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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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Flames End a Three-Game Skid in OT Against the Sharks 4/9/24

 




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


   The Flames visited the Sharks on Tuesday, April 9th at the SAP Center to secure a 3-2 overtime victory to put an end to their three-game skid. It had been the second game straight the Sharks had lost following a 3-2 overtime win against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Andrei Kuzmenko scored the game-winning goal with his 18th goal of the season. The Calgary Flames will take on the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks will visit the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.


Flames lineup against the Sharks:

Sharangovich - Backlund - Coleman

Pospisil - Kadri - Kuzmenko

Huberdeau - Zary - Mangiapane

Greer - Rooney - Coronato


Weegar - Miromanov

Okhotiuk - Andersson

Solovyov - Pachal


Wolf


Sharks lineup against the Flames:

Kostin - Granlund - Zetterlund

Eklund - Kunin - Graf

Zadina - Studnicka - Bordeleleau

MacDonald - Sturm - Bailey


Ferraro - Rutta

Vlasic - Addison

Thrun - Burroughs


Blackwood

Cooley


   Both William Eklund and Jacob MacDonald scored for the Sharks, which had been the first two players to score in the game to give San Jose a strong start before the Flames began to fight back in the second period. Eklund's goal came in the first period, and then MacDonald extended the Sharks' lead in the second, where Calgary came in to tie it 2-2. Nazem Kadri cut it and Rasmus Andersson tied it.


   The third period had been scoreless as they remained stuck in the 2-2 tie, heading into overtime to determine the game-winner. In overtime at 2:02, Andrei Kuzmenko called game on a power play when he collected a rebound close to the left post and scored past Mackenzie Blackwood. He currently has 11 points during a six-game point streak (five goals, six assists). The Sharks were outshot in both the third and overtime 18-4.

Dustin Wolf made a total of 20 saves for Calgary, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 38 saves for San Jose.




Notes:

- Mikael Granlund recorded the secondary assist on William Eklund's goal, extending his point streak to nine games (two goals, eight assists). 

 

 

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