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The Rangers and Devils met for a memorable series finale Monday--a 4-2 Rangers win that featured a line brawl off the opening faceoff and a war of words between the two coaches. How did that nasty affair compare with the other five meetings of the...

What it means: The opening-faceoff line brawl was well-orchestrated, but the hatred between the Rangers and Devils was altogether genuine in a nasty series finale that ended with a playoff-clinching 4-2 win for the Blueshirts at Madison Square Garden...

The players were not the only ones to battle in the Rangers' win over the Devils.

It took all of two seconds for fists to start flying in the third meeting of the season between the Devils and the Rangers. Each team put out their fourth line to start the game and almost immediately following the opening faceoff, the gloves came...

Lined up across from Philadelphia's Zac Rinaldo for the game's opening faceoff, Rangers tough guy Brandon Prust suggested the two kick off the rivalry right. "We should probably start this with a tilt, eh?" Prust asked Rinaldo. Rinaldo obliged ...