Devil Stab in the Rangers Heart

The New Jersey Devils stunned the hockey world last night by winning their 11th in a row, and clinching the Atlantic divison, wrestling it away from the Rangers.

Just two weeks ago the Rangers were to be the 3 seed, the Devils the 6th. Now their roles will be reversed, and will face off across the Hudson in the opening round of the playoffs.

The schedule has been released, so let the games begin.

Ranger fans should take comfort in that in the beginining of the year, they were picked by SI to have the worst record in the league, and instead they wind up making the playoffs for the first time in 9 years. Anything can happen.

Scott Burnside of ESPN breaks down the match up of the bitter rivals.