nhl Game Recap
Recap - Rangers Defeat New Jersey 5-2
The Rangers earned a 5-2 victory over the Devils on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
New York was favored by -153 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
New York got goals from Chris Kreider, Braden Schneider, Mika Zibanejad, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Barclay Goodrow in the victory. Kreider opened the scoring at 19:35 of the first period.
Igor Shesterkin turned in a 34-save effort for the Rangers.
Curtis Lazar, and Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Igor Shesterkin.
Akira Schmid stopped 24 of 29 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
New York scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while New Jersey went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 36-29.