Last night, Marian Gaborik ended the Rangers’ five-game skid, carrying them to a 3-1 victory netting all three goals for his first hat trick as a Ranger. It was the Great Gabby’s 10th career and first since his virtuoso 5-goal, 6-point eruption against us two seasons ago.

The former Wild star has been tremendous on a flawed roster, doing his part by pacing the Blueshirts in goals (33), assists (32), points (65), PPG (12), PP Pts (21), plus/minus (10) and SOG (204).