The Rangers advances in 4 easy games.

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The New-York Rangers have swept the Atlanta Trashers out of the playoffs , winning game 4 by a 4-2 score yesterday. The New-York Rangers will advance to the next round. Their next opponent will be known as soon as the other Eastern conference 1st round series end up. The blueshirts, (seeded 6th in the East) will never have the home-ice advantage during the 2007 playoffs.

New-York Rangers 4 - Atlanta Trashers 2
(The New-York Rangers wins the series 4-0)

The New-Jersey Devils in a nailbiter of a game, have tied up their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning by defeating them 4-3 in overtime. Scott Gomez scored the game-winner for the Devils. Tampa fought back from 1-3 to force the overtime period but it wasn't enough. Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St-Louis and Eric Perrin have scored the Tampa goals in the losing cause.

New-Jersey Devils 4 - Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (overtime)
(The series is tied 2-2) Game 5 in N-J

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San Jose Sharks 3 - Nashville Predators 2
(San Jose lead the series 3-1) Game 5 in Nashville

Buffalo Sabres 4 - New-York Islanders 2
(Buffalo lead the series 3-1) Game 5 in Buffalo