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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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Seattle Kraken 9-Game Win Streak! 7-4 Win Against Columbus, 1/13/24

 




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


   The Kraken played against the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Saturday, January 13th. The Blue Jackets had the lead, but Seattle took it and won with a 7-4 score. The Kraken has won 9 games straight, a franchise record!


Kraken lineup against the Blue Jackets:

Tatar - Beniers - Eberle

Schwartz - Wennberg - Tanev

Tolvanen - Gourde - Bjorkstrand

Kartye - McCann - Burakovsky


Dunn - Larsson

Oleksiak - Borgen

Dumoulin - Schultz


Daccord

Driedger


Blue Jackets lineup against the Kraken:

Gaudreau - Sillinger - Chinaknov

Johnson - Fantilli - Roslovic

Gaunce - Danforth - Bemstrom

Texier - Voronkov - Marchenko


Severson - Boqvist

Provorov - Peeke

Bean - Gudbranson


Tarasov

Merzlikins


   Ivan Provorov strikes first, getting the Blue Jackets the lead. Jordan Eberle ties up the game with his fifth goal of the season! Provorov scores his second of the night, getting Columbus back in the lead - Jared McCann ties up the game, 2-2. The final score of the first period was 2-2.


   Kirill Marchenko takes the lead back for Columbus! Tye Kartye ties the game back up, 3-3 - Oliver Bjorkstrand gets the Kraken back in the lead by the end of the second frame. 4-3 was the final score of the second period.


   Jared McCann scores his second of the night! Brian Dumoulin scores his third of the season - Emil Bemstrom strikes one, the Kraken still in the lead. Eeli Tolvanen scored the seventh for the Kraken and the last goal of the game - 7-4 was the final.



"We just stuck with it - we were getting our chances and we just had to bury the puck." Jared McCann spoke postgame about the Kraken win against Columbus.



- Andre Burkovsky didn't return for the remainder of the game after the first period due to a lower-body injury.

- Jared McCann hit 300 Career Points!

- Yanni Gourde hit 300 Career Points!

- Emil Bemstrom hit 200 games

- Kirill Marchenko hit 100 games



"We started off well - the first period was a pretty even period," Ivan Provorov said postgame after the Blue Jackets loss against Seattle. "The second, we tried to do a little bit too much, got away from what was working for us in the first - we pushed hard, but sometimes when you try to come from behind, things don't always work out."

 

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