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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 Defeat The San Jose Sharks 3-0, 1/15/24

 




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


   The Sharks played in Buffalo on Monday, January 15th. This was a bad loss for San Jose, but it was a good 3-0 win for the Sabres.


Sharks lineup against the Sabres:

Zadina - Hertl - Zetterlund

Duclair - Granland - Eklund

Barabanov - Kunin - Bailey

Hoffman - Carpenter - Labanc


Vlasic - Ferraro

Thrun - Rutta

Okhotiuk - Addison


Kahkonen

Blackwood


Sabres lineup against the Sharks:

Mittelstadt - Thompson - Tuch

Peterka - Cozens - Quinn

Benson - Greenway - Robinson

Girgensons - Krebs - Okposo


Jokiharju - Dahlin

Power - Johnson

Johnson - Clifton


Luukkonen

Levi


   The first period was completely scoreless, 0-0.


   Casey Mittelstadt scored late in the second - this was his 12th of the season. Alex Tuch nets one, 5:23 remaining in the middle frame. 2-0 was the final score of the second period.


   Jordan Greenway strikes an empty-netter! The final overall score was 3-0.



"Once we got going, we looked fresh. It was a good win." Casey Mittelstadt spoke postgame about Buffalo's 3-0 win against the Sharks.



- Luukkonen earned his second shutout of the season - a 28-save shutout against the Sharks. This was also his second career shutout!

- Casey Mittelstadt stats:

   - 12 Goals

   - 26 Assists

   - 38 Points

- Alex Tuch stats:

   - 12 Goals

   - 18 Assists

   - 30 Points



"I think being stronger and hungrier around the net - I think we got to get back to being hard, and a little bit hungrier around both nets." Luke Kunin said postgame, talking about the Sharks loss and how he thinks they need to get on track with winning more games.




POST-GAME : Don Granato

POST-GAME : Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen


POST-GAME : Tomas Hertl

POST-GAME : David Quinn

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