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(Sports Network) – The New Jersey Devils earned a split of the first two games
of the Eastern Conference finals in New York City and will try to take their
first lead of the series when they host the top-seeded Rangers in todays Game 3
battle at Prudential Center. Torrey Smith Pink Jersey . New York notched a
3-0 win in the opener of this best-of-seven series at Madison Square Garden, but
the sixth-seeded Devils responded with a 3-2 victory in Game 2. Martin Brodeur
made 23 saves and David Clarkson scored the winner early in the third period to
allow New Jersey to even this series at one win apiece before it shifts to the
Garden State for Games 3 and 4. Ryan Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk also tallied for
the Devils, who are in the conference final round for the first time since
winning their last Stanley Cup title in 2003. “We have to take care of our
business at home,” New Jersey head coach Peter DeBoer said after the win. “This
is a tough building and were glad to get a split, but now we have to take care
of business at home.” The Devils, who will also host Game 4 on Monday, are 4-1
on home ice this postseason. The Rangers are 3-3 as the visiting club in the
playoffs. Brodeur is one Devil who is certainly happy the series is switching to
Newark for the next two games. “Its a tough place to play and theres so many bad
bounces, the ice isnt good and the boards are tough,” Brodeur said of Madison
Square Garden. “Mentally its a tough game to play here because you have to look
at the puck all game long.” Marc Staal and Chris Kreider scored power-play goals
for the Rangers, who also received 24 saves from Henrik Lundqvist in the loss.
“They came in here really desperate and we had to match it,” said Lundqvist. “I
thought they were a lot better in the first. We had to play better and we did.
So thats a good thing because we had a chance to win this game even though we
didnt play our best.” New York is coming of consecutive seven-game series, as it
was pushed to the brink against Ottawa in the first round and again by
Washington in the conference semifinals. “Weve been in this situation before,”
said Rangers captain Ryan Callahan. “We just have to go into Jersey and try to
get that next game. We cant get down. Like I said, weve been in this situation
before, and weve come through.” The Rangers are in the conference final round
for the first time since 1997 and are attempting to make the Stanley Cup Finals
for the first time since winning their last championship in 1994. As Atlantic
Division combatants, the Devils and Rangers met six times during the regular
season and each team won three of those tilts. The Blueshirts have dominated the
postseason history against the Devils, winning four of the five all-time playoff
series between the clubs. New Jerseys only triumph came in the form of a sweep
in the 2006 conference quarterfinals, but the Rangers avenged that loss by
eliminating the Devils in five games in the opening round of the 2008
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million. The 36-year-old Grilli has enjoyed a career renaissance in Pittsburgh
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