"Stu Bickel got in a fight, then he got stapled to the bench.

With the Rangers coming out of the gate flat-footed in the first period of Thursday night's 4-1 loss to the Penguins at the Garden, Bickel decided he needed to change the momentum. So 8:56 in, he squared up Eric Tangradi, they tossed their helmets aside and punches flew.

"Bick comes up with a big fight for us," coach John Tortorella said. "We get our game going and I thought we played really well in the second period."

Overall, Bickel played 5:19, with 3:42 coming in the first period and 1:37 coming in the second. He never left the bench in the third."