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Two of the most popular Yankees were at Madison Square Garden Saturday night to watch the Rangers’ 2-1 overtime loss to the Devils in Game 3 of their best-of-seven, first-round NHL playoff series.

Aaron Judge and Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe were given a shoutout on the video board during the second period.

The Yankees slugger — sitting between Volpe, who was to Judge’s left, and fellow Bomber Harrison Bader — was suited up in a Rangers jersey with the big A, the hockey designation for assistant captain.

Later in the game, Judge was sitting next to his wife, Samantha Bracksiek with Volpe and Bader in nearby seats in the same row.

Judge and company also were sitting a row ahead of Rangers and Knicks owner James Dolan.

It wasn’t the first playoff game Judge, an avid hockey fan, has attended.

Last season, he went to Game 2 of the Rangers-Penguins first-round series with teammates Anthony Rizzo and DJ Lemahieu, who were also wearing Rangers jerseys with him.

Interestingly, Volpe — who went to high school at Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. — and Bader were not in Blueshirts jerseys, but they were clearly enjoying the scene.


  Aaron Judge (left) talks with his wife Samantha Bracksiek during Game 3 of the Rangers-Devils series on April 22, 2023. Fellow Yankees Harrison Bader (second from right) and Anthony Volpe (far right) also were at the game. Paul J. Bereswill for the NY Post Aaron Judge (left) talks with his wife Samantha Bracksiek during Game 3 of the Rangers-Devils series on April 22, 2023. Fellow Yankees Harrison Bader (second from right) and Anthony Volpe (far right) also were at the game. Paul J. Bereswill for the NY Post

  Aaron Judge and his wife Samantha Bracksieck sitting in front of James Dolan during Rangers-Devils Game 3 at MSG on April 22, 2023. Paul J. Bereswill for the NY Post Aaron Judge and his wife Samantha Bracksieck sitting in front of James Dolan during Rangers-Devils Game 3 at MSG on April 22, 2023. Paul J. Bereswill for the NY Post

  Aaron Judge and his wife Samantha Bracksieck at Rangers-Devils Game 3 on April 22, 2023. Paul J. Bereswill Aaron Judge and his wife Samantha Bracksieck at Rangers-Devils Game 3 on April 22, 2023. Paul J. Bereswill

It was a good day for Volpe, who hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Blue Jays earlier in the day at the Stadium.

Judge, who signed a nine-year, 360 million deal in the offseason to stay with Yankees, is off to a solid start with six homers on the season.

But it has been a rough start to the season for Bader, who had some big moments during the playoffs last year.

The center fielder has been sidelined since early March with an oblique strain and hasn’t played a regular-season game yet.

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