The Devils are more dangerous to the Rangers than they were before the series began, because now they know they can win.
And speaking of a match: The Devils, unwittingly in an act of desperation, appear to have found a match with the Rangers between the pipes in 22-year-old rookie goaltender Akira Schmid from Switzerland.
And now — unless Schmid with his uncommonly calm demeanor and economically simplistic goaltending approach — turns out to be a one-game wonder, the Devils have found one of the most important elements a team can have in the Stanley Cup playoffs: a hot goaltender.“We knew we were in a hole and we’ve been in a hole before,’’ Devils coach Lindy Ruff said Sunday. “We knew it was just about focusing on one game and on one period.
Monday night’s Game 4 will shape the rest of this series — and possibly the direction of a Rangers’ postseason they’re bent on taking to the Stanley Cup final.
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