A week of reunions for a few veteran imports will continue Wednesday when former Canucks captain Markus Naslund faces Vancouver for the first time since signing with the Rangers over the summer.

Defenseman Wade Redden, an 11-year member of the Ottawa Senators, faced his old team as the Rangers downed the Senators 2-1 in a shootout Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

Redden's adjustment period in New York has been filled with as many shaky moments as standout ones, although coach Tom Renney believes the $39 million blue-liner has shown steady improvement in recent games.

"It's been somewhat predictable in the sense we know what we were getting in terms of the poise and experience," Renney said earlier this week.

The New York Rangers are always confident heading into a shootout, knowing Henrik Lundqvist gives them an excellent chance to win. Nikolai Zherdev scored the only goal in a shootout and Lundqvist denied all three Ottawa Senators shooters in New York's 2-1 victory Monday night. The Rangers opted to shoot first and Zherdev beat Alex Auld between the pads.

The Boston Bruins spent most of the night trying to prove they're the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. The New York Rangers needed only six minutes to show why they've been on top all season. Nigel Dawes and Markus Naslund wiped out New York's two-goal deficit in the closing minutes of the third period, and Chris Drury scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory...

Kevin Weekes had little to do in the first period, then was overwhelmed in the second. He didn't make it off the bench for the third. Michal Rozsival and Nikolai Zherdev scored during two-man advantages in New York's four-goal second period, and the Rangers routed Weekes and the Martin Brodeur-less New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Wednesday night.

The Edmonton Oilers' longest road trip of the season produced a winning record and a new force in goal. In his second start in two days, rookie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 40 saves through overtime and then went 3-for-3 in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.