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Tactics aside, both the Devils and Rangers could be headed into fairly unfamiliar waters. The Rangers have won two games in a row just once in the 2012 playoffs, but didn't win Game 2 in either of the first two rounds, and the Devils have lost consecutive games on only one occasion in the post-season."It has been back and forth and we haven't had a two-game lead yet," Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said. "In this type of playoffs, it's important to get that. We're putting a lot of emphasis on (Wednesday's) game and trying to get that two-game lead. I think we have to have that mindset of we have to be desperate."

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Earlier we alerted you to the bust up between Professor Green and Made In Chelsea’s queen bitch Victoria Baker-Harber which erupted during last night’s show.Professor Green quite rightly took a large portion of umbrage to the resident nasty piece of work saying she wanted to “slap” his girlfriend, the very easy on the eye Millie Mackintosh, for allowing Louise to cheat on her boyfriend Jamie with Spencer.Did I just see a horse say it'd slap Millie? Apologies, I'm nowhere near as dignified as the other half when it comes to these situations, I call a spade a spade, a horse a horse,” he Tweeted.

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