Avery's return spoiled by Sens

It was a night of exciting hockey, and most of all the return of Sean Avery. He returned to Garden ice tonight, after missing 3 weeks with arthroscopic surgery on his wrist. It did not take long for him to get under the skin of the likes of Chris Neil and Chris Phillips. Avery seemed to take where he left off, having a overall great game. His skating was good, his passing was even better, and most of all he was being the lovable we all know. All that and then some was spoiled by Ottawa tonight, as they scored 3 unanswered after the Rangers took an early 1-0 lead, as Scott Gomez scored his 9th goal of the season tonight on his 28th birthday.

After scoring about 4 minutes in, the Rangers did not score another goal the rest of the night. Attribute in bad luck, and you got another loss chalked up for the Rangers. Jason Spezza tied it up late in the 1st after stealing the puck in the neutral zone, and firing a shot past Henrik to tie it up. Ottawa scored two more times over the course of the game, both deflecting off rookie Marc Staal. Thats just some of the bad luck the Rangers had tonight. Ryan Hollweg, and Jaromir Jagr smacked posts tonight missing goals by mere inches. That, and the strong play of Martin Gerber marked bad news for the Rangers as they have now fallen to 17-15-4. Not making excuses or anything for the team, but tonight was a hard one to swallow, as the Rangers dominated play in the Ottawa zone for a chunk of the game. But to be a good team, they have to overcome the "bad luck", and play like champions.