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Rangers' Brashear pumped to meet Caps, his former team

GREENBURGH, N.Y. - In his 993rd NHL game tonight, Donald Brashear says he is "going to try to give it a little extra."

After all, Brashear, whose rugged play and potent fists have earned him 2,571 penalty minutes, will face his Capitals teammates of the past three seasons in a regular-season game for the first time.

But the 37-year-old enforcer wasn't referring only to dropping the gloves....

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