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After Quick Start, Rangers Move On

Devils had no answer for Blueshirts all season, go home after five playoff games

By Mike Buss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 19, 2008 12:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – So much for home-ice advantage for New Jersey. With tonight's 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers, the Devils were knocked out of the first round of the NHL's Eastern Conference quarterfinals in the fifth game of the best-of-seven series, bowing to a team that... Read full story »

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