With a win over the Devils last night, the Rangers have stamped their ticket to the post season.
They join the Blues, who are the best team in the NHL and the first to reach 100 points. They did so after firing their coach and bringing on Ken Hitchcock in November.
Who else is on the Blues coaching staff? None other than Mr. Rat Trick and former Thrashers captain Scott Mellanby.
Oh, and how intense was the game in Madison Square Garden last night?
This is the opening face off.
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At three seconds of the first period, Cam Janssen, Eric Boulton and Ryan Carter of the Devils were given five for fighting while Bryce Salvador was given a 10-minute misconduct. Rangers Mike Rupp, Stu Bickel and Brandon Prust were given five for fighting.
I have this vision of the ice crew thinking "Come on guys! We just cleaned this and you have to go and get it all bloody? Where's the scrappers?". Said like this, of course:
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