from Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post,

Well, it was nice while it lasted for the Rangers — albeit for two games.

A very modest two-game winning streak came to an unceremonious end in the form of a distasteful 4-2 loss to the Devils on Monday night at Prudential Center.

It was the fourth meeting between the teams this season and the first in which the Devils, the only team below the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division, managed to win.

It was perhaps that motivation that led the Devils to surprise the Rangers with some unexpected fight one day after the Rangers breezed past a loafing Flyers team Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia — a sure sign the Flyers, just eliminated from playoff contention, wanted no part of playing a game of no consequence.

The fact both the Rangers and Devils have long been out of any postseason conversation mattered little as the game hardly resembled one between teams anxiously awaiting the offseason.

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