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The Devils kick off a 5 game road trip tonight with a game against the Rangers in round 2 of “The Battle of the Metro Basement”
The season may be lost, but beating the Rangers will never get old. | Thomas Salus-Imagn Images The Matchup : New Jersey Devils (34-31-2) @ New York Rangers (28-31-8) The Time : 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TNT, Devils Hockey Radio Last Devils Game On Monday night, the Devils defeated the Bruins by a score of 4-3 in overtime. The Bruins got on the score sheet first, less than 5 minutes into the game on a goal from David Pastrnak, and would go up 2-0 a little over 10 minutes later on a goal from our old pal Pavel Zacha.
At this point, you would have been fair to assume “here we go again” with another loss. However the Devils would fight back in the second period, tying the game up with a goal from Connor Brown 32 seconds into the period and another goal from Jesper “I’m allowed to shoot? ” Bratt less than 8 minutes later.
Paul “remember me? ” Cotter and Pastrnak exchanged goals less than 2 minutes apart in the 3rd to send the game to overtime. Cotter would then find himself in a position he has not been in very often this season, playing the hero by scoring the game winning goal in OT.
Jacob Markstrom started in net for the Devils, his 8th start in his last 9 games. Last Rangers Game The Rangers also played on Monday night, losing 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings. It was the first loss for the Rangers in their last 5 games.