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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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Lightning 4-game win streak, Waltteri Merela 1st NHL goal 1/18/24

 






   The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Thursday, January 18th. Tampa Bay maintained a strong lead after they tied the game 3-3 and came out with the fourth win of their win streak starting from their 3-2 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on January 9th. The Lightning had a short break after their 5-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday and came back to get another win.


Wild lineup against the Lightning:

Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello

Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Boldy

Foligno - Rossi - Maroon

Duhaime - Dewar - Gaudreau


Middleton - Faber

Goligoski - Bogosian

Merrill - Mermis


Gustavsson

Fleury


Lightning lineup against the Wild:

Stamkos - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Paul

Barre-Boulet - Motte - Sheary

Watson - Glendening - Eyssimont


Hedman - Raddysh

de HAAN - Crozier

Lilleberg - Perbix


Vasilevskiy

Johansson


   The first period ended in a 1-1 tie - Joel Eriksson Ek gets Minnesota in the lead first, scoring his 18th goal of the season with 14:43 remaining in the first period. Victor Hedman ties up the game with his 8th goal of the season less than a minute after the Minnesota goal. Hedman passed Brad Richards to take sole possession of eighth all-time in Tampa Bay Lightning history with 151 goals.


   Anthony Cirelli strikes his 9th of the season early in the middle frame with one second left on their power play. Waltteri Merela gets the Lightning a 3-2 score, getting his first NHL goal with 16:40 remaining in the second period. Jacob Middleton's shot stopped at the skate of Marco Rossi who tipped the puck into the crease of the Bolts' net, getting his 13th of the season. Brayden Point gives Tampa Bay a two-goal lead with 7:19 remaining. Jacob Middleton gets one with just 15 seconds left in the second period, getting the score to 4-3.


   Steven Stamkos scores on the power play, getting his 19th goal of the season. Nikita Kucherov's assist on Stamkos' goal got him to 500 career assists and became the fourth in team history to achieve this milestone. Michael Eyssimont jammed the puck into Minnesota's net, getting his 7th of the season. Anthony Cirelli scores his second of the night with just over two minutes remaining in the final frame, also getting his 10th goal of the season.



Notes:

- Nikita Kucherov - first to 75 points

- Kucherov is behind Connor McDavid (527 GP) and Sidney Crosby (554 GP) with 500 Career Assists









Postgame: Brayden Point
Postgame: Waltteri Merela
Postgame: Jon Cooper

Postgame: Filip Gustavsson
Postgame: Brock Faber
Postgame: Jake Middleton
Postgame: John Hynes

*All photos used by the Tampa Bay Lightning used with permission*



 

 



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