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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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Alex Turcotte records his first NHL goal, Kings defeat the Predators 4-2 1/31/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Kings visited Nashville and took the 4-2 win, defeating the Predators on Wednesday, January 31st. The Kings ended their 4-game losing streak... a great way to finish off before the All-Star break.


Kings lineup against the Predators:

Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe

Moore - Danault - Fiala

Grundstrom - Dubois - Laferriere

Lewis - Turcotte - Anderson-Dolan


Anderson - Doughty

Gavrikov - Roy

Englund - Spence


Rittich

Talbot


Predators lineup against the Kings:

Forsberg - O'Reilly - Nyquist

Novak - Glass - Evangelista

Trenin - Sissons - Gurianov

Smith - McCarron - Tomasino


McDonagh - Josi

Barrie - Schenn

Lauzon - Carrier


Saros

Lankinen


   The Kings strike first - Carl Grundstrom scores his eighth goal of the season. Grundstrom scored with a wrist shot and got the puck past Juuse Saros' glove in the far corner. The Kings and Predators go through the rest of the first period with a 1-0 score.


   Alex Turcotte skated to the left circle and got his first NHL goal past Juuse Saros, putting the Kings in a 2-0 lead. Both first periods only got one goal in each... Los Angeles and Nashville head into the final frame 2-0.


   Getting the Predators on the board with his 24th goal of the season, Filip Forsberg gets one past Dave Rittich from the side of the net. Trevor Lewis made sure to keep that lead for the Kings. Lewis got the puck from behind the net from Quinton Byfield and Alex Turcotte and shot from the front. Philip Tomasino gets one back with 3:25 remaining in the third period, scoring his seventh goal of the season. Kevin Fiala nets one with just 1:09 remaining and the Kings get the two points!



Notes:

- Alex Turcotte recorded his first NHL goal and his first assist

- Dave Rittich made 38 saves for Los Angeles

- Alexandre Carrier did not end up playing in this game due to an upper-body injury (day-to-day)

- Tyson Barrie hit 800 NHL games



Filip Forsberg on the Predators 4-2 loss against the Ottawa Senators: "It's always tough when you lose... We have chances enough to win the game - In the last couple of games, we haven't gotten the points we wanted... We're in the mix and we're still growing. I think we're learning a lot. Obviously, a game like tonight, we also have to learn from that and keep growing."





Postgame: Andrew Brunette

Postgame: Roman Josi

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