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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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David Pastrnak hat trick, Bruins beat Avalanche 5-2 1/18/24


 



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


   David Pastrnak scored his first hat trick of the season and the Bruins won their third game straight with a 5-2 win against the Avalanche, the small streak beginning with their overtime win against the St. Louis Blues on January 13th.


Avalanche lineup against the Bruins:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Kiviranta - Colton - O'Connor

Wood - Johansen - Cogliano

MacDermid - Olofsson - Polin


Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Malinski


Georgiev

Annunen


Bruins lineup against the Avalanche:

Marchand - Coyle - Pastrnak

Riemsdyk - Zacha - DeBrusk

Lauko - Geekie - Frederic

Heinen - Boqvist - Steen


Grzelcyk - McAvoy

Lindholm - Wotherspoon

Lohrei - Shattenkirk


Swayman

Ullmark


   David Pastrnak gave Boston the lead 44 seconds into the first period. Jakub Lauko made the score 2-0 with his first goal of the season in 32 games. Miles Wood scored the first goal for the Avalanche, getting them on the board with his 8th goal of the season. Jake DeBrusk pushed it 3-1, and the goal was challenged for offsides - it ended up being a good goal. The final score of the first period was 3-1.


   Nathan MacKinnon cuts it 3-2 with his 24th of the season with 3:40 remaining in the middle frame. MacKinnon extended his point streak to 10 games.

   MacKinnon (19 GP & 10 GP) is the first player of the Colorado Avalanche to have quite a few double-digit point streaks in one season since Joe Sakic (2005-06)


   David Pastrnak nets another and makes it a 4-2 score on the power play. Pastrnak completed a hat trick with only seconds left to play in the third period - this marking his 16th career regular-season hat trick.

   Jeremy Swayman made 32 saves during this game.


David Pastrnak spoke with the media after the Boston Bruins 5-2 win against Colorado: "We play with the lead a lot - they're going to have their push... I think earlier in the season we weren't prepared for it, now we got through some times that teams came back on us and made us stronger, so good for us."



 

 



Press Room: Jim Montgomery

Locker Room Raw: Jake DeBrusk

Locker Room Raw: Charlie Coyle


Postgame: Jared Bednar

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