Rangers 5, Capitals 2: Jagr and Shanahan Ignite the Rangers in Their Opener
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The opening night crowd at Madison Square Garden had barely finished celebrating Jaromir JagrÂs emotional introduction as Rangers captain when he netted the team's first goal of the season.
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Petr Sykora scored his first two goals with Edmonton and Dwayne Roloson turned aside 31 shots to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night in the teams' season opener.
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The New York Rangers were outworked and overmatched all day by the hapless Philadelphia Flyers. Watching 38-year-old teammate Brendan Shanahan wheeled off the ice on a stretcher in the third period did nothing to change their fortunes.
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On Brian Leetch night, the New York Rangers got it done with defense. Henrik Lundqvist was perfect through three rounds of the shootout, and Brendan Shanahan scored the only goal in the tiebreaker for the Rangers, who finished a two-game homestand against the Atlanta Thrashers with a 2-1 victory last night.
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Goalie Steve Valiquette had played admirably in his second consecutive day starting in place of Henrik Lundqvist, but the Rangers failed to capitalize on many scoring chances.
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Goalie Henrik Lundqvist saved all three of the Penguins shots in the shootout Â keeping him unscored upon in shootouts this season Â and Brendan Shanahan scored on the RangersÂ first attempt.
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Jaromir Jagr scored twice during another milestone night and Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves in his third career shutout, carrying the New York Rangers to a 4-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
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Jaromir Jagr isn't a fan of shootouts on a good day. Having to take part while skating with a sore right hamstring is really low on his list of favorite activities. But the New York Rangers captain ripped a shot past Carolina backup John Grahame to clinch a 2-1 win over the Hurricanes on Sunday.
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The New York Rangers got the kind of effort yesterday that they believe can lead them to a successful playoff push.
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Alexander Semin notches a hat trick and Alexander Ovechkin nets two goals of his own as the Capitals defeat the Hurricanes, 5-2, in their home opener Saturday night.
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Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev each scored twice and the host Montreal Canadiens staged the biggest comeback in their storied history, rallying from five goals down to beat the New York Rangers, 6-5, in a shootout last night.
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Brendan Shanahan's overtime goal sparked the New York Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, their third straight win.
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Viktor Kozlov scored four goals to offset Brendan Shanahan's 18th hat trick and help the New York Islanders take the Atlantic Division lead with a 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
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Tuomu Ruutu scored with 1:48 left to give Chicago a 2-1 victory over visiting Dallas last night in Denis Savard's first game as the Blackhawks' coach.
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The Washington Capitals hit four goals in the first period on the way to a 7-1 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
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In each of the Washington Capitals' previous four games, they scored first and took a lead into the first intermission.
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They marched into enemy territory and swiped 2 points from a first-place team. Their netminder allowed only one goal. They scored three times in the first 20 minutes when they came into the night averaging 1.3 first-period goals per game.