Jagr's 2 goals help Rangers avoid sweep (AP)

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 Jagr's 2 goals help Rangers avoid sweep (AP)
Jaromir Jagr was flat on his stomach after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers. New York staved off elimination, in what it hopes was the start of a monumental comeback, by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Thursday night. [link]

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Pregame: Rangers at Penguins (Game 5) — Not our time
Published 5/4/2008 by Jen C. at RANGERLAND.NET
... The Rangers hopped on Jagr’s back for Game 4, and his team responded with a 3-0 win. Jagr had two goals (including the empty-netter). Dubinsky had the other. Lundqvist made 29 saves in his second career playoff shutout. He also faced his second playoff penalty shot this year (the first against Madden in the first round), and stopped Malkin. There was some nastiness at the end of the game when Malkin tripped up Paul Mara. Mara ...

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