OK, still a long series, but the Rangers are not looking good in the face of the Devils, who have now won 13 straight.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — John Madden has always been at his best when the New Jersey Devils are shorthanded.
The New York Rangers only wish they could say the same.
Madden tied an NHL playoff record with two man-down goals as part of his first postseason hat trick and led New Jersey to a 4-1 victory Monday night over the Rangers, who played without leading scorer Jaromir Jagr, defenseman Darius Kasparaitis and goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
The Devils won the first two games of the first-round, best-of-seven matchup on home ice and will carry a 2-0 advantage — one they’ve never squandered — into Game 3 at New York on Wednesday
OK, that’s enough, superstition setting in.
