Schedule and 2022-23 Results:
Regular Season Records: New Jersey 52-22-8=112pts, New York Rangers 47-22-13=107pts
Game 1 on Tuesday, 18 April: New York Rangers win at New Jersey, 5-goals-1
Game 2 on Thursday, 20 April: New York Rangers win at New Jersey, 5-goals-1
Game 3 on Saturday, 22 April: New Jersey wins at New York Rangers, 2-goals-1(OT)
Game 4 on Monday, 24 April: New Jersey wins at New York Rangers, 3-goals-1
Game 5 on Thursday, 27 April: New York Rangers lose at New Jersey, 4-goals-nil
Game 6 on Saturday, 29 April: New Jersey loses at New York Rangers, 5-goals-2
Game 7 on Monday, 01 May: New York Rangers lose at New Jersey, 4-goals-nil

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The New Jersey Devils hosted and shut out the New York Rangers 4-goals-nil to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 victory. With the series 1521 win, the New Jersey Devils improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 26-19 overall and 11-12 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1521 loss, the New York Rangers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 35-43 overall and 14-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious New Jersey Devils in series 1521 was LLWWWLW: Series 1521 thus becomes the fourth NHL Preliminary-round series, the tenth NHL series (all rounds), and the 17th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The four-goals-nil shutout by the New Jersey Devils in series 1521 Game 7 is the most one-sided best-of-7 NHL Preliminary-round Game 7 shutout since series 1190, when the New York Rangers shut out the Capitals in Washington 5-goals-nil in Game 7 of their 2013 NHL Preliminary-round series.

After Game 6: The New York Rangers hosted and defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-goals-2 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New Jersey Devils have a Game 7 record of 7-7, while the New York Rangers have a Game 7 record of 11-6. On home ice, the New Jersey Devils have a 3-2 best-of-7 NHL playoffs Game 7 record. On road ice, the New York Rangers have a 3-5 best-of-7 NHL playoffs Game 7 record.

After Game 5: The New Jersey Devils hosted and shut out the New York Rangers 4-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 12-5 and a Game 6 record of 8-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Rangers have a series record of 7-20 and a Game 6 record of 11-16. Upon posting a win order of LLWWW through the first five games of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series (as the Devils have in series 1521), New Jersey has a 1-0 series record, having done so and defeated the Boston Bruins in series 660, in the 1994 NHL Quarterfinals.

After Game 4: The New Jersey Devils visited and bested the New York Rangers 3-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 11-9 and a Game 5 record of 14-6, while the New York Rangers have a series record of 15-17 and a Game 5 record of 12-20. Series 1521 has seen all four games thus far won by the road team. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series LLWW @ HHVV, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 1-0 (having won series 660, over the Boston Bruins in the 1994 NHL Quarterfinals to set up series 663 in the 1994 NHL Semifinals against the New York Rangers; the Rangers won series 663 in seven games en route to the 1994 NHL championship).

After Game 3: The New Jersey Devils visited and outscored the New York Rangers 2-goals-1(OT) to drop the New York Rangers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1521 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Rangers have a series record of 18-7 and a Game 4 record of 13-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 5-13 and a Game 4 record of 10-8. Upon opening a best-of-7 NHL playoff series with a win-order of WWL (as the New York Rangers have done in series 1521), the New York Rangers have a 6-3 series record.

After Game 2: The New York Rangers visited and topped the New Jersey Devils 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New York Rangers have a series record of 11-3 and a Game 3 record of 5-9 (with an active four-Game 3 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 1-7 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 5-3. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series WW @ VV, the New York Rangers have a 5-1 series record. Trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series LL @ HH, the New Jersey Devils have a 1-2 series record.

After Game 1: The New York Rangers visited and bested the New Jersey Devils 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1521 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Rangers have a series record of 23-13 and a Game 2 record of 14-22. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New Jersey Devils have a series record of 10-14 and a Game 2 record of 16-8. The Game 1 loss by the New Jersey Devils in series 1521 increases their best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 1 losing streak to five games.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022-23 NHL regular season, the New Jersey Devils finished five points ahead of the New York Rangers. From 1939 through the 2022 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 28-18 (.609) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1521 is the 45th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the New Jersey Devils, and the 78th for the New York Rangers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the New Jersey Devils have an all-rounds series record of 25-19, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-12, and a Game 1 record of 20-24 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak), while the New York Rangers have an all-rounds series record of 35-42, a Preliminary-round series record of 14-7, and a Game 1 record of 36-41. Series 1521 is the seventh best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers. The New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils in four of the six previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which the two teams met.