It is not the most famous regular-season Rangers-Devils game over the 43-year history of the Battle of the Hudson. Not by a long shot.
Because when talking about this rivalry that has surpassed Rangers-Islanders in intensity and meaning over the last quarter-century, Line Brawl I in 2012 and Line Brawl II in 2024 are surely the ones that would be the most memorable.
You know what they did.
But three days shy of 15 years before the Blueshirts and Devils met at the Garden on Thursday, with the Rangers (presumably) seeking to avenge their previous twin humiliations to New Jersey (5-1, 5-0), the clubs hooked up in the most exciting, well-played match of the 237 since the rivalry was born in 1982.
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