Scott Gomez Returns As Rangers Beat Coyotes.

Now that’s more like it. The Rangers put the last couple of disasters behind them, and whipped the Winnipeg Jets, er Phoenix Coyotes, 4-1. Scott Gomez was back on the ice, Henrik Lundqvist was back in the net, and the Blueshirts were back to actually trying to win. The Brandon Dubinsky/Nikolai Zherdev/Markus Naslund line had it going on in this one. Zherdev had three assists and his world-class talent was on display all game long. With Wayne Gretzky looking on from behind the Coyotes’ bench, Zherdev played like the "Great One" tonight. If only he could do this every night. He was stick handling and zipping passes all over the ice. Dubinsky recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick (not to be confused with a Michal Rozsival Hat Trick: giving up a shorthanded goal on a turnover, committing a stupid penalty leading to a power play goal, and having your pants fall down at center ice). The center scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, which was his first in 14 games. Remember back in the ... (link)