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NY Rangers beat Devils to win series
2008-04-18
The New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-3 to win their Eastern Conference quarter-final series by four games to one on Friday. The Rangers scored three goals in the first period to Michal Rozsival, Scott Gomez and Jaromir Jagr after Brian Gionta had given New Jersey a 1-0 lead. New York's Chris Drury added a second-period score and Brandon Dubinsky had an empty-netter with a minute left in the game. Jagr also had two assists. Bryce Salvador and Patrik Elias scored New Jersey's other goals. The Devils' John Madden missed a penalty shot with 7:08 remaining in the game that would have tied the score. Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves for the victory. (Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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