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The Rangers' Sean Avery goes out of his way to screen Devils goalie Martin Brodeur during Sunday's game.

The visiting team has scored first in every game and won. After Wednesday, the series shifts back across the river. It will either be tied, or the Devils will face elimination.

“It would be a lot nicer if we were up 3-0, but the reality is we’re still up only 2-1,” Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr said. “It’s going to be the key game of the series. We’ve got to bring everything, but they’re going to do the same thing to us.”

New York has won nine of 11 games between the teams this season, and five have been decided after regulation.

Besides Avery’s antics, the Rangers harped on the importance of staying out of the penalty box. Of New Jersey’s six goals in the series, three have been scored during power plays.

“Anything can change momentum,” Devils forward John Madden said. “You have to find ways to win games. In some games it might be the penalty killing that’s doing it for you, in other games it might be your power play is scoring or your goalie is playing well. That’s what it takes to win in this league, especially in a series.”

The Devils connected twice in eight advantages on Sunday and scored more than two regulation goals on Lundqvist for the first time in 17 games since New Jersey’s first-round sweep of New York in 2006.

“For us to get back in the series and for them not to let go of control of the series, there’s a lot at stake,” Brodeur said. “That fear of having our backs against the wall has to be there. We did win one game, we did score four goals, the power play did well. But this is the playoffs, you can’t ride it too high, you can’t ride it too low.”

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Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front early in OT and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since '03. The new Eastern champs will face LA next.

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