You would possibly wish to cowl your ears, Rangers followers.
Shortly after the Devils knocked the Rangers out of the 2023 NHL playoffs with a dominant 4-0 win in Game 7 of their first-round playoff sequence, hordes of followers in black and purple made their means out of the Prudential Heart in Newark on Monday to pour much more salt within the wound, courtesy of a well-known tune.
In a video circulating on social media, Devils followers might be heard mimicking “Slapshot,” which is the Rangers’ iconic goal song.
It was all Devils on Monday on the Rock, the place New Jersey blanked its Hudson River rival 4-0 to advance to the Japanese Convention semifinals in opposition to the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes will host the Devils within the first two video games of their second-round sequence starting Wednesday.
As for the Rangers, they’ll be watching the remainder of the playoffs from house.
The Blueshirts — who entered the postseason with Stanley Cup aspirations after buying star forwards Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko earlier than the NHL commerce deadline — blew a 2-0 sequence result in their Hudson River rivals.
Regardless of displaying glimpses of hope in Saturday’s Sport 6 win, the Devils outplayed the Rangers from begin to end in Monday’s series-clincher.
“Expertise doesn’t imply a factor,” Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant stated after the loss. “It’s nice to have expertise, however you’ve received to play collectively and work collectively. Clearly, the 4 video games that we misplaced, we had two objectives. That’s the underside line. You’re not going to win when you get two objectives in 4 video games.
“I like to have expertise, however you like to have work ethic and extra forecheck and stuff like that. We simply didn’t get it completed.”
Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin helped hold the Rangers alive for a lot of the sequence, stopping 189 out of 203 pictures all through the contests.
Adam Fox expressed regret for Shesterkin following Monday’s defeat.
“He battled all sequence for us. Really feel unhealthy to not be capable to get some objectives for him. Credit score to their goalie, too, he performed effectively, however clearly really feel unhealthy for our goalie there for the best way he battled,” the Rangers defenseman stated.
“Simply sort of really feel like we let him down.”
Shesterkin, final yr’s Vezina Trophy winner, and the Rangers made it to the Japanese Convention Finals final season earlier than falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Sport 6.
