The game between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will take place at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The New York Rangers will welcome the New Jersey Devils to Madison Square Garden for an NHL game on Saturday. The New York Rangers won 1-5 in their last game over the Devils. The Rangers and Chris Kreider certainly picked the right time to get their power play in high gear. Kreider scored two more power-play goals in a three-goal second period and the Rangers stunned the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Thursday night to a take a 2-0 lead on the road in their first-round playoff series.
The series has revolved around the power play. The Rangers are 4 of 10 on their chances with the extra skater, with Kreider tipping in all four goals. The Devils are 1 for 8, so they are not scoring — and are giving up goals when defending. “He’s one of the best, not only in the league, just that I have ever seen,” said Patrick Kane, who had a goal and the two primary assists on Kreider’s goals. “He’s able to get his stick on everything. In practice, we do a lot of drills where shots are coming from the point and he just tips everything.” And they go on the net.
Rangers center Vincent Trocheck said while it might look as though the Devils are leaving Kreider alone in front of the net, New York has Kane, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin and Kreider on the ice for their power plays. “I don’t think it’s necessarily leaving him alone. I mean, it’s a 5-on-4,” Trocheck said. “ You got Panarin, Kane, Mika, Fox, Kreider out there. You’re going to take away four of them, but you don’t want to leave any of them open.”
The New Jersey Devils on the other hand lost 1-5 against the Rangers in their last game. Erik Haula scored for New Jersey, which has been outscored 10-2 after going 3-0-1 in the regular season against New York. Vitek Vanecek finished with 26 saves in a game that got one-sided and chippy late. Referee Wes McCauley and Frederick L’Ecuyer sent five players from each team to the locker room with 6:40 left.
The best-of-seven series shifts across the Hudson River to Madison Square Garden for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday, respectively. “No one’s over the moon. There’s a long way to go,” Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. Haula put New Jersey on the board first with a rebound in the crease in the waning seconds of a power play.
Tarasenko got the Rangers going 5:53 into the second period, taking a pass from Fox and beating Vanecek with a shot from the top of the circles. A little more than four minutes later, Kreider tipped a slap shot from Kane past the Devils goalie. He stretched the lead to 3-1, using great hand-eye coordination to pop a soft pass by Kane over Vanecek’s shoulder into the net.
Patrick Kane – Adam Fox – Chris Kreider
Filip Chytil – Kaapo Kakko – Ryan Lindgren
Niko Mikkola – Vladimir Tarasenko – Mika Zibanejad
Barclay Goodrow – Alexis Lafrenière
K’Andre Miller – Tyler Motte
Artemi Panarin – Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin – Vincent Trocheck
Jacob Trouba
Jimmy Vesey
Erik Haula – Michael McLeod – Ondřej Palát
Kevin Bahl – Nathan Bastian – Jesper Bratt
Ryan Graves – Dougie Hamilton – Nico Hischier
Jack Hughes – John Marino
Timo Meier – Dawson Mercer
Damon Severson – Yegor Sharangovich
Brendan Smith – Tomáš Tatar
Vitek Vanecek
Miles Wood
New York Rangers: None
New Jersey Devils: Jonathan Bernier
The game between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will take place at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will be telecast live on ABC, MSG Sportsnet, TBS.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ABC, MSG Sportsnet, TBS. | April 22 (8:00 PM ET) |
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