ECQF Game 5: New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers | 7:30 PM ET | ESPN2, SN360, TVAS2, MSG, MSGSN

[Better Call Sal]

Your New Jersey Devils Projected Lineup:

#96 Timo Meier - #13 Nico Hischier (C) - #63 Jesper Bratt
#56 Erik Haula - #86 Jack Hughes (A) - #18 Ondrej Palat (A)
#90 Tomas Tatar - #20 Michael McLeod - #91 Dawson Mercer
#70 Jesper Boqvist - #42 Curtis Lazar - #14 Nathan Bastian

#71 Jonas Siegenthaler - #7 Dougie Hamilton
#33 Ryan Graves - #6 John Marino
#88 Kevin Bahl - #28 Damon Severson

#40 Akira Schmid
#41 Vitek Vanecek

New York Rangers Projected Lineup:

#20 Chris Kreider - #93 Mika Zibanejad - #88 Patrick Kane
#10 Artemi Panarin - #16 Vincent Trocheck - #91 Vladimir Tarasenko
#13 Alexis Lafreniere - #72 Filip Chytil - #24 Kaapo Kakko
#26 Jimmy Vesey - #21 Barclay Goodrow - #14 Tyler Motte

#55 Ryan Lindgren - #23 Adam Fox
#79 K'Andre Miller - #8 Jacob Trouba (C)
#77 Niko Mikkola - #4 Braden Schneider

#31 Igor Shesterkin
#41 Jaroslav Halak

Let's.....uh.....

LFG NJD

SWISS SQUAD

Don't forget to Trunk Monkey their asses.



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[FoxyClean]

I literally have no idea.

Try to win, I guess.

 

[Xirik]

Feel weird that this series is tight yet the last years Cup Champion is on the edge of being eliminated. What a world we live in.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Nyr in 7

 

[swiiscompos]

The Rangers need to find a way to stop Hughes. Hopefully that will open up space for the rest of the Devils offense.

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

Have no idea what to expect. Hoping the devils can actually show off the offence a bit here.

 

[scoopscj]

Oh great! It's game day! Time to feel nervous all day. Got my Tums ready.

 

[Leonardo87]

I literally have no idea.

I don’t think anyone does, which is why it’s been calm and civil in here, lol

 

[BMOK33]

NJ has to win tonight because NYR won't lose 3 in a row at MSG and I am not even sure we've had a series before where road team won first 6

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Yeah this is a I have no idea anymore series. Good luck f***ers

 

[TrendingRabbit]

What say you?

 

[GG96]

Let’s hope the Rangers give a shit tonight

 

[scoopscj]

Let’s hope the Rangers give a shit tonight

No please.

 

[swiiscompos]

This place is dead, need to bring some emotion.

Ranger fans, what are you having for lunch? Us Devils fans are having Tacos.

 

[Leonardo87]

This place is dead, need to bring some emotion.

Ranger fans, what are you having for lunch? Us Devils fans are having Tacos.

Not much for lunch, but Burgers and wings, with some Hazy IPA's are on the menu for tonight,

 

[TBF1972]

No please.

they want to have another home game

 

[EdJovanovski]

This place is dead, need to bring some emotion.

Ranger fans, what are you having for lunch? Us Devils fans are having Tacos.

Not eating until game time when I’ll have Pizza

 

[NJDevilsFan21]

All I can see right now in my head is 5-1. Just don't lose 5-1 again. Better yet, please win! We've only got one left at MSG so we're the team that's actually going to have to win one at home. LGD!

 

[scoopscj]

Not worried about eating, but hoping to drink the tears of Ranger fans everywhere.

 

[njdevil26]

I make zero predictions for tonight. The Devils have yet to play their best game (Zero goals from Meier, Hischier, Bratt, Mercer, and Tatar) and the Rangers were definitely not at their best games 3 and 4.

Everything is on the line tonight. Both teams have another level to get to.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Yeah this is a I have no idea anymore series. Good luck f***ers

That's how I feel, too. At the start, I thought it was going to be close. Then, the Rangers blew the wheels off the Devils in Games 1 and 2 and I thought "maybe it'll be a sweep!". Then the Devils rebounded and I'm back to it coming down to the wire.

Rangers need to swing the momentum back in their direction, and the Devils need to just keep moving forward like they have been. Which one manages it tonight, who the hell knows.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Both fanbases are too confused and nervous to get into a pissing match yet

 

[Zippy316]

There’s been such a nervous energy to this series it’s comical to watch it unfold in the fan bases.

Only time that really changed was after Game 2 when Rangers fans rightfully started to think about taking their victory lap.

But now we’re back to square one and it feels like both fan bases have absolutely no idea what to expect.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Not much for lunch, but Burgers and wings, with some Hazy IPA's are on the menu for tonight,

So you are the reason I can never find IPAs on draft that don't look like orange juice outside the standard two.... I obviously wanted the Devils to win, but now I'm all in.

 

[Hockeyholic]

NJ has to win tonight because NYR won't lose 3 in a row at MSG and I am not even sure we've had a series before where road team won first 6

I don't think it's ever happened in NHL before. I know there have been several instances where the road team won the first five. Then, the home team finally won game 6.

In MLB, Nationals won the WS in game 7. Road team won every game.

I think the Raptors lost in game 7 last year at home. Road team won every game I believe.

So odds are it's series over if NYR win tonight. 60/40 if Devils win tonight.

Being away in this series is meaningless because of virtually no travel and familiarity of opposing rinks. Not to mention the Devils have never had a true advantage fan wise against NYR.