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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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Devils fall to the Hurricanes 3-2, 1/25/24

 






   The New Jersey Devils lost 3-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena on Thursday, January 25th. It was a rough game for the Devils, not able to get any shots in the net until the final period... making sure they didn't get shutout. However, it was a good win for the Hurricanes. After a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins the night before, they managed to get another win, two wins straight.


Devils lineup against the Hurricanes:

Meier - Hischier - Bratt

Toffoli - Mercer - Palat

Lazar - Haula - Bastian

Dowling - Tierney - Holtz


Bahl - Nemec

Hughes - Marino

Hatakka - Miller


Daws

Vanecek


Hurricanes lineup against the Devils:

Bunting - Aho - Teravainen

Noesen - Drury - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Jarvis

Lemieux - Kotkaniemi - Fast


Slavin - Burns

Skjei - Pesce

Orlov - Chatfield


Raanta


   Only 90 seconds into the first period, Sebastian Aho opens the scoring. Aho scored with a backhand shot past Nico Daws. The final score of the first frame was 1-0.


   Teuvo Teravainen nets one and makes the score 2-0... just 15 seconds in between, Jordan Staal scores by redirecting a shot from Brady Skjei. The Devils trail behind a 3-0 score...


   Scoring his first goal as a Devil, Justin Dowling scores with a beautiful pass by Alexander Holtz and gets the puck past Antti Raanta. A goal that was thought to be Jesper Bratt's turned out to be Tyler Toffoli's... Toffoli tipped in a shot by Bratt with just 2.3 seconds remaining in the final frame.



Notes:

- After the two goals in the second period by Carolina, Nico Daws was replaced by Vitek Vanecek for the remainder of the game.

- Devil's coach, Lindy Ruff, didn't return for the third period... He was held back after taking a puck to the face. Travis Green took his place.

- Travis Green said that Lindy Ruff was doing a bit better postgame

- Three Stars of the Game: Teuvo Teravainen, Antti Raanta, and Jordan Staal



Justin Dowling on contributing to helping the team: "It was huge for me. It's been over a year since I've been in the NHL. So, being able to come in and contribute, and do everything I can to help the team win was nice... It's just the hard work that you put into it. It's nice to get rewarded every once in a while."







Postgame Quotes: Rod Brind'Amour

POST-RAW: Erik Haula
POST-RAW: Travis Green

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

 

 



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