The Rangers stunned the Devils on Thursday night to a take a 2-0 lead on the road in their first-round playoff series.
Kreider scored two more power-play goals in a three-goal second period and the Rangers stunned the5-1 on Thursday night to a take a 2-0 lead on the road in their first-round playoff series.
"I don't think it's necessarily leaving him alone. I mean, it's a 5-on-4," Trocheck said."You got Panarin, Kane, Mika, Fox, Kreider out there. You're going to take away four of them, but you don't want to leave any of them open." Erik Haula scored for New Jersey, which has been outscored 10-2 after going 3-0-1 in the regular season against New York. Vitek Vanecek finished with 26 saves in a game that got one-sided and chippy late.
Tarasenko got the Rangers going 5:53 into the second period, taking a pass from Fox and beating Vanecek with a shot from the top of the circles. After setting franchise record for wins and points in one of the biggest turnaround seasons in league history, the Devils are suddenly faced with seeing their season in jeopardy.
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