NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Eastern Conference Finals between the New Jersey Devils and rival New York Rangers are turning out to be exactly what everyone thought.
Hard hitting. Tight checking. Low scoring.
Indeed, as it’s played under the microscope of the New York metropolitan area media, this has been hockey with an edge … but not so edgy as to cross the line.
The two games at Madison Square Garden were similar. They were tied after two periods, and decided in the third. The Rangers won the first with three goals in the last period and the Devils took the second, 3-2, on Wednesday night on a great deflection by David Clarkson.
The best-of-7 series for the right to go to the Stanley Cup Finals now moves on to the Prudential Center in New Jersey for games on Saturday afternoon and Monday night.
