The game between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will take place at Prudential Center on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The New Jersey Devils will welcome the New York Rangers to Prudential Center for an NHL game on Thursday. The New Jersey Devils lost 1-5 in their last game over the Rangers. The New York Rangers had the ton of experience coming into the playoffs against the young New Jersey Devils, and it certainly was the difference Game 1 of their first-round series, along with Igor Shesterkin.
Shesterkin made 27 saves, Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals and the Rangers stunned the Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night in the team’s firt postseason meeting since 2012. “He has been our best player,” said Kreider of Shesterkin. ”He’s playing with a lot of confidence.” So were most of the Rangers on a night the Devils had a bad case of the jitters. They had six players in the lineup playing in the postseason for the first time and five others who had played a few playoff games.
“I thought we had guys that didn’t handle the puck very well early,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “Probably nerves, jitters. I think everybody in that room that hasn’t been a playoff game, now knows what it’s like to be in a playoff game, to experience that type of atmosphere.” Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan Lindgren and Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers. Adam Fox had four assists and Artemi Panarin had two in this seventh renewal of this river rivalry in the postseason.
The New York Rangers on the other hand won 1-5 against the Devils in their last game. The Devils, who set franchise records with 112 points and 52 wins in the regular season and beat New York three times in four games, never got their rush game going. When they did threaten, they either missed the net or Shesterkin denied them. Their only goal came on a penalty shot by Jack Hughes with 2:46 left to play.
Vitek Vanecek had 18 saves. “We had a lot of blocked shots. Guys are buying in,” Fox said. “We did a good job.” “We didn’t use our chance on the power play and that definitely hurt us tonight,” said Devils captain Nico Hischier, who was hit a lot by the Rangers. “Special teams, looking back and other than that, I think we gave an effort. We weren’t lacking in effort for tonight but that’s how it goes sometimes.’
Jack Hughes – Kevin Bahl – Nathan Bastian
Jesper Boqvist – Jesper Bratt – Ryan Graves
Dougie Hamilton – Erik Haula – Nico Hischier
John Marino – Michael McLeod
Timo Meier – Dawson Mercer
Ondřej Palát – Damon Severson
Jonas Siegenthaler – Tomáš Tatar
Vitek Vanecek
Miles Wood
Adam Fox – Filip Chytil – Chris Kreider
Artemi Panarin – Kaapo Kakko – Patrick Kane
Ryan Lindgren – K’Andre Miller – Vladimir Tarasenko
Barclay Goodrow – Alexis Lafrenière
Niko Mikkola – Tyler Motte
Braden Schneider – Igor Shesterkin
Vincent Trocheck – Jacob Trouba
Jimmy Vesey
Mika Zibanejad
New Jersey Devils: Jonathan Bernier
New York Rangers: Alexander Romanov, Oliver Wahlstrom
The game between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will take place at Prudential Center on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30 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 20 (7:30 PM ET) |
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