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Devils Grind Out 2-1 Win in Utah to Secure Second Straight

  Photo: Andrew MacLean The Devils continued their climb toward consistency on Friday night, edging out the Utah Mammoth 2-1 at the Delta Center for their second consecutive victory. In a matchup between two teams that have spent December alternating between wins and losses, it was the Devils who finally found the winning formula on the road. After Daniil But put Utah ahead early with a power-play marker, New Jersey’s veterans took over. Connor Brown leveled the score in the second period with a clinical finish, and Stefan Noesen proved to be the hero in the third, burying a gritty power-play goal to seal the result. Backed by another stellar performance in net from Jacob Markstrom, the Devils successfully neutralized Utah's late-game pressure, turning a back-and-forth month into a promising winning streak. New Jersey Devils Lineup: Bratt - Hischier - Mercer Palat - Glass - Brown Cotter - Lammikko - Noesen Parent - Glendening - Crookshank Siegenthaler - Hamilton Hughes - Pesce Dill...
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Mackenzie Blackwood shutout, Sharks win with a 2-0 score against the Kraken 1/30/24

 



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


   The Seattle Kraken lost against the Sharks in San Jose at the SAP Center on Tuesday, January 30th. The Sharks had their first shutout of the season in their 2-0 win against the Kraken... Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves for San Jose.


Kraken lineup against the Sharks:

Tatar - McCann - Eberle

Tolvanen - Wennberg - Burakovsky

Schwartz - Gourd - Bjorkstrand

Kartye - Beniers - Tanev


Dunn - Larsson

Oleksiak - Borgen

Dumoulin - Schultz


Daccord

Grubauer


Sharks lineup against the Kraken:

Hoffman - Couture - Zetterlund

Barabanov - Eklund - Duclair

Kunin - Sturm - MacDonald

Bailey - Carpenter - Zadina


Vlasic - Emberson

Mukhamadullin - Rutta

Okhotiuk - Addison


Blackwood

Kahkonen


   Both the first and second periods were completely scoreless... 0-0.


   Breaking the 0-0 tie, Marc-Edouard Vlasic gave the Sharks the 1-0 lead. Ty Emberson set up Vlasic for a wrist shot... Vlasic has scored a goal in both of his last two games and three in his last five after being a scratch in 22 games this season. Jan Rutta strikes his third goal of the season with an empty-netter with 21 seconds remaining, wrapping up the game with a 2-0 final.



Notes:

- Both of the games on Tuesday, January 30th went through the first two periods completely scoreless, as well as a shutout for the winning team's goalies.

- Mackenzie Blackwood picked up his ninth career shutout

- Mackenzie Blackwood had his first shutout since December 8th, 2021 when he made 25 saves for the New Jersey Devils.

- Jan Rutta extended his point streak to five games

- The Kraken outshot the Sharks 32-22,13-3 in the first period

- Joe Daccord stopped 20 shots for Seattle



Joey Daccord on the Kraken's 2-0 loss against San Jose: "I thought we played great. Generated a lot of offense, and carried most of the play. Their goalie played unreal. Sometimes a goalie of that caliber can do that so, he stole a game for them tonight."


 

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