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Two Wins Tucked Away: Mercer Powers Devils to Victory Ahead of Home Opener

  Photo: Andrew MacLean The New Jersey Devils survived a chaotic, late-game flurry in Columbus to secure their second straight victory on Monday night, defeating the Blue Jackets 3-2 to cap off their opening road trip. The star of the dramatic finish was forward Dawson Mercer, who netted a pair of goals—including the decisive empty-net marker—that momentarily gave the Devils a two-goal cushion before the Blue Jackets scored with 20 seconds left to keep the tension high until the final horn. Having collected four points out of a possible six on the road, New Jersey now turns its focus to the familiar roar of the Prudential Center crowd. The team finally heads home to Newark, where they will open their home slate on Thursday night with a pivotal early-season clash against the formidable Florida Panthers. New Jersey Devils Lineup: Palat - Hughes - Bratt Meier - Hischier - Mercer Gritsyuk - Glass - Brown Cotter - Glendening - Halonen Hughes - Pesce Siegenthaler - Hamilton Dillon - Neme...
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Hughes-Day: Devils Win In Vancouver 12/5/23

 






   The Hughes brothers played in the same NHL game for the first time, and it was only the ninth time in NHL history a sibling trio played the same game.

The Devils won in Vancouver with a 6-5 score on Tuesday, December 5th.


Here's the Devils lineup against the Canucks:

Haula - Hughes - Toffoli

Palat - Hischier - Bratt

Meier - Mercer - Holtz

Lazar - McLeod - Bastian


Siegenthaler - Nemec

Bahl - Marino

Hughes - Miller

Tierney - Smith


Vanecek


Here's the Canucks lineup against the Devils:

Mikheyev - Pettersson - Lafferty

Kuzmenko - Miller - Boeser

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Hoglander - Aman - Karlsson


Hughes - Hronek

Zadorov - Myers

Cole - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith



   Jesper Bratt gives the Devils the lead in the first period, the score being 1-0 up until J.T. Miller scores for the Canucks tying the game. Erik Haula scores putting the Devils back in the lead, 2-1. Jack Hughes scores near the end of the first, Micand hael Mcleod scoring soon after Hughes. With only 20 seconds left, Dakota Joshua scores for the Canucks, 4-2 being the final score in the first period.


   Luke Hughes scores the first and only goal in the second, 5-2 being the final score in the second period.


   Brock Boeser cuts into the lead and Sam Lafferty scores with about 5 minutes left in the third, the score being 5-4. Nils Hoglander scores for the Canucks, tying the game 5-5. Jesper Bratt wins the game for the Devils! The final score was 6-5 in the third period.



"It's really cool and should be a fun night." Quinn Hughes said pre-game.



- Luke Hughes has 15 points

- Jack Hughes *updated* stats:

   - 10 Goals

   - 23 Assists

   - 33 points

- This game was Ondrej Palat's 700th Career NHL Game

- This being Erik Haula's first game back after missing three due to injury, he scored his 7th goal of the season

- Quinn Hughes has 36 points



"It was pretty good the first two periods, then pretty ugly in the third," Jack Hughes said. "We found a way to win, so that's all that matters."


"It's a big win for our team, a resilient win," Luke Hughes said. "Obviously not the way we wanted to close it out, but it's a big two points for our team."




   Funny enough, I was reminded of that one Jack Hughes interview when he said, "It's so awesome, I didn't know there was a city in New Jersey," when I realized that Vancouver was in Canada all this time.


PRE-RAW : Quinn Hughes
PRE-RAW : Jack Hughes
PRE-RAW : Luke Hughes

POST-RAW : Jesper Bratt
POST-RAW : Lindy Ruff

*All photos by the New Jersey Devils used with permission*


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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