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Point Earned, Streak Secured: Devils Outlast Penguins 2-1 in SO Thriller

  Photo: Andrew MacLean This thrilling Metropolitan Division clash was a goaltending masterclass from both ends of the ice. The New Jersey Devils ultimately prevailed in the shootout, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to secure their second consecutive victory and extend their perfect season-opening home winning streak to seven games. The Devils' win was anchored by netminder Jake Allen, who stopped a stunning 33 of 34 shots through regulation and overtime. Across the ice, the resilient Penguins earned a crucial point, thanks to rookie Arturs Silovs—who turned away 23 of 24 shots while holding the Devils' potent offense in check, an impressive feat for an injury-riddled squad missing six key players. Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup: Rust - Crosby - Kindel Novak - Malkin - Mantha Koppanen - Hayes - Koivunen Heinen - Lizotte - Dewar Wotherspoon - Karlsson Shea - Letang Graves - Clifton Silovs Murashov New Jersey Devils Lineup: Noesen - Hughes - Bratt Meier - Hischier - Mercer Pala...
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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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