Devils, Rangers, and Whalers

There is a lot at stake tonight. The seemingly unstoppable New Jersey Devils take on the slumping New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Should the Devils win their tenth straight game they will move into second place, passed the Carolina Hurricanes (should they lose in Detroit tonight), behind Ottawa in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa managed to put a halt to their free fall, but they have to watch out for the Devils, who seem to be back into their old menacing form. Ranger goalie Henrik Lundqvist has lost his two last starts, giving up four goals in each of those, and the team is on a three-game skid. The Rangers have been victorious in all three meetings with New Jersey this season, and they will certainly make sure the Devils have to work hard for this one.

Detroit are looking to extend their winning streak to six. They also have a good chance of being the first team in the league to score a hundred goals, they need three against Carolina. Three goals doesn't seem like much of a challenge for the awesome Red Wings, but the Hurricanes would sure like to win this one. The last time they managed to win one in the Motor City was as the Hartford Whalers back in 1989.