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Rangers rookie shows he belongs

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Eighteen years and 16 days old, Filip Chytil is oozing talent. You could tell that even before his lightning one-timer from the right doorstep off Mats Zuccarello’s cross-ice power-play feed with 3.5 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Rangers a 4-3 exhibition victory over the Devils at the Garden on Wednesday.

“He’s really skilled. You can see that in practice every day, the way he moves the puck and sees the ice,” said Zuccarello, who then added 19-year-old, seventh-overall selection Lias Andersson into the conversation. “These two first-rounders are really impressive, they’ve both done a good job.

“Lias is more of a hard-working two-way player.