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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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Avalanche Hands the Coyotes Their Ninth Loss Straight 4-3, Nathan MacKinnon Extends Home Streak to 26 2/18/24

 




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


   The Colorado Avalanche handed the Arizona Coyotes their ninth straight loss on Sunday, February 18th at the Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon extended his season-opening home point streak to 26 games. MacKinnon passed Bobby Orr (1974-75, Boston Bruins) for the second-longest to start a season in NHL history... Wayne Gretzky owns the record with 40 games (1988-89, Los Angeles Kings). Nathan MacKinnon has a total of 55 points during his home streak (22 goals, 33 assists).


Coyotes lineup against the Avalanche:

Keller - Hayton - Kerfoot

Maccelli - Bjugstad - Crouse

Zucker - Ruzicka - Schmaltz

Cooley - McBain - Guenther


Moser - Dumba

Durzi - Kesselring

Valimaki - Brown


Vejmelka


Avalanche lineup against the Coyotes:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Wood - Colton - Lehkonen

Parise - Johansen - Kiviranta

Cogliano - Wagner - Olofsson


Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Byram


Georgiev

Annunen


   Ross Colton struck first to get his 12th goal of the season and gave Colorado the lead. Colton got a pass from Miles Wood when he was cutting the net before he scored five-hole. Tying the game 1-1, Matt Dumba scored on a rebound of a shot from Alex Kerfoot. Lawson Crouse pushed it to 2-1 to put Arizona ahead on the power play. He kicked a centering pass from Matias Maccelli to his stick, beating Alexandar Georgiev blocker side afterwards... Crouse recorded his 100th career goal.


   Scoring his third goal of the season to tie it back up - Jack Johnson scored with a wrist shot after skating down the right wing, the shot went under the glove of Karel Vejmelka at 15:40 of the second period. Logan Cooley put the Coyotes back on top with a snipe, getting his eighth of the season from the high slot on a 4-on-2 rush... beating Alexander Georgiev glove side. Jamming a rebound of his own, Nathan MacKinnon (Nate The Great) tied the game back up just 21 seconds later.


   With just 6:43 remaining in the final frame, Devon Toews puts Colorado back in the lead with his 10th goal of the season. He took a touch pass from Jonathan Drouin and from above the circles, he struck a wrist shot through a screen for the 4-3 final.




Notes:

- Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist... Jack Johnson had a goal and an assist, and Bowen Byram recorded two assists.

  MacKinnon had 91 points in 56 games this season (33 goals, 58 assists)... He is the fastest player to reach 90 points in a season in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history since Peter Stastny (1987-88, 56 games)

- Matt Dumba had a goal and an assist, Matias Maccelli recorded two assists... Juuso Valimaki hit 200 NHL games

- Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves for Colorado and Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for Arizona.






Postgame: Jack Johnson

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