The Devils benched D Jonas Siegenthaler and F Jesper Boqvist and dressed veteran D Brendan Smith and F Yegor Sharangovich. The Rangers didn't make any lineup changes. New York's two wins by four goals each marks the first time they have done that in the opening two games of a series since 1994, the year they won the Stanley Cup. NOTES: With the Rangers cruising late, fourth-line center Michael McLeod and New York defenseman Braden Schneider had a big fight with both landing haymakers. 'They're a good team, so we're just not playing to our standard,' he said, 'and it's biting us in the (butt) right now.' But now it's go time and go win the next game.'ĭevils young superstar Jack Hughes acknowledged it's frustrating not being able to play as well as they did in the regular season. 'We're staying positive, we're going to move on and obviously look and correct some things. 'This is what we worked for all year,' forward Timo Meier said. 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.Īfter setting franchise record for wins (52) and points (112) in one of the biggest turnaround seasons in league history, the Devils are suddenly faced with seeing their season in jeopardy. In practice, we do a lot of drills where shots are coming from the point and he just tips everything.'

'He's able to get his stick on everything.

'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. The Devils are 1 for 8, so they are not scoring - and are giving up goals when defending.

The Rangers are 4 of 10 on their chances with the extra skater, with Kreider tipping in all four goals. The series has revolved around the power play. 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.

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