Akira Schmid made 31 saves for the New Jersey Devils, who won a Stanley Cup Playoff series for the first time in more than a decade with a 4-0 win against the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Prudential Center on Monday.
It was Schmid’s second shutout in three games; he made 23 saves in a 4-0 win in Game 5 on Thursday.
Michael McLeod, Tomas Tatar, Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils, the No. 2 seed from the Metropolitan Division, who advanced for the time since 2012 and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Second Round. Ondrej Palat and John Marino each had two assists.
Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves for the Rangers, the No. 3 seed from the Metropolitan.
McLeod gave the Devils a 1-0 lead at 9:53 of the second period with a short-handed goal, scoring on a 2-on-1 after Palat forced a turnover from Chris Kreider. McLeod scored on a backhander around Shesterkin’s right pad.
Tatar extended the lead to 2-0 at 15:39 of the second period, scoring from in front off a pass from Marino.
Haula made it 3-0 at 14:27 of the third period off a one-timer from Jack Hughes.
Bratt then scored an empty-net goal with 3:19 remaining for the 4-0 final.
Devils forward Timo Meier left at 5:39 of the third after a hit from Jacob Trouba and did not play another shift, although he later returned to the bench.
New Jersey improved to 8-7 in Game 7; New York is 11-7.
PREGAME NOTES
Game 7 of the 2023 NHL playoffs first round, where the New York Rangers will take on the New Jersey Devils in a thrilling and decisive matchup! We are thrilled to have you here with us, and our expert host Saps is ready to give you all the latest updates and insights on this exciting game.
A highly anticipated and highly intense match-up that will determine who moves on to the next round of the playoffs. With both teams evenly matched and having won three games each in the series, this game is a must-see for all hockey fans.
The New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils have already played six games in this playoff series, with each team taking turns winning the previous games. Game 7 is a crucial match-up for both teams, and they will be giving it their all to come out on top.
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As a Devils fan Got a lot of rest for you posting your videos win or loose. We knew going in that this was going to be a tough series. Could be worse. Could be a Bruins fan.
The Rangers stunk up the building in this game !!
Sadly didn’t deserve this series . Slept for three games made a rookie look like an all-star . Didn’t show up with any intensity. Not enough . Kid line wasn’t there either
Yeah the effort was nonexistent throughout the series after going up 2-0
I see your Yankees fan that’s not good they’ done also Aaron Boone should be fired. Do you like Basketball 🏀 Knicks game 2 must win! Too many new pieces to the puzzle not enough team chemistry yeah and they had talent but no chemistry and no heart another without the Cup 😢
Let’s face it. Dougie Hamilton doesn’t make that shot in game 3 Rangers possibly sweep.
Drury is the problem. Jeff Gorton & John Davidson would’ve done better. Tarasencho & Kane upset the entire chemistry of the team. Who knows what happened in the locker room
This team was not remotely near as good as the 2015 President's trophy team. This team finished 9th league-wide, 7 points ahead of the Seattle Kraken. A middle of the pack team all season long.
As a die hard Ranger fan – truly disappointed – I feel like I'm the only one who really dislikes the kid line – they're turning out to be busts – no generational talent. Despite all these awesome draft picks – nothing to show for it. Looks like we'll continue to add all star players past their prime.
Big time Rangers fans and it was a shot to the heart to lose this series… this team was a hell of a lot better than the way they played… just a huge disappointment… LGR as always…
Good stuff rangers need younger team and better chemistry. Devils just had more chemistry and better coaching. I would take Kane out and the coach Bc I never saw difference between games 3-6. Only saw that rangers could score on pp’s and with good coaching by the devils literally all they had to do is be better on penalties kills to win games.
Penguins didn’t get embarrassed last year! They had no goalie and some injuries!
Devils didn't have the playoff experience the Rangers had but they played as a team and were coached better. Devils made adjustments after game 2 and took 4 of the next 5 games. Being a Devils fan I am excited, but my father and brother are Rangers fans and I felt bad for them.
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Respect man. You clearly care about your team. It takes a lot to make a video like this after a game 7 loss.
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Hey ma n, watched your videos just to see anotjer fans reaction. Not an easy thing to do and put yourself out there. Respect to you. Never easy to go on screen and lay out emotionally.
Felt like this was all or nothing for Rangers and going into tje red to het an aging Patrick Kane was an overreach for a guy who aint coming back.
Nice to see rivalrly re-lit. Best of luck to you. Life long Devils fan here. Well played.
Game 3 was the key to this series! No killer instinct! Too many players who were waiting for someone else to do the dirty work. Game 7 NJ was flying and NY was in slo-motion ….GM needs make some trades starting with the ghost's 💰Dough man….
62 years a rangers fan so we can be upset together but you got show up and play so many did not this season
So it’s still LGR but next year
Coming from a Bolts fan I was sure this Rangers team was primed for a cup. As soon as my team got bounced, my pick was a lock for NYR. Very disappointed with them. With that much offensive talent, from a distance, this looks like a coaching issue, but I could be wrong.
Worse probably best team on paper since 94
Panarin invisible 2 post seasons in a row
Lol feels like you've got more comments from Devils fans than Rangers fans? Well…here's another one: Devils fan here. I know it probably doesn't soften the blow much, but…respect
Pens fan hear. I feel all you Rangers fans. I know the feeling. I'm assuming a few changes this off-season
2015 was worse than 2014.
Only two positives. One is obviously Igor the other is trouba for clocking Meier who had it coming.
I watched something about how the Rangers rushed their rebuild to go all in, and man it sure looks that way right now. Respect from a Bolts fan.
Only Igor. The Kid line can't do it all. Shoot the fukin puck! Panarin passing to nobody was great to see. Kane…couple good moments but meh…checked players like he was 88! Krieder not bad. First big check by him late in the 3rd. "Better late than never?" Fox looked like he was on some seriously good shit. Dazed all ova the place! The rentals crashed our party and will be prolly leaving as quick as they got here.
Nobody crashed net. Out Coached. Trouba: C-
Lucky Motte…twice with us and nada.
You can't divorce your love for the Rangers, but you can let them know what you see..SUCKNESS.
As a Devils fan, respect. I think the Kane acquisition was a mistake for the Rangers. He didn't do much outside of game 2. He's always had flaws as a player but for most of his career he was elite enough offensively that those flaws didn't matter. Not the case anymore. what I see from the Rangers front office was last year they went too crazy on grit bringing in meatheads who can't play like Reaves, Tinordi, and Blais. This year they ignored it. You need guys with grit who can actually play. Look at the plays Palat made for the Devils tonight. I know the Bruins choked but Tyler Bertuzzi was awesome for them in that series. Look at how good Copp was for the Rangers last year. Gotta feel bad for Igor. He gave up 14 goals in 7 games and they still lost.
cant buy heart 🙂 but good series have to give you respect for posting win or lose!!
Very dissapointed! No HEART ❤
I don’t think the Rangers blew it. Devils are just the better team.
RANGERS ARE THE BIGGEST PLAYOFF CHOKE ARTISTS IN THE NHL BIGGEST CHOKES IN THE CITY!! MAYBE THE BIGGEST CHOKESS IN ALL OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
The rangers are an absolute joke like what the fuck were they doing since after game 3 moping about losing in OT mentally weakest team in the NHL and they quit they can deny it all they want but they quit got handed the game on a silver platter with 3 early penalties and 0 to show for it this team sucks and fire gallant
I’m a devils fan but you’ve made me like you
We had some many more worse seasons than this one but this is really the worst lost in while because of all the hope we had, all the expectations. This team had the biggest potential for the cup since a very long time. After the first 2 games we wanted more, we wanted all and now we had nothing. This feels terrible. But I don't want to be an avs or bruins fan right now as well.