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The Ilya and Zach Show: Devils need goal-scoring heroics against the Kings, starting tonight

The New Jersey Devils have won the Stanley Cup three times in their history and in each instance, they wore out their opponent with solid defensive hockey. But their bid to win a fourth Cup is going to come down to offense. More

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By Mike Gibb

After falling to the Devils, the Rangers must become more like them

The New York Rangers' narrative for the playoffs was that they kept doing just enough to get by. But the Devils were following the same script and, in the end, they did a better job of it. More

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By Mike Gibb

How many comebacks do the Rangers have left?

Someone should tell the New York Rangers that playoff bonuses aren't based on the number of games played.

If the Rangers are to advance to the Stanley Cup finals, they will have to win the last two games of their series against the New Jersey Devils. This is the second time they have faced this situation, and if they make it through again, it will have been their third straight seven-game series. More

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By Mike Gibb

Zach Parise breaks out, giving an early parting gift to the Devils

It was fitting that Zach Parise scored the empty-net goal to seal last night's win for his New Jersey Devils in their Eastern Conference final against the New York Rangers.

Parise, the team captain, hadn't scored in five games, but broke out of his slump last night, scoring twice and assisting on another to help the Devils to a 4-1 win that evened the series at two games each. More

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By Mike Gibb

Devils expose a Rangers defense that's showing signs of exhaustion

David Clarkson's game-winning goal for the Devils last night was a nifty piece of stickwork, taking a point shot from Adam Henrique and deflecting it past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. The goal put New Jersey ahead for good, and now the Eastern Conference final heads to Newark tied at one game apiece. More

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By Mike Gibb

The Rangers' Chris Kreider revelation

In the last minute of the Rangers' 2-1, series-clinching victory last night over the Ottawa Senators, the forwards on the ice for the Rangers were Ryan Callahan, the team's captain, Derek Stepan, who had set up the game's first goal, and Chris Kreider, who was still at Boston College a week before the NHL playoffs began.

Krieder only was added to the line-up after Carl Hagelin was suspended for a hit on Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson in Game Two; he played well enough to stay in the line-up when Hagelin returned in Game 6. Now, Rangers coach John Tortorella seems to be convinced that the team will need him if they are to win the Stanley Cup. More

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By Mike Gibb

Quick thinking by the Senators, and the undoing of the Rangers in Game 4

Wayne Gretzky, the best passer in the history of hockey, used to say that you don't pass the puck to where someone is, but where someone is going to be.

The turning point of last night's Rangers game came in the second period. New York had gotten out to a 2-0 lead on two power-play goals in the first period and appeared to be cruising to a three-games-to-one series lead over the Ottawa Senators. More

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By Mike Gibb

How Henrik Lundqvist saved the Rangers, again

It won't go down in history as "The Save." Even if the New York Rangers advance deep into the Stanley Cup playoffs, there's a good chance that even the most die-hard fans will have forgotten about this one. More

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By Mike Gibb