This first-round playoff series between the Rangers and Devils is now a blank slate.

The 10 goals the Rangers scored between Games 1 and 2? Meaningless.

The feel-good momentum built from a two-game series lead? Gone.

The Devils saw to that when they marched into Madison Square Garden and grinded out two wins, including the 3-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday night, to reset this series at two games apiece as it heads back to their territory in Newark for Game 5 on Thursday.  

For 40 minutes, the Blueshirts skated with zero urgency, zero regard for the possibility of losing their grip on this series and as a result, produced zero goals in comparison to the Devils’ one.