Today in NYR History December 26:
1991: The New York Rangers stage the biggest comeback in their history when they turn a 6-1 deficit into an 8-6 victory against the Washington Capitals.
Washington delights the home crowd by scoring five consecutive goals to take a 6-1 lead late in the first period. Michal Pivonka scores three of the six goals for his first NHL hat trick.
But John Ogrodnick makes it 6-2 when he scores with one-tenth of a second remaining in the period. Joe Kocur scores the only goal of the second period, and the Rangers catch and pass the Capitals by scoring five times in the third. Mike Gartner's goal with just under eight minutes remaining puts the Rangers ahead 7-6, and Sergei Nemchinov puts the game away with an empty-net goal.
The Rangers are outshot 18-15 in the first period but outshoot Washington 31-7 for the rest of the game.
"I don't ever remember a team winning after being down 6-1," Rangers coach Roger Neilson says.
1993: Two years after helping to start the Rangers' historic comeback against Washington, Mike Gartner becomes the sixth NHL player to score 600 goals in New York's 8-3 victory against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden. Goal No. 600 comes when he beats Devils goaltender Chris Terreri 6:16 into the third period; he gets a head start toward No. 700 when he scores again 67 seconds later.
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