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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 9, 2007

NEW YORK - Brandon Dubinsky's first NHL goal and Sean Avery's first of the season paced New York's best offensive output since opening night and lifted the Rangers to a 4-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

Avery, playing for the fourth time since returning from a 10-game absence due to a shoulder injury, slapped home a power-play goal 9:40 into the second period to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead. Dubinsky stretched the advantage to three at 2:48 of the third.
Scott Gomez netted his fourth, scoring off an assist from Avery, and Michal Rozsival added a power-play goal in the first period for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home and snapped a streak of four straight two-goal games.

New York scored more than two goals for just the third time in 12 games, but have six victories in eight games.

The Rangers, 8-2 at home and 0-5-1 away from Madison Square Garden, will open a four-game road trip Saturday in Toronto.

DEVILS 4, FLYERS 1: Veteran Dainius Zubrus and rookie Rodney Pelley scored their first goals of the season in a three-goal flurry to help New Jersey beat Philadelphia.

Zubrus and Brian Gionta scored within 18 seconds of each other in the first period after spotting Philadelphia a 1-0 lead, and Zubrus scored again late in the period to give New Jersey a 3-1 lead.

CAPITALS 4, SENATORS 1: Viktor Kozlov had a goal and two assists in the second period as Washington ended Ottawa's team record eight-game winning streak.
Olaf Kolzig made 27 saves for Washington, which had lost four in a row and 10 of its last 12 (1-11-1), including a 2-1 overtime loss Tuesday in Atlanta.

CANADIENS 2, BRUINS 1: Rookie Carey Price made 28 saves to lead Montreal to a victory against Boston.

Montreal's line of Alex Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kastsitsyn combined for six points.

Former MVP Lindros Announces Retirement

Former NHL MVP Eric Lindros retired Thursday in his hometown, ending a career derailed by a series of concussions and other injuries.

The 6-foot-4, 240-pound power forward had 372 goals, 865 points and 1,398 penalty minutes in 760 games for Philadelphia, Toronto, the New York Rangers and Dallas.

He won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1995 and was part of the Canadian Olympic team that won gold in 2002. He also won silver for Canada in 1992.

The Associated Press

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