The Devils on Sunday were still buzzing about the magnificent performance by their rookie goaltender in Saturday’s 2-1 overtime win over the Rangers.
playing in his first career playoff game after being called on to replace struggling starter Vitek Vanecek, saved 35 of the 36 Rangers shots and stymied them on their five power plays.
“What I didn’t imagine was that I would get the performance that he gave us during the regular season,’’ Ruff said. “When we put [him] in — sometimes during games, sometimes starting — his numbers were good. I don’t think it’s by accident.’’ “We played our best game in front of our goaltender [Saturday] night which really helped,’’ Ruff said. “But at the same time, [Schmid] made key saves when he needed to make key saves.’’
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