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New combos key to Rangers' surge

Quick ReadYou want your best players on the ice at the end of a game like the one Friday night, with the whole season on the line.

Jody Shelley #45 of the New York Rangers

Photo credit: Getty Images | Jody Shelley #45 of the New York Rangers celebrates scoring a goal with team mate Brandon Prust #8 and Artem Anisimov #42 against the Philadelphia Flyers. (April 9, 2010)

You want your best players on the ice at the end of a game like the one Friday night, with the whole season on the line.

The Rangers had Brandon Prust and Artem Anisimov. Jody Shelley, the third member of that line, was stuck on the bench while Brandon Dubinsky stayed on the ice to close it out.

That is really the essence of how the Rangers, given up for dead 17 days ago, still have...

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