Last Night's Action: The Ice Report

-Nashville 3 Rangers 0: With most of the building either staying home to watch the Mets or not paying as much attention as usual to the action on the ice, the Rangers played a clunker at the Garden. The tone was set in the first period when Henrik Lundqvist let in a soft goal and the Rangers then failed to score with a 5-on-3 advantage.

When New York was able to generate some offense, they were quickly shutdown by Tomas Vokoun. Vokoun was outstanding in net, stopping all 38 shots he faced. About the only excitement in the game came when an Islander fan walked through the Garden wearing a Potvin jersey. After being pelted with beer, the fan was escorted into the tunnel by Garden security.

-Devils 2 Pittsburgh 1: The latest Penguin sensation, Evgeni Malkin, celebrated his NHL debut with a goal, but it was New Jersey that emerged victorious. Jay Pandolfo and Jamie Langenbrunner scored for the Devils and Martin Brodeur made 37 saves to earn his 450th career victory. Brodeur is only the third goalie in history to reach that milestone.