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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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Ottawa Senators Defeat San Jose 5-4, 1/13/24

 




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


   The Sharks played against the Senators in Ottawa on Saturday, January 13th. Both teams had a close chance of winning, it could've gone either way with the 5-4 score - The Senators ended up winning!


Sharks lineup against the Senators:

Eklund - Hertl - Hoffman

Duclair - Granlund - Zetterland

Barabanov - Kunin - Bailey

Zadina - Carpenter - Labanc


Ferraro - Okhotliuk

Thrun - Rutta

Vlasic - Addison


Blackwood

Kahkonen


Senators lineup against the Sharks:

Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux

Tarasenko - Stutzle - Batherson

Kubalik - Chartier - Joseph

Kelly - Kastellic - MacEwen


Sanderson - Zub

Chabot - Hamonic

Chychrun - Brannstrom


Korpisalo

Sogaard


   Claude Giroux scores the first goal of the game, and the Senators lead by one. Thomas Chabot doubles the lead with his first! Anthony Duclair nets one, the first goal for the Sharks with 7:25 remaining in the first period. The final score of the first period was 2-1.


   Marc-Edouard Vlasic ties up the game with his first of the season, 2-2 - Kevin Lebang scores soon after, the Sharks now taking the lead from Ottawa. Brady Tkachuk ties the game back up, 3-3 - Drake Batherson nets one soon after Tkachuk, getting the Senators right back in the lead! 4-3 was the final score of the second period.


   Filip Zadina ties up the game 4-4 with 3:04 remaining in the third frame. Vladimir Tarasenko strikes his 10th of the season and the last goal of the game with 3.3 seconds left! The Senators win with a 5-4 score.



"It's a consistency thing - You don't try to win by making highlight reel plays every time. Just stay on the plan, trust the plan, and grind it over. That was the mentality today." Vladimir Tarasenko said after the Senators win against the Sharks.



- Vladimir Tarasenko stats:

   - 10 Goals

   - 18 Assists

   - 28 Points

- Anthony Duclair stats:

   - 8 Goals

   - 8 Assists

   - 16 Points



"We've played games where it's gone our way, we will play games where it doesn't," Justin Bailey said postgame after the Sharks loss to the Senators. "We want to get a point - We're looking towards the second half as an opportunity to build on our game, and continue to get points and what we can to win games."

 



POST-GAME : Jacques Martin

POST-GAME : Artem Zub

POST-GAME : Tim Stutzle

POST-GAME : Drake Batherson


POST-GAME : Anthony Duclair

POST-GAME : Filip Zadina

POST-GAME : David Quinn

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