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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...

Oilers 16-game win streak was put to an end by the Golden Knights 3-1, 2/6/24

 




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


   The Oilers played against the Golden Knights in Vegas in hopes of continuing their win streak that could have made history. The Oilers have been on a winning streak of 16 straight games, in this game against the Golden Knights they would've tied at 17 if they had won. Unfortunately, the Oilers lost 3-1 against Vegas... their win streak ending at 16 games.

   Honestly, I thought the Boston Bruins would've been the team to end Edmonton's win streak! 


Oilers lineup against the Golden Knights:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

Kane - Draisaitl - Foegele

Holloway - McLeod - Perry

Janmark - Ryan - Brown


Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnais


Skinner

Pickard


Golden Knights lineup against the Oilers:

Barbashev - Roy - Marchessault

Cotter - Stephenson - Stone

Roundberg - Karlsson - Amadio

Brisson - Howden - Kolesar


Martinez - Pietrangelo

Hague - Whitecloud

McNabb - Korcazak


Hill

Thompson


   Getting the Oilers on the board first and giving them the 1-0 lead - Connor McDavid scored his 21st goal of the season, extending his goal streak to four games straight. McDavid scored with a short-handed goal on the breakaway at 15:25 of the first period. Nicolas Roy struck his 10th goal of the season and tied up the game 1-1. Roy scored late in the period with a backhanded shot on the rebound of Ale Pietrangelo's shot. In the second period, both teams continue to be tied at 1-1.


   Chandler Stephenson gave the Golden Knights the 2-1 lead, beating Stuart Skinner blocker side. Stephenson scored a one-timer off a pass from Jonathan Marchessault. With only 32 seconds left in the final period, William Karlsson scored an empty-netter for the 3-1 final.



Notes:

- The Golden Knights became the fourth reigning Stanley Cup champion to put an end to an opponent's 10-plus win streak.

- Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist

- Nicolas Roy extended his point streak to five games (three goals, six assists)

- Adin Hill made a total of 30 saves for Vegas

- The Edmonton Oilers' 16-game win streak was put to an end - The Pittsburgh Penguins' 1993-92 record remains safe.

- The Oilers outshot the Golden Knights 31-26

- Connor McDavid scored in his fourth game straight (nine points - five goals, four assists)

- Stuart Skinner made a total of 23 saves for Edmonton



Connor McDavid on the Oilers' unfortunate loss against Vegas: "I liked a lot of parts of our game. I thought we played similarly to what we've played throughout the entire streak. We just didn't find a way to win - It's always a tough game in this building, we were expecting that. Disappointing, but we move on."



Adin Hill on the Golden Knights' 3-1 win over the Oilers: "It felt like a playoff game tonight. It was as loud, as exciting, and the fans were into it. It was a good atmosphere."





Postgame: Nicolas Roy

Postgame: William Karlsson

Postgame: Bruce Cassidy


POST-RAW: Darnell Nurse

POST-RAW: Mattias Ekholm

POST-RAW: Kris Knoblauch

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