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Can they make it three in a row versus the Devils?

By Steve Paulus

Apr 15, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Igor Shesterkin #31 and Artemi Panarin #10 of the New York Rangers celebrate their 4-0 shutout against the New Jersey Devilsat Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 15, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Igor Shesterkin #31 and Artemi Panarin #10 of the New York Rangers celebrate their 4-0 shutout against the New Jersey Devilsat Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils skates against the New York Rangers. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils skates against the New York Rangers. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

About the Devils

The Devils will be without their two top scorers again in Pavel Zacha and Jesper Bratt. The only bit of good news is that Nathan Bastian is back from an injury.

In their practice on Friday, the Devils focused on getting shots on net.  Despite losing 4-0, the Devils had more shot attempts than the Rangers, 53-44.  They also had 24 scoring chances to the Rangers’ 16.  The problem is despite the 53 shot attempts, only 16 got through to Igor Shesterkin.

They missed the net with 17 shots and the Rangers had a whopping 20 blocked shots.  That’s one reason why Lindy Ruff had reason to be encouraged by the Devils’ play as much as David Quinn was concerned.

Projected lineup

59 Janne Kuokkanen – 86 Jack Hughes – 38 Yegor Sharangovich
44 Miles Wood –  13 Nico Hischier -11 Andreas Johnsson
67 Marian Studenic   – 90 Jesper Boqvist -12 Tyce Thompson
23 Mikhail Maltsev – 20 Michael McLeod – 14 Nathan Bastian24

Ty Smith – 76 P.K. Subban
22 Ryan Murray – 28 Damon Severson
71 Jonas Siegenthaler – 8 Will Butcher

29 MacKenzie Blackwood

4 Scott Wedgewood

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