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Calgary Flames ' Jarome Iginla , left, hits New York Rangers' Vinny Prospal during the first period.

Though Chris Drury talked about the critical nature of picking up a teammate in killing two penalties taken by Aaron Voros within the first 10:03 of last night's 4-2 victory here over the Oilers, head coach John Tortorella wasn't quite so sanguine in referring to the pair of infractions.

After going through the first month and 15 games of the season with Ryan Callahan as the team's only alternate captain, the Rangers awarded an "A" to Vinny Prospal before last night's match here against the Canucks.

"For the first five or six minutes there in the second, I thought we were coming back," said coach John Tortorella .

Less than two weeks have passed, yet the Rangers' seven-game winning streak seems like it happened centuries ago.

Marian Gaborik is sidelined for the Rangers' game tonight against the Islanders at the Coliseum with a knee injury he sustained late in Monday's game against the Coyotes.

Kyle Okposo scores a second period goal in the New York Islander win over the New York Rangers.

So let's take stock: Now that the Rangers have gone so quickly from heroes to zeroes, not only losing their last three in a row, but also giving up more goals in those three losses than they allowed in winning their previous seven straight , what went right during the winning streak that is now going so wrong? Marian Gaborik is still scoring, and ...

One of the qualities of good teams is that they can win the games in which they don't play particularly well.

Crisis No. 1 arrived in Game No. 10 for the Rangers. Mind you, it's just a little trouble, reason for a tiny bit of angst, perhaps, so early in a season in which the ledger reads 7-3. But after ripping off those seven straight victories, and having those who pay attention to October hockey more than a little excited, perhaps overly so, the Rangers ...

They had survived a week of living dangerously against inferior opponents Toronto and L.A., but the Rangers sure weren't able to surmount their deficiencies against the superior Sharks.

The Sharks celebrate scoring on Steve Valiquette on Monday. Devin Setoguchi scored two of San Jose's six consecutive goals and the Sharks took advantage of New York backup goalie Steve Valiquette in a 7-3 comeback victory Monday night that snapped the Rangers' seven-game winning streak.

John Tortorella has said that for the Rangers to succeed, left wing Chris Higgins "needs to be a top six forward for us." Only one part of that theory has played out thus far.

The former home of ex-Sabre Chris Drury sat on the market for more than a year. View Larger Former Buffalo Sabres co-captain Chris Drury's home in Clarence's Spaulding Lake subdivision is an example of the tough market for upper-end residential real estate.

It can help bail you out on a night where little else is clicking and the opposition is clocking you.

Henrik Lundqvist #30 and Brian Boyle #22 of the New York Rangers celebrate their 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings .

As it turns out, safe is death in New York. "It means you need to take a chance," Rangers coach John Tortorella said of the adage he likes to preach.

Rangers forward Sean Avery has missed the last four games after colliding with New York teammate Ryan Callahan during a morning skate, spraining a right knee ligament.

Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.

Chris Drury #23 of the New York Rangers and Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins battle for control of the puck on October 2, 2009 at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.