The first period reminded us of the Rangers' 3-2 road win over the Devils back on October 5th, when the Rangers had gone down two goals right away but come back to win after a seemingly crucial time-out by Coach Tortorella. This time the scoreboard was a bit more inflated, as well as the relief adminst the Rangers slump lately (4-8-1 in their last 13 games).
Sean Avery, who was goalless in 16 games, scored 2 goals: one was a sweep-behind-the-net wrap around that, after going under reviewed, was confirmed going in - the other was a nice 2-on-1 one-timer from Marian Gaborik. Speaking of Gaborik, he enjoyed his first 4-point game as a Ranger (2 goals/assists each). Besides Avery and Gaborik, it was a point-scoring Jamboree for the Rangers' rookies.
* Hall-of-Famer Brian Leetch smiling behind the glass when Del Zotto 'saw the opportunity and took it' as he said after Michael scored his 5th (ending a 3-game point drought).
* Rookie Matt Gilroy enjoyed this third goal, while Artem Anisimov (1-2-3) had a career rookie point performance, who is now 5th on the team is scoring as a primarily 3rd line player.
* Former Rangers' 2nd round draft-pick Fedor Tyutin (who was traded for the enigmatic flop Nikolai Zherdev) was held point-less and a -1. Although he has played well for Columbus, putting up career numbers in goals (9) assists (25) and points (34). (+3, +6, +9 his all-time bests as a Ranger).
* Donald Brashear and Aaron Voros fought Jared Boll after Jared Boll scored a goal and threw a massive hit on Marc Staal:
Sean Avery, Henrik Lundqvist, Marian Gaborik Post-Game:
John Tortorella Post-Game:
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