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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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Kings Win 3-2 in Shootout vs. Anaheim Ducks, 2/24/24

 




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


   The Anaheim Ducks lost 3-2 in a shootout against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, February 24th at the Crypto.com Arena. Both Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist in the shootout victory for the Kings. The Kings had a four-game win streak before they had lost 4-1 against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.


Ducks lineup against the Kings:

Henrique - Carlsson - Killorn

Vatrano - McTavish - Terry

Lundestrom - Strome - Silfverberg

Johnston - Carrick - Jones


Vaakanainen - Fowler

Mintyukov - Lybushkin

LaCombe - Gudas


Gibson

Dostal


Kings lineup against the Ducks:

Laferriere - Kopitar - Kempe

Moore - Danault - Fiala

Byfield - Dubois - Kaliyev

Anderson-Dolan - Lizotte - Lewis


Gavrikov - Doughty

Clarke - Roy

Englund - Spence


Rittich

Talbot


   Opening the scoring and getting Anaheim a 1-0 lead - Jakob Silfverberg scored from the left circle with a wrister, beating David Rittich under his glove on the power play. This was Silfverberg's sixth goal of the season. Kevin Fiala tied the game 1-1 at 4:37 of the first period from the left circle, through a screen by Anze Kopitar. He scored with a wrist shot, getting another power-play goal in three straight games.


   Sam Carrick put the Ducks ahead 2-1 at 10:52 of the second period. Adam Henrique sent a centering pass on a 2-on-1 rush and Carrick got a touch on it shorthanded before it got in off Drew Doughty's stick. Tying it up 2-2 with his 13th of the season, Doughty shot a wrister on the power play from the high slot through traffic.


   In the third, the score remained at 2-2... The Ducks and Kings went into overtime to determine the game-winner, however, they had to go to a shootout.

   Both Pierre-Luc Dubois and Trevor Moore scored in the shootout... David Rittich saved attempts by Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn. The Kings won with a 3-2 score.




Notes:

- Los Angeles is 2-5 in games that have gone to a shootout this season.

- Drew Doughty got his 20th assist of the season when he assisted on Kevin Fiala's goal. This is his 11th consecutive season reaching that mark.

- Adrian Kempe has 51 points in 56 games (19 goals, 32 assists)... He's gotten to this 50-point mark in the past three seasons.

- David Rittich made 22 saves for Los Angeles and John Gibson made 48 saves for Anaheim.






 

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