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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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Colorado Avalanche 3-0 Win Against Vegas, 1/10/24

 




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


   The Golden Knights played against the Avalanche in Colorado on Wednesday, January 10th. It was a tough loss for Vegas, getting no goals the whole night. The Avalanche now winning two games in a row, the first being against the Boston Bruins (4-3) on January 8th.


Avalanche lineup against the Golden Knights:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Nichushkin - Colton - O'Connor

Cogliano - Johansen - Kiviranta

MacDermid - Olofsson - Polin


Toews - Makar

Girard - Malinski

Jones - Johnson


Georgiev

Prosvetov


Golden Knights lineup against the Avalanche:

Barbashev - Eichel - Marchessault

Dorofeyev - Stephenson - Stone

Howden - Roy - Kolesar

Cotter - Amadio - Denisenko


Martinez - Pietrangelo

Hague - Whitecloud

McNabb - Cormier


Hill

Patera


   Valeri Nichushkin scores late into the first period with only 13.8 seconds remaining. Nichushkin scored his twenty-first goal of the season. He was also the only one to score a goal in the shootout against Boston on January 8th. 1-0 was the final score of the first period.


   Valeri Nichushkin again with another goal, this being his twenty-second of the season! His goal was the only one in this period, 2-0.


   Logan O'Connor gives the Avalanche a three-goal lead, scoring his seventh goal of the season. The final score overall was 3-0.



"I thought we did a great job - I think that was a pretty complete 60 minutes," Logan O'Connor said, talking about the Avalanche's 3-0 win. "I thought everyone was contributing in different ways, and all four lines were great tonight. So again, that's something we can build on, and now we're going on the road. So, it gets even more difficult."



- Nathan MacKinnon ties the Avalanche franchise record for the longest home-point streak at any point in a season - 23 games

- Alexandar Georgiev posted a 25-save shutout against Vegas

- Alexandar Georgiev now has had 2 shutouts this season

- Valeri Nichushkin stats:

   - 22 Goals

   - 20 Assists

   - 42 Points

- Logan O'Connor stats:

   - 7 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 16 Points



"We have to be better all around - Be more like how we can play, and it hasn't been there." Chandler Stephenson said postgame, speaking about the Vegas loss against Colorado, and what needs to change between this game and their next, against Boston.

 




POST-GAME : Jared Bednar


POST-GAME : Alex Pietrangelo

POST-GAME : Bruce Cassidy

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