Rangers come out of triple over time alive.

In a game that began on Wednesday night and ended Thursday morning, the New York Rangers came out of TRIPLE over-time alive. To be fair, both the Rangers and the Capitals put on a hockey clinic tonight, especially their goalies. Most people get winded going up a flight of stairs, these men battled it out for SIX periods of hockey. That's two entire regulation games played in one night. I'm just glad my team got out of it alive...well, mostly alive. There were a lot of shots taken...some to the face:

Dan Girardi took a high stick from teammate Henrik Lundqvist and had to get seven stitches in his face. He was back on the ice a few minutes later, though. True warrior.

Then, Brian Boyle took a puck to his jaw and required seven stitches as well.

The team collectively blocked 81 shots tonight. Keep that in mind the next time a baseball player is out with a "bruised finger" or something equally as stupid.

Late into the second over time, Mike Rupp had a good scoring chance but it was literally kicked away by Brian Boyle. Boyle apologized to Rupp afterwards. True gentleman.

For awhile I thought I would be having nightmares about that missed chance, but...enter: Marian Gaborik. I thought we would have to file a missing persons report for Gabby, actually. He's been notably absent since the first game of the series against the SENATORS. But he showed up tonight and he showed up when it counted most:

John Tortorella said after the game he credits the win to a mentally tough team. But he said it right, it's only one game. The difference is we have to win two games and Washington has to win three. Gotta love a coach that keeps it in perspective.

The Rangers will sleep well tonight and have a few days to rest until the next game on Saturday but for now, Ranger fans will rejoice in a victory thats sure to be much talked about...