In just a span of 24 hours the Cross River Rivals New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers were both involved in two playoff atmosphere type games.
The Rangers facing off against the Hot Montreal Canadians had their hands full but were in the game for the most part because of their goalie Henrik Lundqvist who stopped 32 of 34 shots. The Canadians 35th shot of the game would be an empty net goal and a 3-1 victory over the blue shirts.
The teams were dead locked at one after two periods of play as Montreal peppered Lundqvist in the second out shooting the Rangers 18 to 5. Still it was the Rangers scoring the only goal of the period.
You knew on this night the only way to beat the King would be on a fluke goal as Sergei Kostitsyn pushed a shot towards the Rangers goal and it would redirect off Rangers forward Artem Anisimov and go past the goal crease for a 2-1 Canadians lead.
The loss threw a wrench in the Rangers playoff hopes as the Boston Bruins won their game against the Carolina Hurricanes and opened a three point lead on the Rangers with a game in hand on them as well for the final playoff spot.
As for the Devils their situation is a little different. They were going for the top seed in the Atlantic division trailing the Pittsburgh Penguins by two points going into last nights game.
The Devils have owed the defending Champions this season and this game would be no different as the Devils would win their sixth straight and sweep the season series from the Penguins in a cruising 5-2 win and take over the Atlantic Division.
The two teams have 87 points but the Devils own the tie breaker, they have one more fewer games played and one more win than the Penguins.
A tale of two teams from across the River, one is sailing high while the other is sinking low. How ever there is still time for the Blue Shirts to stick their heads out of the water, but not much.
See footage of these game here: http://www.puckvideo.com
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