from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

A word to the wise and all of our other readers, too: Measuring sticks this time of year come in the shape of candy canes.

But my goodness, did the Devils’ riveting 4-3 shootout victory over the Rangers at the Rock on Thursday ever come in the form of an exclamation point.

This was no Christmas fable, Virginia. Brian Boyle did score both the third-period tying goal and the skills-competition decider against an otherwise spectacular Henrik Lundqvist in this Battle of the Hudson that harkened back to days of yore.

“This was something else … and in a Game 34 in December,” said Boyle, the proud 33-year-old who went to back-to-back Cup finals with the Rangers in 2014 and the Lightning in 2015 and, therefore, knows of what he speaks when it comes to placing things in perspective.

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