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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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Ducks defeat the Sharks 3-2 in overtime, 1/31/24

 




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


   The Sharks played against the Ducks in Anaheim at the Honda Center on Wednesday, January 31st. After a 1-1 tie to San Jose being in the lead... the Ducks tie it up 2-2 and get the 3-2 overtime win.


Sharks lineup against the Ducks:

Hoffman - Couture - Zetterlund

Barabanov - Eklund - Duclair

MacDonald - Sturm - Kunin

Zadina - Carpenter - Bailey


Vlasic - Emberson

Rutta - Mukhamadullin

Okhotiuk - Addison


Kahkonen

Blackwood


Ducks lineup against the Sharks:

Henrique - Carlsson - Strome

Lundestrom - McTavish - Silfverberg

Vatrano - Groulx - Terry

Johnston - Carrick - Leason


Zellweger - Fowler

Vaakanainen - Lyubushkin

LaCombe - Gudas


Gibson

Dostal


   Anaheim struck early into the first period - Isac Lundestrom scored the first goal for the Ducks, getting them on the board 1-0. Lundestrom took a centering pass from Mason McTavish, going around the crease, and around Kaapo Kahkonen's right leg. After a shot by Shakir Mukhamadullin was saved by John Gibson, the puck got to Anthony Duclair who scored his ninth of the season and tied up the game 1-1.


   Marc-Edouard Vlasic gets the only goal in the middle frame in the net. With 2:03 remaining in the second period, Vlasic strikes the net from the point and gets the Sharks in the lead.


   Tying the game back up 2-2 with only 1:01 remaining in the third period, Troy Terry strikes his 15th goal of the season. With a great setup pass by Leo Carlsson, Terry nets one.


   Frank Vatrano scored the game-winning goal with only 53 seconds left in overtime. Vatrano took a cross-ice pass from Troy Terry off the rush and scored with a snapshot that slipped inside the near post.



Notes:

- Troy Terry leads the Ducks in points and assists - now tied in second for goals.

- The Anaheim Ducks point streak extended to four games

- Isac Lundestrom has three points in his last three games

- Mason McTavish now owns 31 points and 43 assists this season... fourth-most this season among NHL players under 22 years old.

- Jakob Silfverberg has five points in his last four games

- Shakir Mukhamadullin recorded his first NHL point with his primary assist.

- Marc-Edouard Vlasic has scored in three straight games for the first time in his 18-season career.



Troy Terry on the Ducks 3-2 overtime win over the San Jose Sharks: "I think we had the puck in there more - I thought in the third period, we made more of a commitment to do that... So, it was nice to have kind of a heroic comeback there - It was good."


 

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