The Rangers beat the Devils at the Garden 6-3. If you are simply looking at yesterday’s results the assumption would be another easy win for the Blueshirts. That would be wrong. In a contest that looked like a romp, it turned into a nail-biting third period when the Devils scored three straight to make it 4-3. New York’s two empty-netters in the end made the score look more flattering than it was.
Rangers: 22-16-6 (50 pts) (3:00 p.m. ET – TV: MSG 2, Radio: ESPN 1050 AM) The Blueshirts jumped out to a 3-0 lead on two goals by Pavel Buchnevich and one by Ryan Strome by the end of the first period.
Devils: 14-23-6 (34 pts)Rangers must take yesterday’s lesson to heart to complete four game sweep