For one team, it was magnificent. For the other team, it was ugly. For the fans, it was a rivalry renewed.
Tensions flared and attitudes heightened all afternoon long at the Prudential Center, forcing veteran fans to remember simpler, more aggressive times (the 1990s).
The tipping point in the New York Rangers‘ 4-0 dominance over the New Jersey Devils came when Chris Kreider leveled defenseman Matt Tennyson into the boards in the third period.
Here's the Rangers-Devils rivalry that I grew up on in the 90s. Chris Kreider gets the party started, Wayne Simmonds and P.