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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...

Lightning Wins Against The Oilers! 12/14/23

 






Wow.. What a eventful night the Lightning had in Edmonton!



   The Tampa Bay Lightning played against the Oilers in Edmonton on Thursday, December 14th. It was a very eventful game with Steven Stamkos completing a hat trick to a 7-4 score!



Here's the Lightning lineup against the Oilers:

Barre-Boulet - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Jeannot

Stamkos - Paul - Sheary

Motte - Glendening - Eyssimont


Segachev - Cernak

De Haan - Raddysh

Fleury - Perbix


Vasilevskiy


Here's the Oilers lineup against the Lightning:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

Kane - Draisaitl - Brown

Janmark - McLeod - Foegele

Gagner - Hamblin - Ryan


Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchad

Kulak - Desharnais


Skinner

Pickard


   Steven Stamkos scores the first goal of the game for the Lightning! Tyler Motte scores not too long later, the final score of first period being 2-0.


   Darnell Nurse scores the first goal for the Oilers, Connor McDavid scores and ties the game 2-2 until Zach Hyman scores and the Oilers now take the lead! 3-2 being the final score for second period.


   Steven Stamkos scores again and ties the game 3-3! Nikita Kucherov scores soon after Stamkos, getting the Lightning back on top. Steven Stamkos back at it again and getting a hatty!! Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores for the Oilers, that being the final goal from the Oilers for the rest of the night.. Anthony Cirelli scores, Steven Stamkos scoring his 4th goal of the game soon after! 7-4 being the final score in third period.



"When adversity hits what do we do? Good teams pull it together and find a way to win. That's what we did tonight," Nick Paul said. "We're looking to keep building on that."



- 600 games for Calvin de HAAN

- Steven Stamkos has 200 Power Play Goals

- Nikita Kucherov is the first player to have 50 points this NHL season

- This game was the first four-goal game for Steven Stamkos

- Evan Bouchard, 13-game point streak

- Connor McDavid, 11-game point streak



"I'm not gonna make any excuses," Stuart Skinner said. "Move on and work forward."









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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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