Why is this seventh playoff Battle of the Hudson different from the six that preceded it?
Here’s a look back at the first six playoff series:The aforementioned goaltender made his NHL playoff debut at the age of 19 years and 357 days in Game 5 of this first-round series on April 27, 1992, at, of all places, the Garden.
The Devils’ series-tying Game 6 victory ended with a wild bench-clearing brawl that started at the final buzzer, lasted for nearly five minutes, spilled into the New Jersey bench, featured bouts between Joey Kocur and Claude Lemieux and between Tie Domi and Scott Stevens and produced 118 minutes in penalties.
Game 7 produced perhaps the most well-played game of high-stakes hockey ever with Valeri Zelepukin tying it 1-1 with 7.7 seconds remaining in the third period before Stephane Matteau made a household name out of Howie Rose in double overtime.1997: Rangers in five Mike Richter made a save on John MacLean’s breakaway while losing his glove with 10.5 seconds to go to preserve the 1-0 lead before an empty-netter.
Lundqvist was benched in favor of Kevin Weekes for Game 2, Jagr was essentially incapacitated the rest of the way and this one ended quietly and quickly.The Sean Avery Rule, Fatso, Brodeur ignoring Avery in the post-series handshake line. Eighteen years after 1994, a now-40-year-old Brodeur twisted history his way by outplaying Vezina-winning Lundqvist in this stunning upset that was over when Adam Henrique said it was in Game 6 overtime.
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