The game between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will take place at Madison Square Garden on Monday, April 24 at 7:00 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 Monday. The New York Rangers lost 1-2 in their last game over the Devils. Chris Kreider scored for New York. Igor Shesterkin stopped 26 shots. The Rangers had 19 turnovers after combining for nine in the first two games of the series. “You’re going to turn the puck over, but at times today we made the wrong decision,” New York’s Mika Zibanejad said. “That’s what they want. … They’re good, they pressure hard everywhere and try to force those turnovers so they can get it to their quick forwards and go on the counter-attack.”
In the extra period, Bratt found Hamilton on the right side, and the defenseman skated into the right circle and beat Shesterkin on the glove side. “It started with a good breakout, a good flip out, and tried to get up in the rush and obviously a great play by Bratt to find me,” Hamilton said. “I think there were a couple of bodies in front, so i was just trying to be patient when i got the puck, saw a little spot to shoot at and thankfully I hit it.”
The New Jersey Devils on the other hand won 1-2 against the Rangers in their last game. Jack Hughes scored and Jesper Bratt had two assists for New Jersey, which lost the first two games at home by 5-1 scores. Schmid, starting in place of Vitek Vanecek, finished with 35 saves. “We got whacked two games in a row … better feeling tonight,” Hughes said. “That’s huge for our belief tonight. We’re back in this thing and we’re excited. Now we’re really pumped to play the next game.” The Devils turned to the 22-year-old Schmid after Vanecek gave up nine goals on 52 shots over the first two games.
Schmid became the first rookie goalie to start a playoff game for the Devils since Martin Brodeur in 1994. Schmid had 11 saves in the first period, 10 in the second, six in the third and eight in overtime to win his first playoff start. “We know what he’s like, he’s like stone-cold, always relaxed and poised,” Hughes said about the young goalie. “We have a lot of confidence in (Schmid) coming in. I think he showed everyone how good he is and we’d like him to keep that going.”
After losing big in the first two games at home, New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff turned to rookie goalie Akira Schmid for the start in the crucial Game 3. The move paid off and the Devils are back in the series. Dougie Hamilton scored 11:36 into overtime and the Devils beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night to cut their series deficit to 2-1.
Patrick Kane – Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad
Filip Chytil – Adam Fox – Barclay Goodrow
Kaapo Kakko – Alexis Lafrenière – Ryan Lindgren
Niko Mikkola – K’Andre Miller
Tyler Motte – Artemi Panarin
Braden Schneider – Igor Shesterkin
Vladimir Tarasenko – Vincent Trocheck
Jacob Trouba
Jimmy Vesey
Jesper Bratt – Dougie Hamilton – Nico Hischier
Jack Hughes – Kevin Bahl – Nathan Bastian
Jesper Boqvist – Ryan Graves – Erik Haula
Curtis Lazar – John Marino
Michael McLeod – Timo Meier
Dawson Mercer – Ondřej Palát
Akira Schmid – Damon Severson
Jonas Siegenthaler
Tomáš Tatar
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 Monday, April 24 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will be telecast live on MSG Sportsnet, MSG, ESPN.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | MSG Sportsnet, MSG, ESPN. | April 24 (7:00 PM ET) |
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