"Finally, something went right for the Rangers at Mellon Arena.

"Every person was paying the price and playing hard," said Olli Jokinen, who scored at 1:02 of overtime for a 3-2 win over the Penguins on Friday night, the Rangers' first overtime victory of the season.

That included leading scorer Marian Gaborik, who sat out the final two periods after trying to play on his lacerated right thigh, and rookie defenseman Michael Del Zotto, who missed most of the game after suffering a deep gash on the left side of his rib cage.

The Rangers (27-27-7), who earlier acquired enforcer Jody Shelley and are in a 3-8-0 slump, lost their previous seven regular-season games at the Igloo, which opened in 1961 and will be replaced next season by the across-the-street Consol Energy Center. The Penguins (36-22-3) are 15-0-3 against the Rangers at home since April 13, 2006, including the 2008 playoffs.

But the Rangers followed through on a players-only meeting Thursday in which they stressed the need to raise their game. That was best epitomized by Chris Drury (who dropped the gloves against Matt Cooke), defenseman Michal Rozsival (who came to the captain's aid and later sprung Jokinen for the winner) and the remaining four defensemen who logged yeomen minutes with Rozsival serving a 10-minute misconduct.

"I loved it," goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who stopped 25 shots, said of Drury's fight at 10:35 of the second period. "We just need that energy, that edge."

An enraged Cooke, hit from behind, continued to punch Drury after he went to the ice. Coach John Tortorella said Drury and Rozsival's actions left the bench "10 feet tall.""