NHL FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SCORE…
NEW JERSEY 4 – New York 0… Rookie goalie Akira Schmid stopped all 28 shots and the Devils blanked the Rangers in Game 7. They advance to face Carolina in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs starting tomorrow in Raleigh. Tomas Tatar found the net early in the second period and Michael McLeod added a shorthanded goal six minutes later. Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt scored third-period goals. Ondrej Palat had two assists.