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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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Blues defeat the Sabres 3-1, 2/10/24

 




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


   The St. Louis Blues visited the Sabres in Buffalo at the KeyBank Center on Saturday, February 10th. Kyle Okposo scored the lone goal for Buffalo... St. Louis took the 3-1 final. The 3-1 win is a good two points for the Blues after their 5-game win streak ended on January 30th against the Columbus Blue Jackets, 1-0.


Blues lineup against the Sabres:

Buchnevich - Thomas - Kyrou

Neighbours - Schenn - Kapanen

Saad - Hayes - Blais

Toropchenko - Sundqvist - Walker


Leddy - Parayko

Krug - Kessel

Scandella - Rosen


Hofer


Sabres lineup against the Blues:

Skinner - Thompson - Okposo

Benson - Cozens - Peterka

Greenway - Mittelstadt - Tuch

Robinson - Krebs - Girgensons


Dahlin - Jokiharju

Power - Clifton

Johnson - Johnson


Luukkonen

Comrie


   Opening the scoring - Jake Neighbours gave St. Louis the lead 1-0 at 7:07 in the first period. After Pavel Buchnevich's attempt to get the puck in from the slot, it was redirected to Neighbours who scored with a backhanded shot at the side of the net on the power play. The Blues kept their 1-0 lead through the remaining time in the first frame.


   Kyle Okposo tied the game 1-1 just 51 seconds into the middle frame. Okposo took a pass from Tage Thompson, who circled down low before sending the puck to Okposo in front. The puck hit Okposo's leg, deflected off the stick of Matthew Kessel, and went right into the net. Jordan Kyrou regains the lead for St. Louis with 15:28 remaining in the second period. The puck bounced to Kyrou in the low slot after Colton Parayko's point shot had hit the end of the boards... Kyrou scored his 15th goal of the season with a wrist shot.


   Jake Neighbours took advantage of a rebound that bounced to him late into the final period. He scored his second goal of the night and his 17th of the season.



Jake Neighbours on the Blues' 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres: "I thought it was good. I thought we had a lackadaisical second period. Our execution just wasn't there but I thought we had a good start and finished it well."


Jeff Skinner on the Sabres' loss and the lone goal: "I think we can obviously do more, try to get into the inside and get some second chance opportunities - It seemed like we kind of felt like we were going to get a balance and maybe get an easy one but that's just not the way it's going for us right now. So, we just have to dig deep and find a way to get ugly ones until things start feeling better for ourselves."




Notes:

- Joel Hofer made 33 saves for St. Louis

- Jake Neighbours recorded two goals (50 GP  17 Goals  4 Assists  21 Points)

- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 saves for Buffalo

- Kyle Okposo scored the lone goal for Buffalo (48 GP  10 Goals  7 Assists  17 Points)


 



Postgame: Kyle Okposo

Postgame: Don Granato

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