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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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Toronto Maple Leafs defeats Seattle Kraken 3-1, 1/21/24

 




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


   The Maple Leafs played against the Kraken in Seattle at the Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, January 21st. Toronto got a great win, heading home with a 3-1 win. After a 6-4 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, it was a good comeback for Toronto.


Maple Leafs lineup against the Kraken:

Knies - Matthews - Marner

Bertuzzi - Tavares - Nylander

Robertson - Domi - Jarnkrok

Holmberg - Kampf - Gregor


Rielly - Brodie

McCabe - Liljegren

Benoit - Timmins


Samsonov

Jones


Kraken lineup against the Maple Leafs:

Tatar - McCann - Eberle

Tolvanen - Wennberg - Bjorkstrand

Schwartz - Kartye - Burakovsky

Hayden - Shore - Tanev


Evans - Larsson

Oleksiak - Borgen

Dumoulin - Schultz


Daccord

Driedger


   Auston Matthews strikes his league-leading goal, 38th, and puts the Maple Leafs in a 1-0 lead with 12:54 remaining in the first period. Matthews scored his fifth goal in the past four games... grabbing up a pass from Mitch Marner and sliding a shot past Joey Daccord. Matthews' goal marks the 57th time in his career scoring the game-opening goal.


   Getting the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead, Nicholas Robertson scored his seventh goal of the season early in the second period. Jordan Eberle keeps Seattle in with his seventh goal of the season, avoiding being shutout just under six minutes remaining.


   Jake McCabe strikes the Kraken empty-net with his fourth goal of the season. The final score was 3-1.



Notes:

- Jordan Eberle has three goals and two assists in his past five games

- Matty Beniers and Vince Dunn are still out with injuries... Yanni Gourde is out due to a two-game suspension for charging

- The Seattle Kraken now has a 4-game losing streak

- Ilya Samsonov got his first win since early December



Auston Matthews on the Maple Leafs 3-1 win and Samsonov: "I thought we had a good start, which was, I think really important for us tonight. Getting off on the right foot and just rolling all four lines - He made some unbelievable saves and just looked really confident, really poisoned there."



Ilya Samsonov on his difficult stretch: "Probably the hardest in my life... but life is moving forward. I'm staying positive - I'm just focused on today and on the moment, day by day."


 

 



Postgame: Max Domi

Postgame: Nick Robertson

Postgame: Sheldon Keefe


Postgame Sound

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