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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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Avalanche Defeats The Bruins In Shootout 4-3, 1/8/24

 




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


   The Avalanche and Bruins played in Colorado on Monday, January 8th. It was a close win for either team - both are very great teams that have many skilled players, so it would've gone either way, honestly.


Avalanche lineup against the Bruins:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Nichushkin - Colton - O'Connor

Cogliano - Johansen - Kiviranta

MacDermid - Olofsson - Polin


Toews - Makar

Girard - Johnson

Jones - Malinski


Georgiev

Prosveto


Bruins lineup against the Avalanche:

Zacha - Geekie - Pastrnak

Marchand - Coyle - DeBrusk

Heinen - Poitras - Frederic

Beecher - Boqvist - Steen


Grzelcyk - McAvoy

Lindholm - Carlo

Wotherspoon - Shattenkirk


Swayman

Ullmark


   Brad Marchand strikes first, the Bruins in the lead 1-0. Mikko Rantanen ties up the game with only a few minutes left of the first frame. The final score of the first period was 1-1.


   Logan O'Connor breaks the tie and gets the Avalanche in the lead early into the second frame. Johnny Beecher answers back and ties up the game 2-2. Sam Malinski scores his second NHL goal for the lead! The final score of the second period was 3-2.


   Brad Marchand nets another! This was his second goal of the night and his seventeenth goal of the season. The final score was 3-3 before heading into overtime.


   Overtime was completely scoreless, now heading into a shootout.


   Shootout: Round 1

   Jake DeBrusk ❌

   Nathan MacKinnon ❌


   Shootout: Round 2

   Charlie Coyle ❌

   Mikko Rantanen ❌


   Shootout: Round 3

   David Pastrnak ❌

   Valeri Nichushkin ✔


   Valeri Nichushkin scored the only goal in the shootout and the Avalanche won with a 4-3 score. This win is definitely great for Colorado after their 8-4 loss against the Florida Panthers on January 6th.



"It's a big game for us, a big win," Sam Malinski said, speaking about their win against Boston. "They're a really good team - they played as hard, and they played us well."



- Jason Polin made his NHL Debut!

- Brad Marchand passed Rick Middleton for sole possession of 5th place on the Bruins all-time scoring list with 899 points.

- Johnny Beecher has made 55 hits in his career

- Brandon Carlo did not return for the third period due to an upper-body injury 

- Brad Marchand stats:

   - 17 Goals

   - 20 Assists

   - 37 Points

- Valeri Nichushkin stats:

   - 20 Goals

   - 20 Assists

   - 40 Points



"We know that they're a dominant team in the league," Brad Marchand said, speaking about the Avalanche and their loss against them in Colorado. "If we want to beat them, we got to bring our best."


 



POST-GAME : Jared Bednar

POST-GAME : Brandon Carlo


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