Goodness returns! Rangers defeat flightless waterfowl 4-3 in overtime.

December 8^th is a day that will live in… well, we’ll  probably remember it for a while, anyway.  Against our arch rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Rangers rallied back from a 1-0 deficit, took a 3-1 lead, gave it all away and then won in OT.

This year’s Ranger team may have trouble defending – but they can score.

Trailing 1-0 in the 2^nd, Marty St. Louis unleashed another perfect pass – this time to J. T. Miller, who had a lot of net to shoot at and did not miss.

And at 8:40 a lucky bounce found Rick Nash alone on front of the net and his resurgent year continues as he deked Marc Andre Fleury for his 18^th goal of the year and the Rangers were up 2-1.

In the third it was the rookie Kevin Hayes on a breakaway unassisted and it looked like the Rangers were in good shape up 3-1.

But then – for the 2^nd straight game the Rangers had their “Muck It Up Minute” (you heard it here first).

It was less actually.  24 seconds. From 15:17 to 15:41.  I don’t want to go into details but – it was 3-3.  The penguins are not that bad a team either.

So on the Overtime.  And there – the career year of Kevin Klein continued.  On what looked like a double screened shot – Kevin beat Fleury (who got a piece of the shot) and the Rangers had their 4-3 win.

So – the return of goodness and the Rangers are once again tied with the Capitals for the 3^rd and last playoff spot in the Metro division.