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The Hudson River Rivalry is an OG that survived realignment and is now living to tell the tale. The 2023 series that the Devils won in seven games delivered in spades and reminded us how electric things can be when both teams are good.
It was the seventh time New York and New Jersey had met in the postseason, and perhaps the best thing about this rivalry is how even the play is and how back-and-forth the dominance is.
The Devils were pushed around a bit in the 1980s as the new team on the block, but the rivalry truly began when the Rangers won that iconic 1994 conference finals series en route to the Stanley Cup.
From 1995 to 2003, the Devils won three Cups and earned revenge on the Rangers along the way, while New York missed the playoffs for several seasons.
The rivalry cooled off in 2012 when the Devils embarked on a rebuild, but both teams have been back ever since that 2023 series.