clampitt added. “Obviously, this isn’t the true season opener, but it was a fun race and gives us some momentum going into the real thing next week.”

Clampitt tipped that the team chemistry between himself and Ottinger – carried over from past endeavors on the iRacing service – bodes well for their chances of success throughout the season.

“I think we’ve got a really good team under our hands for this year. To have the defending champion and myself working together, we worked with each other on Team Conti in the past … so we’ve already got a good rapport and I think that it’s going to be really awesome to continue that in the Coke Series.

“I think we’re going to do really well and I’m looking forward to the season and spending my time over here at William Byron eSports.”

Ottinger had a shot to draft past Clampitt on the outside coming through turn four to the finish, but was tagged by Malik Ray – who tried to make a third lane against the outside wall – and ended up slamming into the side of Clampitt’s car coming toward the finish line.

“It’s hard to gauge what you could have done differently, when it comes down to a small margin like that,” Ottinger explained. “In turn three, we knew it was basically going to be a two- or three-horse race and pretty much whichever one of us got the push from Malik (Ray) was going to be in a really good shot. I took a leap to try and block Malik, and that just got me a little loose trying to stay off the wall and it just pitched the car straight into Logan and killed our momentum.

“All in all, though, a one-two for WB eSports and a great showing for Logan … can’t ask for much more.”

New England’s Jake Matheson crossed the line third for Williams eSports, with Jake Nichols finishing fourth in the second Williams entry and Richmond Raceway eSports’ Jimmy Mullis filling out the top five.

Seven multi-car incidents whittled the field down throughout the race, before a pair of crashes on the final lap generated the chaos that led to Clampitt and Ottinger’s fierce battle to the checkered flag.

Daytona hosts the points opener for the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series on Monday, Feb. 8.

The results:

1. 97-Logan Clampitt [5], 2. 25-Nick Ottinger [1], 3. 52-Jake Matheson [14], 4. 24-Jake Nichols [10], 5. 46-Jimmy Mullis [31], 6. 6-Nathan Lyon [39], 7. 11-Malik Ray [17], 8. 2-Garrett Manes [22], 9. 29-Zack Nichols [32], 10. 75-Matt Bussa [30], 11. 37-Derek Justis [2], 12. 33-Taylor Hurst [21], 13. 32-Keegan Leahy [3], 14. 66-Blake Reynolds [18], 15. 79-Ryan Doucette [15], 16. 88-Brad Davies [9], 17. 55-Vicente Salas [8], 18. 38-Casey Kirwan [20], 19. 23-Mitchell deJong [24], 20. 8-Michael Conti [4], 21. 10-Graham Bowlin [6], 22. 41-Dylan Duval [33], 23. 44-Isaac Gann [38], 24. 67-Allen Boes [28], 25. 83-Bobby Zalenski [23], 26. 16-John Gorlinsky [13], 27. 14-Blade Whitt [19], 28. 1-Ashton Crowder [7], 29. 15-Caine Cook [37], 30. 77-Bob Bryant [12], 31. 18-Femi Olat [34], 32. 4-Ryan Luza [11], 33. 9-Michael Guest [36], 34. 51-Ray Alfalla [25], 35. 3-Corey Vincent [27], 36. 21-Garrett Lowe [16], 37. 17-Steven Wilson [35], 38. 47-Brian Schoenburg [29], 39. 90-Zack Novak [26].

Lead Changes: 16 among eight drivers

Lap Leader(s): Nick Ottinger 1-3, Graham Bowlin 4-5, Nick Ottinger 6-7, Graham Bowlin 8-10, Nick Ottinger 11-12, Graham Bowlin 13-16, Nick Ottinger 17-20, Ashton Crowder 21-23, Nick Ottinger 24, Blade Whitt 25, Femi Olat 26-27, Graham Bowlin 28-35, Michael Conti 36-37, Keegan Leahy 38-43, Graham Bowlin 44, Keegan Leahy 45-61, Logan Clampitt 62-63.

Laps Led: Keegan Leahy 23, Graham Bowlin 18, Nick Ottinger 12, Ashton Crowder 3, Femi Olat 2, Michael Conti 2, Logan Clampitt 2, Blade Whitt 1.

Hard Charger: 6-Nathan Lyon (+33)

Caution Flags: Seven for 21 laps

Margin of Victory: .013 seconds

Time of Race: One hour, eight minutes, 42.314 seconds

Average Speed: 137.544 mph

Pole Winner: 25-Nick Ottinger, 47.919 seconds (187.817 mph)

Fastest Lap: 6-Nathan Lyon, 44.385 seconds (202.771 mph, lap 2)

The New Jersey Devils have postponed their next three games this week as 10 players are currently on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol-related absences list.

The Devils' games on Feb. 2 and Feb. 4 at the Pittsburgh Penguins were postponed, as was their Feb. 6 game at home against the New York Rangers. This brings the total number of games postponed in the 2020-21 NHL season to 14 since it began on Jan. 13.

The Devils had traveled to Pittsburgh and will remain there for an undetermined amount of time this week.

The NHL announced that four additional players were added to the Devils' COVID-19 list on Monday. The list currently includes goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, who hasn't played since Jan. 19; as well as forwards Andreas Johnsson, Janne Kuokkanen, Michael McLeod, Kyle Palmieri, Pavel Zacha and Travis Zajac.

Also listed are goalie Aaron Dell, defenseman Sami Vatanen (travel quarantine) and defenseman Connor Carrick, who left the team to be with his wife, Lexi, for the birth of their first child.

Johnsson, Kuokkanen, McLeod and Zacha all played in the Devils' win at the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. The Sabres did not have any players listed as being in the protocol on Monday.

In accordance with NHL rules, the Devils' training facility has been closed until further notice. Their next scheduled game is Feb. 9 at home against the Penguins. The postponed games will be rescheduled.