Skip to main content

Featured

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...

Devils Fall To The Canucks In New Jersey 6-4, 1/6/24

 






   The Devils and Canucks had their Hughes Bowl 2.0 on Saturday, January 6th. Unfortunately, Jack Hughes wasn't out tonight - So, so it wasn't a complete Hughes Bowl 2.0 .. However, this was a great game! The Vancouver Canucks won with a 6-4 score.


Devils lineup against the Canucks:

Toffoli - Mercer - Bratt

Haula - Hischier - Bastian

Lazar - McLeod - Holtz

Smith - Tierney - Clarke


Siegenthaler - Nemec

Hughes - Marino

Bahl - Miller


Daws

Vanecek


Canucks lineup against the Devils:

Pettersson - Miller - Boeser

Mikheyev - Suter -  Kuzmenko

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Hoglander - Aman - Lafferty


Hughes - Hronek

Soucy - Myers

Cole - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith


   Brock Boeser scored - It was challenged by New Jersey and ended up being no goal due to goaltender interference. The score after the first period was 0-0.


   Elias Pettersson gets the Canucks started early in the second, scoring his 16th of the season. J. T. Miller scores the second for Vancouver at the 16:27 mark - Miller nets another soon after! Colin Miller scores the first goal for the Devils, this also being his first as a Devil! Erik Haula nets one with only seconds left in second - Connor Garland answers back with only 10 seconds left. The final score of the second period was 4-2.


   Elias Pettersson scores his second of the night early in the third! Colin Miller scores his second of the night and his second goal as a Devil - Brendan Smith scores soon after getting the Devils to 4 goals. Dakota Joshua scores the last goal of the night late in the third, the final score being 6-4.




"I thought that there's some good and bad," Erik Haula said. "They had such a good start, and we didn't match that."



- Timo Meier is on injured reserve

- Jack Hughes wasn't out tonight, upper-body injury

- Graeme Clarke made his NHL debut tonight!

- Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt both wore A's for the Devils due to Jack Hughes and Ondrej Palat not being in the lineup.

- Quinn Hughes now holds the franchise record for most multi-point games by a Canucks defenseman with 69.

- Erik Haula hit 300 Career NHL points

- 100th Career Win for Thatcher Demko - Also in the top 5 in Canucks history with the most franchise wins!



"It feels good to win a game on a big road trip," J. T. Miller said. "I liked a lot of our game today."










*All photos used by the New Jersey Devils used with permission*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Comments