In a highly charged NHL game at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers rallied to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3. The match began with an unprecedented 10-player line brawl immediately after puck drop, leading to the ejection of eight players. The main event of the brawl featured Rangers forward Matt Rempe and Devils' Kurtis MacDermid, reigniting a rivalry from a previous encounter. Despite the early chaos, Artemi Panarin scored the opening goal at 9:22, followed by a series of fights including Dawson Mercer and Will Cuylle. The Rangers overcame a two-goal deficit with two goals in the third period, including a tie-breaking power-play goal by Chris Kreider with 4:57 left, securing their victory.
“It’s great to see, just the team bonding that way, having each other’s backs out there.” 🎥 Bratt: https://t.co/6CuOdRnmzo 🎥 Smith: https://t.co/16jclZoDz3 🎥 Green: https://t.co/1nbDCyaoCk 🎥 MacDermid: ⤵️ #NJDevils | @Genucel https://t.co/r4lKdJk0Up
Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal late in the third period and the Rangers rallied to beat the Devils 4-3 on Wednesday night in a game that started with a 10-player brawl. https://t.co/g5Gs4dKsLu #NoQuitinNY #njdevils
Rangers rally to beat Devils on Chris Kreider's goal in third period after eight players ejected in opening seconds | @ColinSNewsday #NYR https://t.co/uSKtXXyruK
Kreider breaks tie in 3rd, Rangers edge Devils to extend Metro lead ⤵️ https://t.co/VW8RKok4GU
FINAL — #NYR 4, #NJDevils 3 Crazy game. Blueshirts blow a two-goal lead and end up pulling out the win with two goals in the third. Oh, and we saw a line brawl tonight!
KREIDS. IN. FRONT. 🫡 https://t.co/0dFXAESnWZ
Kreider with the tip-in PPG. Rangers 4-3 Devils. Panarin with the excellent carry. Fox with the blast and Kreider gets a goal in his office.
Chris Kreider tips in an Adam Fox shot and the #NYR are up 4-3 with 4:57 left in regulation. Credit Artemi Panarin for setting the sequence up.
The main event was Rangers forward Matt Rempe taking on New Jersey’s Kurtis MacDermid, with the two having history from the previous time the Devils visited Madison Square Garden on March 11. https://t.co/M1ZyV6BGFP
Kakko off to the races and ties it. Rangers 3-3 Devils.
Kakko ties it, 3-3. Luke Hughes tried a slapper and broke his stick, and Kakko basically had a 1-on-1 against Hughes, who had no stick. Then he ripped a shot top shelf. #NYR
Kaapo Kakko scores the tying goal by outracing Luke Hughes down the ice after the latter lost his stick. 3-3 with 14:28 to play.
Luke Hughes has a stick snap, Kakko goes down on a partial breakaway and snaps one top corner. 3-3 at 5:32 of the 3rd.
Rangers tie the game at three after Luke Hughes' stick snaps in half and the Rangers are off to the races.
Now that’s a line brawl #oldtimehockey https://t.co/GSuDN39iyq
Rangers' Matt Rempe returns to lineup vs. Devils, is immediately among eight ejected in line brawl | @ColinSNewsday #NYR https://t.co/GEXcJ5FmKO
It wasn't just Matt Rempe & Curtis MacDermid, though that was the Main Event at MSG. #NYR & #NJDevils line brawl kickstarts the festivities 2 seconds into the game tonight. Watch & Read ⤵️ https://t.co/SP6mxAZoMk
After the line brawl, both NJD & NYR are down two forwards & two defensemen for the rest of the game. 😅 (🎥: @ryannovo62) https://t.co/X8xjyRn8VR
After the line brawl, both NJD & NYR are down two forwards & two defensemen for the rest of the game. 😅 https://t.co/YbNDL474dQ
Artemi Panarin scores from the left circle. Devils lose challenge for offside. Adam Fox played the puck before it crossed the blue line at the right point. So now the Rangers, up 1-0 at 9:22 of the first period, are on the power play.
Artemi Panarin gets #NYR on the board, 1-0. Long rebound pops out to Alexis Lafrenière, who hits No. 10 for the wide-open shot. #NJDevils are challenging for offside.
Oh hey, there's a hockey game going on now. Panarin scores his 45th from Lafrenière, 1-0 #NYR at 9:22.
Panarin. 1-0, #NYR
#NYR strike first. 1-0.
EVERYONE DROPS THE GLOVES TO START THE GAME! 🥊 https://t.co/cbY5ReAon1
Old time hockey! Five simultaneous fights two seconds into the game. https://t.co/f7Hna5ARS6
Smith challenging Lindgren while Cuylle and Mercer are chuckin’ em. More to come in this shit show. #nyr #NJDevils
And the Devils are down to 13 skaters for the rest of the first period. Dawson Mercer gets 2 for instigating, 5 for fightning and a 10-min misconduct for going after Will Cuylle, who got 2 for boarding Brendan Smith and 5 for fighting Mercer.
Fight Night at the Garden. #Rangers #Devils
Now it's Mercer + Cuylle fighting.
Mercer and Cuylle with a spirited fight. It's going to be one of those games. #NJDevils #NYR
Now we've got Will Cuylle and Dawson Mercer going at it. Meanwhile, Ryan Lindgren is giving old friend Brendan Smith an earful.
And now Dawson Mercer is fighting Cuylle because Cuylle just sent Smith into the end boards really hard. #NJDevils
Dawson Mercer is fighting Will Cuylle now.
Another fight -- Cuylle with a big hit on Smith, Mercer and Cuylle drop the gloves
Now Cuylle and Dawson Mercer are fighting.
I knew Matt Rempe and Kurtis MacDermid would fight right off the face-off. I didn't see a line brawl coming, and I definitely didn't think the first two to fight would be Jimmy Vesey and Curtis Lazar. They're still in the game, albeit in the box now. The rest are gone.
Ejections to Rempe, Goodrow, Miller, Trouba + MacDermid, Tierney, Nahl, Marino. NJD + NYR both down two forwards & two defensemen for the next 59+ minutes. https://t.co/fESpsEKa8b
Vesey and the Devils' Curtis Lazar both get 5 for fighting. The eight guys that went to the dressing room all get 5 and a game. So both teams are down to 11 forwards and four defensemen for the rest of the game. Oh, and Jack Roslovic got a boarding penalty at :54.
LINE BRAWL AT THE GARDEN 🚨 https://t.co/GBZaZ6mCwR
LINE BRAWL AT PUCK DROP https://t.co/tw5GnEtqyw
No better way to start a game than a 5 on 5 BRAWL @spittinchiclets https://t.co/tw5GnEtqyw
PUCK DROP LINE BRAWL AT MSG!! #NYR | #NJDevils https://t.co/tSyEHqUy3R
Secondary fights after another one has started get automatic game misconducts. So the Jimmy Vesey-Curtis Lazar fight is technically the first one. Other 8 guys are out. #NYR lose Miller, Trouba, Rempe and Goodrow for the night. NJ loses MacDermid, Marino, Bahl and Tierney.
Lazar + Vesey ruled as the first fight. Eight other players just got ejected for secondary altercation.
HOCKEY IS THE BEST SPORT! LINE BRAWL TO START THE GAME!! https://t.co/jUPu16OYEk
What a way to start a hockey game. 🥊 https://t.co/wrrYFqavkd
Everybody dropped the gloves as soon as the puck dropped. MacDermid started off with some heavy shots on Rempe, but the rookie hung in their tough and rallied. Meanwhile, K'Andre Miller pummeled John Marino. Way too much to keep track of going on there.
Mayhem at the Garden. Complete brawl at puck drop.