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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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Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Win Against Ottawa 1/11/24

 




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


   The Senators played in Buffalo against the Sabres on Thursday, January 11th. The Sabres won with a 5-3 score, this being a good win for Buffalo after their 5-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken.


Senators lineup against the Sabres:

Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux

Kelly - Stutzle - Batherson

Kubalik - Joseph - Tarasenko

Kastellic - MacEwen


Chabot - Zub

Chychrun - Sanderson

Brannstrom - Hamonic

Bernard-Docker


Forsberg

Korpisalo


Sabres lineup against the Senators:

Mittelstadt - Thompson - Tuch

Peterka - Cozens - Quinn

Greenway - Krebs - Benson

Robinson - Girgensons - Okposo


Samuelsson - Dahlin

Power - Johnson

Johnson - Clifton


Luukkonen

Levi


   JJ Peterka gets Buffalo on the board, and the Sabres are in the lead. Vladimir Tarasenko ties up the game! Tage Thompson gets the Sabres back in the lead by one - Thompson strikes another with 28 seconds remaining in the first frame. 3-1 was the final score of the first period.


   Peyton Krebs scores the fourth goal for the Sabres - this also being the only goal in the middle frame, 4-1 was the final.


   Claude Giroux gets one back early in the third period - Giroux strikes again, his 12th of the season. Dylan Cozens scores an empty-netter! The final overall score was 5-3.



"We're in a pretty similar situation with them - a young team, and they have a lot of skilled players as do we. We know that they're a team we're going to be competing with for a long time." Dylan Cozens said after the Sabres win against Ottawa.



- Ramus Dahlin recorded the primary assist on both of Thompson's goals - also recording five points in the last four games. He tallied an assist on 31 goals total scored by Tage Thompson in his career, 21 of those assists have been primary assists.

- Anton Forsberg did not return for the next two periods - he sustained a right groin injury in the first period

- 600 NHL Games for Vladimir Tarasenko

- Tage Thompson stats:

   - 14 Goals

   - 13 Assists

   - 27 Points

 




POST-GAME : Peyton Krebs

POST-GAME : Don Granato

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