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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...

Bruins Defeat Tampa Bay With A 7-3 Score! 1/6/24

 






   The Tampa Bay Lightning played in Boston on Saturday, January 6th. The Bruins won with a great 7-3 score after they lost against the Penguins in Boston on January 4th.


Bruins lineup against the Lightning:

 Zacha - Geekie - Pastrnak

Marchand - Coyle - DeBrusk

Heinen - Poitras - Frederic

Lauko - Boqvist - Steen


Grzelcyk - McAvoy

Lindholm - Carlo

Wotherspoon - Shattenkirk


Ullmark

Swayman


Lightning lineup against the Bruins:

Hagel - Point - Kucherov

Paul - Stamkos

Sheary - Cirelli - Eyssimont

Jeannot - Glendening - Motte


Hedman - Perbix

de HAAN - Raddysh

Lilleberg - Myers

Thompson


Vasilevskiy


   Brayden Point strikes first, the Lightning in the lead by one. Trent Frederic ties up the game only a few minutes after Point's goal! Charlie McAvoy gets Boston in the lead by one - the final score of the first period being 2-1.


   Trent Frederic scores his second of the night, this being his 12th goal of the season. Nikita Kucherov scores, cutting the lead - David Pastrnak answers right back with his 24th goal of the season! Brayden Point cuts the lead with his second goal of the night and his 19th goal of the season. The final score of the second period was 4-3.


   Morgan Geekie scores and gets the Bruins a two-goal lead! Jake DeBrusk gets an empty-netter, Charlie Coyle scoring after - the Bruins win with a 7-3 score.




- This was Emil Lilleberg's first NHL Game

- This was also Jack Thompson's first NHL Game

- Trent Frederic stats:

   - 12 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 21 Points

- Brayden Point stats:

   - 19 Goals

   - 23 Assists

   - 42 Points



"I think we did a really good job keeping things simple," Matt Poitras said. "They got lots of skilled guys over there - So, I think we did a good job of trying to contain them and it's great to get a win."


"We got to be able to respond a little bit better than that and carry the momentum over instead of making mistakes." Brandon Hagel said.









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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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