NEW YORK -- New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff blamed a parade of penalties for breaking his team's early momentum in Game 6, as the New York Rangers pushed their Eastern Conference first-round series to seventh game after a 5-2 win on Saturday night.
"I thought the penalties took our best players away from the game. They had to spend too much time on the bench. That hurt us," said Ruff, who watched the Rangers knot up the series at three games apiece.
The Devils' discipline was one reason they entered Game 6 with a chance to eliminate the Rangers.