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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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The Islanders fall to the Canadiens 4-3, 1/25/24

 




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


   The Islanders visited the Montreal Canadiens and unfortunately lost 4-3 on Thursday, January 25th. It was a close win for either of the two teams and both played great!


Islanders lineup against the Canadiens:

Lee - Horvat - Barzal

Fasching - Nelson - Palmieri

Holmstrom - Pageau - Gauthier

Martin - Engvall - Clutterbuck


Romanov - Dobson

Pelech - Aho

Bolduc - Mayfield


Varlamov

Sorokin


Canadiens lineup against the Islanders:

Caufield - Suzuki - Anderson

Slafkovsky - Monahan - Armia

Pearson - Evans - Gallagher

Pezzetta - Condotta - Harvey-Pinard


Matheson - Guhle

Struble - Savard

Khekaj - Kovacevic


Montembeault

Allen


   Nick Suzuki gets one past Semyon Varlamov on the power play, scoring his 13th goal of the season. Suzuki finished off a passing play with Monahan and Slafkovsky. Cole Caufield made it a 2-0 game, tucking a shot past Varlamv glove side. Sean Monahan scores his 12th of the season on the power play.


   Getting the Islanders on the board, Bo Horvat scored his 20th goal on the power play to cut it to 3-1 early into the middle frame.


   Mat Barzal cut the lead to 3-2 with a great shot over Samuel Montembeault's left shoulder at a sharp angle. Barzal scored the second power-play goal for the New York Islanders. Tying up the game 3-3, Kyle Palmieri scored on the left side of the net. Palmieri had redirected a shot by Noah Dobson from the point. Sean Monahan scored and made it a 4-3 final score. Monahan shot the puck from the high slot, a feed from Josh Anderson.



Notes:

- Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist

- Nick Suzuki had one goal and an assist

- Sam Montembeault made 43 saves for Montreal

- Cole Caufield has 10 points during an eight-game point streak

- Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves in his first start since he sustained a lower-body injury on the  2nd of January.

 



Postgame: David Savard

Postgame: Martin St-Louis

Postgame: Sean Monahan

Postgame: Nick Suzuki

Postgame: Samuel Montembeault


Postgame: Anders Lee

Postgame: Noah Dobson

Postgame: Patrick Roy

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