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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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Blackhawks struggled with a slow start in the 4-2 loss against the Canucks, 2/13/24

 




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


   The league-leading Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-2 score on Tuesday, February 13th. Unfortunately, the Blackhawks had a slow start and weren't able to match the level of play.


Canucks lineup against the Blackhawks:

Suter - Miller - Boeser

Hoglander - Pettersson - Lindholm

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Di Giuseppe - Lafferty - Mikeheyev


Hughes - Hronek

Cole - Myers

Friedman - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith


Blackhawks lineup against the Canucks:

Foligno - Kurashev - Johnson

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Raddysh

Donato - Sanford - Johnson


Vlasic - Jones

Korchinski - Megna

Crevier - Phillips


Mrazek

Soderblom


   Conor Garland opened the scoring and gave Vancouver the 1-0 lead in the first period at 9:55. Garland passed the puck to Dakota Joshua, who was in the left face-off circle after Garland had skated into the slot with the puck... Joshua passed it back to Garland and he scored just off the crease. The Canucks held their one-goal lead through the remainder of the first frame.


   Scoring his second of the night to keep that Canucks lead up, Filip Hronek's shot coming from the point had deflected off Conor Garland's right foot and into the net. Tyler Johnson cuts it 2-1 on the power play. Philipp Kurashev fed the puck to Johnson after Nick Foligno had passed it to Kurashev along the goal line... Johnson scored from the right circle with a wrist shot. With 1:32 remaining in the middle frame, Nils Hoglander responded to make it a 3-1 lead for the Canucks. Hoglander tapped in the rebound of his own shot in the front.


   Dakota Joshua pushed it 4-1 after he had taken a pass from Teddy Blueger and scored a backhanded shot. Later into the period, Kevin Korchinski scored from the front off a pass from Ryan Donato and Vancouver won with a 4-2 final.




Notes:

- Dakota Joshua had a goal and two assists... this was his first three-point game in the NHL

- Conor Garland scored two goals... Filip Hronk recorded two assists

- Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for Vancouver

- Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for Chicago



 




Postgame: Elias Lindholm

Postgame: Rick Tocchet


Postgame: Kevin Korchinski

Postgame: Seth Jones

Postgame: Luke Richardson


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