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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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Rangers defeat the Lightning 3-1 for a third straight win, 2/7/24

 






   The Tampa Bay Lightning played against the Rangers in New York at the Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, February 7th. The Rangers extended their win streak to three games after getting a 3-1 win against the Lightning.


Lightning lineup against the Rangers:

Paul - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Stamkos

Eyssimont - Motte - Sheary

Barre-Boulet - Glendening - Chaffee


Hedman - Raddysh

Sergachev - Cernak

Lilleberg - Perbix


Vasilevskiy


Rangers lineup against the Lightning:

Kreider - Zibanejad - Wheeler

Panarin - Trocheck - Lafreniere

Cuylle - Brodzinski - Kakko

Vesey - Goodrow - Pitlick


Lindgren - Fox

Miller - Trouba

Gustafsson - Schneider


Quick

Shesterkin


   The first period was completely scoreless... 0-0.


   Opening the scoring and getting New York on the board first - Jimmy Vesey strikes his 10th goal of the season. Vesey scored with a backhand shot from the right face-off circle low and got the puck over Andrei Vasilevskiy's left shoulder. Later into the middle frame, Jonny Brodzinski gets the Rangers in a 2-0 lead. Brodzinski scored a one-timer from the right circle after getting the pass from Chris Kreider.


   Scoring the first and unfortunately only goal for Tampa Bay - Brandon Hagel cut the Rangers lead for a 2-1 score. Hagel scored from the hash marks after Nikita Kucherov carried the puck up to the blue line and dropped it for Erik Cernak to grab it up, who ended up leaving it in the left circle... Hagel found it in the middle and struck his 17th goal of the season. Jimmy Vesey scored an empty-netter with little time left in the final frame to wrap it up with a 3-1 final.



Notes:

- Jonathan Quick made 18 saves for New York

- Jimmy Vesey scored two goals for the Rangers (49 GP  11 Goals  5 Assists  16 Points)

- Lightning defenseman, Mikhail Sergachev, was taken off the ice on a stretcher after his left leg awkwardly bent underneath him as he was going for a hit on Alexis Lafreniere.

- This was Mikhail Sergachev's first game back after missing 17 games since December 19th with a lower-body injury...

- With his assist on Brandon Hagel's goal, Nikita Kucherov takes the lead with 86 points (50 GP  32 Goals  54 Assists  86 Points)... one more than Nathan MacKinnon on the Colorado Avalanche.

- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves for Tampa Bay







Postgame: Peter Laviolette
Postgame: Media Availability

Postgame: Victor Hedman
Steven Stamkos on Sergachev Injury
Jon Cooper on Sergachev Injury

*All photos used by the Tampa Bay Lightning used with permission*

 

 


    

 

 

 

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