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Devils 4, Rangers 1
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- John Madden tied an NHL playoff record with two man-down goals as part of his first postseason hat trick and led New Jersey over New York, which played without leading scorer Jaromir Jagr, defenseman Darius Kasparaitis and goalie Henrik Lundqvist. The Devils won the first two games of the first-round, best-of-seven match-up on home ice and will carry a 2-0 advantage -- one they've never squandered -- into Game 3 at New York Wednesday. Jagr, the NHL's second-leading scorer, was forced to miss his first game of the season because of a shoulder injury sustained in New York's opening 6-1 loss on Saturday. The Rangers also were missing Kasparaitis, who aggravated a groin injury during the pre-game skate. Kevin Weekes was sharp at times in making 21 saves in place of benched starter Lundqvist. New Jersey won its 13th straight game while New York dropped its seventh consecutive. Madden -- who holds the Devils' regular-season record with 13 career short-handed goals -- gave New Jersey a 1-0 lead just 7:47 in with Chad Wiseman serving a boarding penalty. Madden tied the Devils' career playoff mark for short-handed goals with his fourth when he stretched the lead to 3-0 late in the second period. Brian Gionta scored the Devils' sixth power-play goal of the series with 5:47 left in the opening frame. Blair Betts scored the lone Rangers goal 5:41 into the third period.
Sabres 8, Flyers 2
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- J.P. Dumont and Jason Pominville each had three goals and an assist to help Buffalo take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference series. Chris Drury and Ales Kotalik also scored, and Paul Gaustad had three assists in the game the Sabres led 5-0 after the first period. The Sabres, who needed 58 shots to beat Philadelphia 3-2 in double overtime on Saturday night, scored twice on their first three shots and needed only 12 to build a 6-1 lead on Dumont's third goal midway through the second period. The eight goals were the most since Buffalo's 8-0 victory over Philadelphia in 2001. Simon Gagne and Petr Nedved scored for the Flyers. Game 3 is Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
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