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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...

Edmonton Oilers 8-Game Win Streak, 2-1 Win Against The Blackhawks - 1/9/24

 




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


   The Oilers played against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Tuesday, January 9th. It wasn't too much of an eventful game, the Oilers won with a 2-1 score. However, this is the eighth game in a row that the Oilers have won!


Blackhawks lineup against the Oilers:

Pitlick - Kurashev - Raddysh

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Guttman

Katchouk - Sanford - Donato


Tindordi - Murphy

Vlasic - Megna

Korchinski - Zaitsev


Mrazek

Soderblom


Oilers lineup against the Blackhawks:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

McLeod - Draisaitl - Foegele

Kane - Ryan - Brown

Erne - Hamblin - Janmark


Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnias


Skinner

Pickard


   Jason Dickinson strikes first, scoring his fourteenth of the season and getting the Blackhawks in the lead. Leon Draisaitl nets one, getting his nineteenth of the season and tying up the game - 1-1 being the final score of the first period.


   Connor McDavid gets Edmonton in the lead early into the second period, also scoring his fifteenth of the season. The final score of the second period was 2-1.


   Zach Hyman scored the third goal for the Oilers - Chicago challenged it and it turned out to be no goal. The final score overall was 2-1.



"Not out best, but give them credit. They clocked things up, they played a solid game," Connor McDavid said, speaking about the Oilers win against the Blackhawks. "I thought we did just enough to get a win."



- Leon Draisaitl became the 5th player in history to score a goal in 8 straight games

- This game marked the 103rd time that both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have scored in the same game for Edmonton

- Jason Dickinson stats:

   - 14 Goals

   - 7 Assists

   - 21 Points

- Connor McDavid stats:

   - 15 Goals

   - 40 Assists

   - 55 Points

- Leon Draisaitl stats:

   - 19 Goals

   - 24 Assists

   - 43 Points

 



POST-RAW : Brett Kulak

POST-RAW : Kris Knoblauch


POST-GAME : Luke Richardson

POST-GAME : Jason Dickinson

POST-GAME : Joey Anderson

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