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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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Ottawa Senators win four games straight, Brady Tkachuk records his second career hat trick in a 6-3 win 2/13/24

 




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


   The Ottawa Senators defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday, February 13th with a 6-3 score. Brady Tkachuk recorded his second career hat trick and Anton Forsberg made 37 saves for Ottawa in his first win back from missing 11 games straight due to injury. The Senators played with only five defensemen because Artem Zub was unable to play due to a lower-body injury.


Blue Jackets lineup against the Senators:

Gaudreau - Jenner - Roslovic

Johnson - Voronkov - Marchenko

Texier - Sillinger - Bemstrom

Danforth - Kuraly - Olivier


Werenski - Boqvist

Provorov - Severson

Bean - Gudbranson


Tarasov

Merzlikins


Senators lineup against the Blue Jackets:

Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson

Joesph - Stutzle - Giroux

Greig - Pinto - Tarasenko

Kubalik - Kastelic - Kelly


Chabot

Chychrun - Benard-Docker

Brannstrom - Hamonic


Forsberg

Korpisalo


   Dmitri Voronkov kicked things off in Ottawa with his 13th goal of the season to give Columbus a 1-0 lead. A centering pass from Kent Johnson skipped off Voronkov's stick before hitting Jacob Benard-Docker's skate, deflecting into the net. Brady Tkachuk tied it 1-1 on the power play after finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play... Tkachuk struck again just 48 seconds later, batting his own rebound out of the air during a 2-on-1 rush. Pushing it 3-1, Claude Giroux scored a shorthanded goal during a 2-on-1 rush with a wrist shot to the top right corner.


   Ridly Greig extends Ottawa's lead to 4-1 in the second period. Vladimir Tarasenko shot a point shot and Greig tipped it in. Boone Jenner cut it 4-2, beating Anton Forsberg glove side. Jenner shot from the top of the left face-off circle with a wrist shot. Getting Columbus another soon after, Jack Roslovic scored a wrist shot from a sharp angle, getting his third goal of the season. Brady Tkachuk made it a two-goal lead for Ottawa scoring his third of the game for a second career hat trick. Tkachuk shot from the top of the crease off a pass from Claude Giroux on the power play to make it 5-3.


   Late into the final frame, Erik Brannstrom called it wraps with an empty-netter for the 6-3 final.




Notes:

- Yegor Chinakov was out due to an upper-body injury

- Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists

- Dmitri Voronokov has scored 13 goals this season, trailing both Connor Bedard (15) and Marco Rossi (14) for the lead among NHL rookies

- Brady Tkachuk reached 319 NHL points, passing Alexei Yashun (317) for third-most before the age of 25 in Ottawa Senators history.

- Daniil Tarasov made 24 saves for Columbus


 




Postgame: Jacques Martin

Postgame: Ridly Greig

Postgame: Thomas Chabot


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