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By The Associated Press – 5 days ago
N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 1
N.Y. Rangers 2, New Jersey 1
New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT
N.Y. Rangers 5, New Jersey 3
N.Y. Rangers 5, New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-1
Washington 5, Philadelphia 4
Philadelphia 2, Washington 0
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3
Philadelphia 4, Washington 3, 2OT
Washington 3, Philadelphia 2
Washington 4, Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia 3, Washington 2, OT, Philadelphia wins series 4-3
Montreal 4, Boston 1
Montreal 3, Boston 2, OT
Boston 2, Montreal 1, OT
Montreal 1, Boston 0
Boston 5, Montreal 1
Boston 5, Montreal 4
Montreal 5, Boston 0, Montreal wins series 4-3
Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 0
Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 3
Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1
Pittsburgh 3, Ottawa 1, Pittsburgh wins series 4-0
Dallas 4, Anaheim 0
Dallas 5, Anaheim 2
Anaheim 4, Dallas 2
Dallas 3, Anaheim 1
Anaheim 5, Dallas 2
Dallas 4, Anaheim 1, Dallas wins series 4-2
San Jose vs. Calgary
Calgary 3, San Jose 2
San Jose 2, Calgary 0
Calgary 4, San Jose 3
San Jose 3, Calgary 2
San Jose 4, Calgary 3
Calgary 2, San Jose 0
San Jose 5, Calgary 3, San Jose wins series 4-3
Detroit 3, Nashville 1
Detroit 4, Nashville 2
Nashville 5, Detroit 3
Nashville 3, Detroit 2
Detroit 2, Nashville 1, OT
Detroit 3, Nashville 0, Detroit wins series 4-2
Colorado 3, Minnesota 2, OT
Minnesota 3, Colorado 2, OT
Minnesota 3, Colorado 2, OT
Colorado 5, Minnesota 1
Colorado 3, Minnesota 2
Colorado 2, Minnesota 1, Colorado wins series 4-2
Montreal 4, Philadelphia 3, OT, Montreal leads series 1-0
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m., if necessary
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., if necessary

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PITTSBURGH - After Sean Avery’s performance against the Devils in the first round, which included an NHL rule change prompted after he faceguarded goaltender Martin Brodeur, the Penguins and coach Michel Therrien vowed to ignore the Rangers’ super-pest and his yapping in Game 1 Friday night.
“If he expects to talk to me, he’ll be doing all the talking, not me,” vowed Sidney Crosby.
“I’ll try not to get involved with him. Skate away,” said goaltender Marc Andre-Fleury.
“They’ve got some dangerous players who you’ve got to focus on and we don’t want to have any distractions. This is what he’s looking for,” Therrien said.
Avery was on his best behavior and his wrister nicked Fleury’s right shoulder and went in the net for his fourth goal of the playoffs and a 3-0 second-period lead.
“I don’t have to reel Sean in,” Rangers coach Tom Renney said before the game. “I expect him to compete as hard as ever.”
Jagr comes clean
Jaromir Jagr, who posted two assists Friday night - including a sweet one-handed feed from behind the net (while fending off Sergei Gonchar) for Scott Gomez’s goal that tied the game at 4 - made the most of his first playoff game since his deparure from Pittsburgh in 2001.
Jagr tried to clarify the circumstances of the split from the team with which he won two Stanley Cups.
“We went through the tough times with bankruptcy and the team didn’t have a lot of money,” Jagr said. “Marty Straka, Robert Lang, Alex Kovalev were free agents, all three of them. We weren’t going to be able to sign all of them. I thought, it’s going to be a lot easier for a team to trade one guy than let go three guys. That’s why I made the step. It’s going to be easier for the organization.”

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Jagr, Avery score 23 seconds in third period in Rangers’ 2-1 win
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers had the New Jersey Devils’ number during the regular season and nothing has changed two games into the playoffs.
Jaromir Jagr and Sean Avery scored 23 seconds apart in the third period, and Lundqvist made 26 saves in beating the Devils yet again in a 2-1 victory Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
“I don’t think Game 1 and Game 2 were complete opposites,” Rangers forward Brendan Shanahan said. “We improved in some areas. They improved in some areas. I don’t think anything has been black and white in this series, so far. We’ve just been fortunate to find ways to get goals and to find ways to get wins.”
The victory was the Rangers’ ninth in 10 games against New Jersey this season, and it gave New York a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that will shift across the river for Game 3 on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Devils face a long road back after losing the first two games at home.
“They are definitely taking control of the series,” goalie Martin Brodeur said. “We feel that we are not far away. A bounce here, a bounce there and it could have gone our way today. We have to keep our heads up and try to do to them what they did to us in their building.”
The Rangers, who have never lost a best-of-seven series in which they have led 2-0, have gotten all the breaks in the series.
They won the opener 4-1 on Wednesday when Brodeur misplayed a puck in his own crease with the game tied 1-all in the third period. They took the lead in Game 2 after Devils defenseman Colin White nudged Brodeur while coming out from behind the net, giving Jagr the space to put the puck into the net off the goalie’s back.

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