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Looking for the sweep against the Devils

By Steve Paulus

Apr 17, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Chris Kreider #20 of the New York Rangers hits Nathan Bastian #14 of the New Jersey Devils after he ran into Igor Shesterkin #31 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 17, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Chris Kreider #20 of the New York Rangers hits Nathan Bastian #14 of the New Jersey Devils after he ran into Igor Shesterkin #31 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 17, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Pavel Buchnevich #89 and Mika Zibanejad #93 of the New York Rangers celebrate their 6-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 17, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Pavel Buchnevich #89 and Mika Zibanejad #93 of the New York Rangers celebrate their 6-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports /

3 keys to winning (starting to sound like a broken record)

  1. Learn a lesson, play defense – The Rangers need to remember the second and third periods of the game Saturday.    Forget about that early lead and the successful power plays. The Rangers need to pretend the Devils are the Washington Capitals and play a shutdown defense, keying off the penalty kill.
  2. Win the special teams battle – That’s how they won on Saturday, even though they were outplayed by the Devils most of the game. The Devils power play and penalty kill are awful and the Rangers need to take advantage of that.
  3. Balanced scoring – It’s all well and good that Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome and Pavel Buchnevich are scoring by the bushel, but they cannot do it every game and the Rangers needs some scoring from the third and fourth lines.  David Quinn is rolling four lines and everyone is getting ice time.  It’s time for the kids to start producing offensively to take the heat off the veterans.

East Division

Sundays schedule

Rangers @ Devils (3pm)
Capitals @ Bruins (12pm)
Penguins @ Sabres (3pm)
Islanders @ Flyers (630pm)

Standings

1- Washington       45     98-12-4     62 points
2- Pittsburgh          44    28-13-3      59 points
3- Islanders             44    27-13-4      58 points
4- Boston                42    24-12-6      54 points
5- Rangers              44    22-16-6      50 points
6–Philadelphia       44    20-18-6      46 points
7- New Jersey         43   14-23-6       34 points
8- Buffalo                 44   11-26-7       29 points

About the game and join the live conversation

The game starts at 3pm EST and it will be It will be televised on the MSG2 Network with the radio call on  WEPN 1050 AM.

Be sure and join the live conversation here on Blue Line Station. The live thread can be found in the conversations section (below).  Join your fellow Ranger fans and talk about the Blueshirts and their playoff push.

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