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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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Flyers Win In OT, 4-3, Against The Wild 1/12/24

 




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


   The Flyers played in Minnesota against the Wild on Friday, January 12th. Philadelphia won in overtime with a 4-3 score! The Wild has been on a 3-game losing streak that began with the Dallas Stars from January 8-10.


Flyers lineup against the Wild:

Farabee - Couturier - Konecny

Tippett - Frost - Atkinson

Foerster - Laughton - Hathaway

Poehling - Deslauries


Sanheim - Drysdale

York - Walker

Seeler - Ristolainen

Zamula


Hart

Ersson


Wild lineup against the Flyers:

Boldy - Hartman - Zuccarello

Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Foligno

Maroon - Rossi - Gaudreau

Duhaime - Dewar - Raska


Middleton - Faber

Goligoski - Bogosian

Merrill - Mermis


Fleury

Wallstedt


   The first period was completely scoreless, 0-0.


   Marcus Johansson (Jojo) strikes first just 51 seconds into the middle frame, the Wild in the lead. Joel Farabee ties it up with 3:37 remaining. 1-1 was the final score of the second period.


   Ryan Hartman scores his 13th of the season early in the third period. Matt Boldy scores not too long after Hartman, getting his 15th of the season. Tyson Foerster nets one, the second goal for the Flyers. Owen Tippett scores an absolute rocket and ties up the game! 3-3, now heading into overtime.


   Joel Farabee strikes another and wins it for Philadelphia! 4-3 was the final score overall.



"This is a really tough road trip at this point in the year - This is that time of the year where points are really crucial." Joel Farabee said postgame after the Flyers overtime win against the Wild.



- Travis Konecny is now the sixth player to post a double-digit road point streak this season - joining Anze Kopitar (11 GP), Trevor Moore (11 GP), Quinn Hughes (11 GP), Connor Bedard (10 GP) and Jake Guentzel (10 GP)

- Joel Farabee stats:

   - 14 Goals

   - 18 Assists

   - 32 Points

- Matt Boldy stats:

   - 15 Goals

   - 12 Assists

   - 27 Points 

 

 





POST-GAME : John Tortorella

POST-GAME : Owen Tippett

POST-GAME : Egor Zamula


POST-GAME : Ryan Hartman

POST-GAME : Joel Eriksson Ek

POST-GAME : Marc-Andre Fleury

POST-GAME : John Hynes

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