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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...

Panthers Win In Colorado With A 8-4 Score! 1/6/24

 




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


   The Panthers played in Colorado on Saturday, January 6th. The Avalanche lost 8-4, this being the 7th win in a row for the Panthers!


Panthers lineup against the Avalanche:

Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkackuk

Luostarinen - Lundell - Reinhart

Lomberg - Stenlund - Lockwood

Gadjovich - Lorentz - Samoskevich


Forsling - Ekblad

Mikkola - Montour

Ekman-Larsson - Kulikov


Bobrovsky

Stolarz


Avalanche lineup against the Panthers:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Wood - Johansen - Nichushkin

Meyers - Colton - O'Connor

Cogliano - Olofsson - Kiviranta


Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Jones


Georgiev

Prosvetov


   Carter Verhaeghe nets one, getting the Panthers in the lead early in the first. Sam Reinhart scores soon after Verhaeghe - 2-0. Sam Reinhart nets another, his second of the night already! 3-0 being the final score of the first period.


   Cale Makar scores the first for the Avalanche just 21 seconds into the period! Josh Manson scores very soon after - Makar's goal being 31 seconds before Manson's. Valeri Nichushkin ties it up, 3-3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson gets Florida back in the lead! The final score of the second period was 4-3.


   Jonathan Drouin ties it back up, 4-4, with 16:29 left in the third. Sam Reinhart gets a hat trick, and the Panthers are back in the lead! Kevin Stenlund gets Florida the sixth goal of the night. Matthew Tkachuk scores an empty-netter, Carter Verhaeghe scores another empty-netter, and his second of the night! The final score was 8-4.



- 700 NHL Games for Aleksander Barkov

- Valeri Nichushkin is now the Avalanche's third 20-goal scorer this season!

- Sam Reinhart got his third hat trick - After his hatty, he is second in the league with 28 goals to help the Panthers win their 7th game in a row.

- 200 NHL Goals for Matthew Tkachuk



 




POST-GAME : Sam Reinhart


POST-GAME : Jared Bednar

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