Jaromir Jagr looked like a 29 year old last night with two one-timer PP goals within 3 minutes of each other. Martin Straka also added the dagger 7 minutes into the third with a deflected slap-shot from just above the slot as the Rangers played to a solid 3-0 Win, earning Henrik Lundqvist his 10th NHL-leading Shutout. Here are my thoughts on last night, and tonights 7 PM matchup on MSG at MSG…

- The scoring has come from all over the place this season, and this is good and bad. First, its good because that means we infact do have many offensive threats, 3 full lines of them. This can also be bad because not one player is a sure bet to put up points consistently. Overall though, this is a good thing because it exemplifies the Rangers depth, which is key in the playoffs.

- Henrik Lundqvist is playing like the Gold-Medal winning goalie that he is, good timing eh?

- I have a feeling not many players will be rested over the next two games. http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/ reports that Shanny will be back in tonite with Avery and Gomez, while Blair Betts will be sitting out one more game for conditioning reasons.

- One more player to make decisions with is Steven Valiquette. That same site reports that Henrik Lundqvist is starting tonight. I’m liking Renney’s commitment to attempt to grab the 4 seed, as I think we would desperatley benefit from home ice, but do you give Vally the start Sunday in the finale with the Devils? You wan’t to keep him sharp, but if the Devils drop their game tontie to the flyers and we tie them in points, Sunday’s game will be for fourth, at which I can almost guarantee a Henrik Lundqvist start. Valiquette is a class act as many of you know, and he deserves games when Henrik needs rest, but if the difference comes down to rest and 4th place, I think Vally might not touch the ice the rest of the NHL Season and PostSeason.

Islanders @ Rangers, 7 PM, @ MSG. TV is looking like MSG 2 from my sources. The Devils visit Philly tonight, and we are two points behind them for fourth. Here’s to Philly actually helping us for once. - Rob