POST-GAME NOTES: Rangers 3, Minnesota Wild 6

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On Thursday night, in the opening game of a back-to-back road swing, the Rangers had the great misfortune of running into a very hot Marian Gaborik. The Slovak star scored five goals and added an assist in leading the Minnesota wild to a 6-3 win at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

Recap

THREE STARS OF THE GAME
1. M. GABORIK -- MIN
2. P. DEMITRA -- MIN
3. B. BURNS -- MIN

NOTES

* Michal Rozsival scored his eighth goal of the season in the first period. He has scored more goals than any other defenseman in the NHL this season and is 1-5-6 in his last three games.

* Scott Gomez extended his point-scoring streak to seven consecutive games with an assist on Martin Straka’s second period goal. Gomez is 3-6-9 during the streak, which is three games shy of his career high.

* Jaromir Jagr recorded two assists for his first multiple-point game in 10 outings.

* The Rangers surrendered three power-play goals, the most they have allowed in a game this season.

* Minnesota’s Marian Gaborik set a Wild franchise record by scoring five goals in the game -- the first time the Rangers have allowed that many since Mario Lemieux tallied five goals against them on April 9, 1993.