The game between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will take place at Prudential Center on Tuesday, April 18 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The New Jersey Devils will welcome the New York Rangers to Prudential Center for an NHL game on Tuesday. The New Jersey Devils won 4-5 in their last game over the Capitals. It took erasing a three-goal deficit for the New Jersey Devils to solidify a franchise-record regular season and send them into the playoffs on a high note.
Next up, the New York Rangers. The Devils rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime Thursday night on Luke Hughes’ first NHL goal in just his second game. Their 52 wins and 112 points are the most in franchise history — something players valued before turning their attention to the first round.
“Ultimately we wanted the record and that was kind of the message in the locker room and the chips usually fall in place how they’re supposed to,” said Erik Haula, who scored twice. “I think everyone’s expected us to play the Rangers for the past six weeks or so, so here we are and we’re excited to get started.” “We’re going to play a good team with a lot of experience and a great goaltender,” coach Lindy Ruff said of the Rangers, who went to the East final last year and still have reigning Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin in net. “We know we’ve got our hands full.”
The New York Rangers on the other hand lost 2-3 against the Maple Leafs in their last game. Rangers forward Filip Chytil appeared to tie the game with 1.9 seconds left, but officials ruled he kicked the puck into the net. Toronto thus held on to finish 50-21-11 for 111 points. The 24-year-old Woll improved to 6-1-0. “I’m proud of the guys. They battled hard and played hard,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. ”I’m happy with the way we finished.”
Panarin put the Rangers up 2-1 with his 29th goal at 6:26 of the third with assists to Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad, but Nylander scored his 40th for the Toronto at 7:48. Panarin led the Rangers in scoring with 92 points. The assist was the 60th of the season for Fox. He and Brian Leetch are the only two defensemen in Rangers history to have multiple 60-plus assist seasons. Fox had a career-high 63 assists last season. Zibanejad’s assist had him finish with a career-high 91 points, including 39 goals.
Kakko scored at 1:38 of the second as he beat Woll for his 18th with an assist to Vincent Trocheck. Liljegren tied it at 3:09 of the third with his sixth. The Rangers finished 47-22-13, third in the Metropolitan Division with 107 points and will face the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the playoffs. The series will start in Newark since the Devils finished second with 112 points. New Jersey had only 63 points a season ago.
Erik Haula – Jack Hughes – Luke Hughes
Jesper Boqvist – Jesper Bratt – Dougie Hamilton
Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer – Damon Severson
Yegor Sharangovich – Tomáš Tatar
Miles Wood – Kevin Bahl
Nathan Bastian – Mackenzie Blackwood
Curtis Lazar – Timo Meier
Akira Schmid
Jonas Siegenthaler
Brendan Smith
Adam Fox – Kaapo Kakko – Artemi Panarin
Vincent Trocheck – Mika Zibanejad – Filip Chytil
Barclay Goodrow – Jaroslav Halák – Patrick Kane
Chris Kreider – Alexis Lafrenière
Ryan Lindgren – Niko Mikkola
K’Andre Miller – Tyler Motte
Braden Schneider – Vladimir Tarasenko
Jacob Trouba
Jimmy Vesey
New Jersey Devils: Timo Meier, Michael McLeod, Jonathan Bernier
New York Rangers: None
The game between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will take place at Prudential Center on Tuesday, April 18 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will be telecast live on MSG, MSG Sportsnet, TBS.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | MSG, MSG Sportsnet, TBS | April 18 (7:00 PM ET) |
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