The Rangers lost out on an opportunity to pull even with the Devils in second place in the Metropolitan Division after falling 2-1 in Newark.
If Thursday night’s game was a preview of their looming first-round matchup with the Devils, the Rangers are going to have to bring a whole lot more when it really matters two and a half weeks from now.
It had been a tough couple of weeks against some stiff competition for the Devils, who lost six of their previous eight games, including a 5-1 loss to the Islanders.“I told the team today, this is what we wanted, we talked about it last year,” Devils head coach Lindy Ruff said before the game. “You want to be playing meaningful games, well what more meaningful game could you be playing this late in the year.
Dougie Hamilton collected a game-high five shots on goal from everywhere on the ice. Jack Hughes was a possession machine. Vitek Vanecek was unwaveringly sturdy. The second and third periods weren’t nearly as lopsided as the first, but the tone was set by the Devils from the start.
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