February 4, 2008
Last Night's Action: That Other Comeback
- Rangers 5, Canadiens 3: Fans who tired of FOX's marathon Super Bowl pregame show may have migrated to NBC to catch this inspired effort by the Rangers. Playing in Montreal -- did any of them get to watch the Super Bowl, or even want to watch? -- the Blueshirts scored five unanswered goals after trailing, 3-0, early in the second period. Chris Drury had the go-ahead goal, and Scott Gomez, Michal Rozsival, Martin Straka and Brandon Dubinsky also scored. Coach Tom Renney, who has not had the most job security of late, described this as a character win. The Rangers sit at seventh place in the Eastern Conference, with 60 points. They trail the Flyers -- whom they dominated -- by only three points in their Atlantic Division.
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The first part of a spectacular sports day for me. I hope football fans watched this game instead of the pre-pre-pre-kickoff show. It was a great advertisement for a great sport.
That was a great win for the Rangers. I have to confess, if the second period had ended 3-0, I was ready to stop watching and head out to watch the Super Bowl. I'm glad I didn't!