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Rangers must keep their cool off ice

Brandon Prust of the New York Rangers punches

Photo credit: Getty Images | Brandon Prust of the New York Rangers punches Brooks Orpik of the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 13, 2011.

John Tortorella's message to the Rangers at the 5:06 mark of the first period Sunday, after a couple of breakdowns and a couple of bounces put them in a two-goal hole, was simple:

Don't panic.

That message carried the day in a 5-3 victory over the Penguins, a crucial two points that snapped an 0-5-1 slide and kept the Rangers ahead of the creeping pack below them in the Eastern Conference...

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