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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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Edmonton Oilers extend their win streak to 14 games, 4-1 against the Columbus Blue Jackets 1/23/24

 




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


   The Blue Jackets played against the Oilers in Edmonton at Rogers Place on Tuesday, January 23rd. The Edmonton Oilers now have a 14-game win streak and plan to continue the streak on Thursday when the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Oilers at Rogers Place.


Oilers lineup against the Blue Jackets:

Gaudreau - Sillinger - Chinakhov

Fantilli - Jenner - Roslovic

Johnson - Voronkov - Marchenko

Texier - Kuraly - Danforth


Severson - Boqvist

Provorov - Peeke

Bean - Gadbranson


Merzlikins

Tarasov


Blue Jackets lineup against the Oilers:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

Kane - Draisaitl - Foegele

Janmark - McLeod - Ryan

Gagner - Holloway - Brown


Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnias


Skinner

Pickard


   Edmonton strikes first - Warren Foegele opens the scoring on the power play with his 10th goal of the season. Dmitri Voronkov tied the game up at 1-1, capitalizing on a Sam Gagner turnover from behind the Oilers' net and passing it out to Kent Johnson in the front for a give-and-go, leaving Stuart Skinner to dive across his crease.


   In the middle frame, Connor McDavid thought he got Edmonton a 2-1 lead... the Blue Jackets successfully challenged that the goal by McDavid was offsides. The Blue Jackets and the Oilers stay locked at 1-1.


   Evander Kane finds the rebound, giving Edmonton the 2-1 lead this time. Kane found the rebound after Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had hit the post. Connor McDavid made it a 3-1 lead just 55 seconds after Kane's goal. McDavid's shot went over Elvis Merzlikins after he had been knocked into the ice, and the puck went into the net. Dylan Holloway strikes his second of the season, making it a 4-1 lead with four minutes to go.



Notes:

- Elvis Merzlikins made his third straight start

- Merzlikins made 20 saves for Columbus

- Stuart Skinner made 27 saves, setting a franchise record with his 11th straight win... passing Grant Fuhr (1985-86)

- Zach Hyman leads all Oilers with 10 goals during their 13-game streak

- Corey Perry did not play in this game and hopes to make his Edmonton debut on Saturday against the Nashville Predators

- Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) over their win streak

- Columbus has lost 10 of their past 13 games

- The Oilers are the 7th team in NHL history with a win streak of 14 or more games



 



Postgame: Warren Foegele

Postgame: Stuart Skinner

Postgame: Evander Kane

Postgame: Kris Knoblauch


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