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  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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Tampa Bay Lightning 5-game win streak comes to an end against the Detroit Red Wings, 1/21/24

 






   The Tampa Bay Lightning played against the Detroit Red Wings at the Little Caesars Arena on Sunday, January 21st. This was a good win for Detroit after their 4-2 loss on Friday against the Carolina Hurricanes, ending their 3-game win streak. However, it was an unfortunate loss for the Lightning as it ended their 5-game win streak.


Lightning lineup against the Red Wings:

Stamkos - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Paul

Eyssimont - Motte - Sheary

Watson - Glendening - Merela


Hedman - Raddysh

de Haan - Perbix

Lilleberg - Crozier


Vasilevskiy


Red Wings lineup against the Lightning:

Perron - Larkin - Raymond

DeBrincat - Compher - Fabbri

Rasmussen - Copp - Fischer

Kostin - Veleno - Sprong


Walman - Seider

Maatta - Petry

Gostisbehere - Holl


Lyon

Reimer


   Tampa Bay opens the scoring - A great feed by Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman finishes it. Hedman recorded his ninth goal of the season... Kucherov got his 48 assist of the season and Brayden Point got his 27 assist of the season. Lucas Raymond gets Detroit on the board, tying up the game 1-1 with his 13th goal of the season.


   Daniel Sprong gave the Red Wings a 2-1 lead in the middle frame after the puck was left loose by Anthony Cirelli who was trying to get it to Emil Lilleberg... Sprong grabbed it up and skated towards the net, shooting the puck in the crease.


   The third period was completely scoreless. The Red Wings held their one-goal lead through the rest of the game.



Notes:

- Tampa Bay's 5-game streak comes to an end

- Alex Lyon saved 28 out of 29 shots

- The Lightning will close out their road trip on Tuesday in Philadelphia against the Flyers



"It's a long season, there's going to be some ups and downs. Right now we're playing some really good hockey and we got to keep rolling like this." Daniel Sprong met with the media after the Red Wings' 2-1 win, talking about how Detroit has been playing lately.






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

 

 


 



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