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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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Vancouver Canucks Three-Game Win Streak On Road Trip! 1/6-1/9 2024

 




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


   The Canucks have been on a road trip, first beating the New Jersey Devils with a 6-4 score. They then defeated the New York Rangers 6-3, and now the New York Islanders on Tuesday, January 9th. Vancouver beat the Islanders with a 5-2 score.


Canucks lineup against the Islanders:

Pettersson - Miller - Boeser

Mikheyev - Suter - Kuzmenko

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Hoglander - Aman - Lafferty


Hughes - Hronek

Soucy - Myers

Zadorov - Cole


DeSmith

Demko


Islanders lineup against the Canucks:

Lee - Horvat - Barzal

Engvall - Nelson - Palmieri

Holmstrom - Pageau - Gauthier

Martin - Cizikas - Clutterbuck


Romanov - Dobson

Pelech - Mayfield

Reilly - Aho


Sorokin

Appleby


   Filip Hronek scores late in the first period, getting the Canucks in the lead by one. Quinn Hughes scored with 1:18 remaining in the first period. The final score was 2-0.


   Elias Pettersson extends the Canucks lead to 3-0. Brock Nelson scored the first goal for the Islanders of the night, this being his eighteenth of the season. Tyler Myers answers back, making sure to keep Vancouver in the lead. The final score of the second period was 4-1.


   Brock Nelson nets another, this being his nineteenth of the season. Dakota Joshua scores an empty-netter with 1:25 left in the game! Three straight wins for the Canucks.



"Especially back-to-back against two really good teams and Jersey's playing well - We just want to keep climbing up the mountain," Quinn Hughes said, talking about the Canucks three-game win streak during their road trip so far. "Happy with how this road trip's been, but we got to finish strong last four."



- The Vancouver Canucks now have a three-game win streak

- Quinn Hughes stats:

   - 11 Goals

   - 40 Assists

   - 51 Points

- Dakota Joshua stats:

   - 11 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 20 Points

- Brock Nelson stats:

   - 19 Goals

   - 16 Assists

   - 35 Points

 

 



POST-GAME : Rick Tocchet

POST-GAME : Noah Juulsen

POST-GAME : Casey DeSmith


POST-GAME : Lane Lambert

POST-GAME : Brock Nelson

POST-GAME : Adam Pelech

POST-GAME : Kyle Palmieri

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