Devils’ 4-1 Win Evens Series With Rangers

The whole incident worked up fans on both sides of the Hudson, but at Blueshirt Banter, they didn’t think it was that big of a deal. They’re Rangers fans, by the way.

Have a feeling Devils fans might disagree.

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The Devils had other ideas.

While they couldn’t take advantage of a lopsided amount of territorial play in two 3-0 shutout losses, New Jersey made sure early in Game 4 that would not happen again.

If the Rangers attempted to send a message, the Devils had a firm reply -- the club was not intimidated by the Atlantic Division champion’s attempts to impose control on the series, just as they shrugged off similar attempts by the club to slug their way to victory during the regular season.

With the series now a best-of-three matchup, the Rangers must refocus on the successful, disciplined style that brought them to the doorstep of the Stanley Cup Final. That, or they will once again be relegated to watching the end of the season on TV.

Parise also scored on an empty-netter late in the game.

The series will shift back to New York for Game 5 on Wednesday.

New Jersey is now one period away from evening the series 2-2.

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Coach Pete DeBoer confirmed the switch during his morning news conference prior to Game 4, and he’s optimistic about the return of Josefson given the strong finish to his regular season prior to suffering his wrist injury.

”I had a brief conversation with him yesterday, DeBoer said. “Basically just get in, bring us some energy, play like you did the last three, four weeks of the season. He’s had a tough year between the injuries and the adversity, really over the last two years, and I really felt the last two, three weeks of the season he had re-found his game and his confidence. If we can get a version of that player in the lineup tonight, we’ll be a better team.”

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The Rangers hold a tight 2-1 lead over their neighboring foes, so playing shorthanded could be venturing in to dangerous territory for the Blueshirts. It’s hard to imagine Prust not missing at least one game, as you can see from the video below, in cased you missed it during Saturday afternoon’s game.

via Fred Murtz