Surging Rangers continue pursuit of Devils in New Jersey
The New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers handled their initial games after clinching a playoff berth in significantly different ways.
Because of those dramatically different results, the race for second place in the Metropolitan Division and home ice in the first round of a possible playoffseries between the rivals is even closer heading into the final meeting Thursday night in Newark, N.J.
New Jersey (46-20-8, 10