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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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Anaheim Ducks 5-4 OT Win 1/15/24

 




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


   The Ducks played against the Panthers in Florida on Monday, January 15th. Anaheim won in overtime with a 5-4 score - it was a close win for either of the teams!


Ducks lineup against the Panthers:

Killorn - Carlsson - Terry

Henrique - McTavish - Strome

Vatrano - Lundestrom - McGinn

Johnston - Carrick - Silfverberg


Fowler - Lyubushkin

LaCombe - Gudas

Vaakanainen - Lindstrom


Gibson

Dostal


Panthers lineup against the Ducks:

Rodrigues - Barkov - Reinhart

Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkachuk

Luostarinen - Lundell - Lomberg

Gradjovich - Stenlund - Lockwood


Forsling - Ekblad

Mikkola - Montour

Mahura - Ekman-Larsson


Stolarz

Bobrovsky


   Sam Bennett strikes the first of the game and the Panthers lead by one. Sam Reinhart scores later in the first frame, with 2:25 remaining - Alex Killorn beats the buzzer with only 2.1 seconds remaining! 2-1 was the final score of the first period.


   Adam Henrique ties up the game at 2-2 - Carter Verhaeghe gets the Panthers back in the lead. Sam Bennett scores his second of the night and his 10th of the season! Jakob Silfverberg scores the third goal for the Ducks - now in sixth place on the Ducks' all-time goals list. The final score of the second period was 4-3.


   Troy Terry ties the game back up, 4-4. Terry's goal was the only one the whole period, going into overtime!


   Alex Killorn scores the game-winning goal in overtime! The final score overall was 5-4.



"It's a huge win for us." Frank Vatrano spoke postgame about the Ducks 5-4 win and leading by example.



- Sam Reinhart is the first player in NHL history to score a special-teams goal in seven straight games!

- Alex Killorn stats:

   - 6 Goals

   - 13 Assists

   - 19 Points

- Sam Reinhart stats:

   - 32 Goals

   - 23 Assists

   - 55 Points



"I think you learn more during losses than you do during winning. It's a testament to how hard we have to play every night, and it's tough to do for 82 games." Carter Verhaeghe talking about the Panthers loss against the Ducks.


 



POST-GAME : Greg Cronin

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