Loosely translated, the words referred to "wasting the night away" as the Rangers skated in circles, getting ready to play.

Fleury's 14th goal came off a brilliant pass by York with the Rangers skating short-handed at 15:25.

For the first time in three weeks, the Rangers skated away from a game with something other than sinking spirits and a premonition of disaster.

The Rangers, tight, or tired, or both, missed assignments and skated back into their own end in a trickle.

But of the two, the Rangers will be skating with an emotional lift from Tikkanen's goal.

Almost all season the Rangers had been skating smoothly in first place over all.

For the second game in a row, the Rangers skated into a raucous atmosphere here and did not let it rattle them.

Gretzky noted that the Rangers skated with "passion and desperation" tonight.

His voice was lost in the roar as the Rangers skated slowly back to center ice for the next face-off.

For two hours, the Rangers (3-6-5) skated through intense drills.