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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Derick Brassard scored the game-winning goal in overtime to send the New York Rangers to a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. After Pavel Datsyuk went off for tripping, New Yorks Dan Girardi unleashed a blast from the point. Jonas Gustavsson made the initial save, but the rebound trickled across the crease to Brassard, who was present at the right side of the net to wrist it home for the win. We knew from the beginning we were facing a pretty good team playing some good hockey, but we found a way, said Brassard. We made some hockey plays there and it is what it is. In overtime, we had the chance to get it done. Martin St. Louis and Brassard finished with a goal and an assist apiece and Rick Nash and Lee Stempniak both scored for the Rangers, who snapped a two- game skid. Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves in the win. Jakub Kindl, Daniel Cleary and Tomas Tatar each lit the lamp for Detroit, which lost its third straight game. Gustavsson sustained an upper-body injury on the final goal. The netminder stayed down on the ice for a prolonged period of time before skating off under his own power. He finished with 26 saves. Dominic Moore moved the puck quickly on a 2-on-1 to Stempniak, who finished off the play with a wrist shot past a diving Gustavsson for a 3-2 lead with 7:50 remaining in regulation. Detroit pulled the goalie with just under three minutes to go and sent the game into overtime on Tatars power-play goal with 7.7 seconds left. Kindls shot from the point never made it to the net. Andrej Nestrasil grabbed the rebound and sent a cross-ice feed to Tatar, who buried a wrister into the back of the net to tie the game at 3-3. The Rangers opened the scoring 6:36 into the first on the power play. Brassard unleashed a slap shot from the top of the left circle and Nash was present in the crease to deflect it past Gustavsson for his 10th goal of the season. Kevin Klein dove into the net and covered the puck with his glove in the crease on a frantic sequence, resulting in a penalty shot for Detroit 5:51 into the second. Gustav Nyquist quickly skated up the slot, but Lundqvist threw up his glove and deflected the puck over the net. New York, which gained momentum off its netminders big stop, made it 2-0 less than a minute later. St. Louis kicked Matt Hunwicks stretch pass out of his skates, skated in on a breakaway and beat Gustavsson with a shot through the five-hole. Riley Sheahan forced a turnover off Klein at the right circle and left the puck for Kindl, who trimmed the deficit in half with a snap shot on the power play at 12:02 of the middle stanza. The Red Wings tied the game 16 seconds later. Clearys shot from a severe angle along the left boards went under Lundqvists arm and into the net. Play continued, however, as the goal was initially waved off. It was quickly ruled a goal upon video review once there was a stoppage in play. Gustavsson preserved the tie with a point-blank glove save on Nash with 1:19 left in the second. Game Notes Cleary played in his first game of the season and tallied his first goal since Jan. 11 ... The Rangers have won five straight games against the Red Wings, matching a similar streak from Jan. 3, 1983 to Jan. 16, 1984 ... Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault coached his 900th NHL game ... Gustavsson made his first start since Oct. 25 against Philadelphia ... Detroit hasnt won at Madison Square Garden since Dec. 6, 2009 ... New York has played in three consecutive overtime games. The last time this occurred was from Mar. 19-25, 2008. Cheap Nike MLB Jerseys . Felix Pie had an RBI double earlier in the inning, as Baltimore rallied for three runs to overcome a 3-2 deficit. J.J. Hardy had two hits and Matt Wieters chipped in with an RBI double for the Orioles, who pushed their winning streak to three games. Discount MLB Jerseys . 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But Chelsea failed to make the most of its counterattacks and the Turkish champions equalized in the second half after gaining in confidence and cutting out their defensive mistakes.NAPA, Calif. -- The anointed starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders is strengthening his hold on the position this training camp instead of losing it. Matt Schaub is showing signs that last years disastrous season in Houston might have been an aberration as he looks in complete command as Oaklands starter. The performance comes in stark contrast to what happened with Matt Flynn last summer. Acquired to be the starter in the off-season, Flynn lacked the necessary arm strength in training camp and ultimately lost his job to Terrelle Pryor before getting cut early in the season. Despite the presence of big-armed rookie Derek Carr, Schaub is showing no signs of giving up the starting position with the Raiders. "Schaubys getting his mojo back," said defensive tackle Antonio Smith, who was a teammate of Schaubs in Houston during his highest and lowest moments as a pro. "Hes getting his confidence back. Hes starting to believe in himself again. "Hes starting to throw with confidence. Those are things you need to be a successful quarterback. You would be surprised just much a mindset is important in this game. ... The moment you are doubting yourself is the moment you start throwing a lot of interceptions and stuff." Thats exactly what happened to Schaub last season with the Texans when he set an NFL record by having an interception returned for a touchdown in four straight games. Schaub threw 14 interceptions in all while losing the starting job to Case Keenum and posting a 73 passer rating that was his lowest in seven seasons as a starter. After starting the season with back-to-back wins, the Texans lost their final 14 games and traded Schaub to the Raiders for a sixth-round draft pick in March. "It was like a snowball effect," Smith said. "A lot of things went wrong early on even though you felt you were playing some good ball. But yyou had key things happen to you in key moments.dddddddddddd Lost a few games, then everybody starting to panic trying to find something wrong. And then things just get all out of whack." Schaub has put 2013 in the past and is focusing instead on reviving his career in Oakland where he is enjoying the opportunity to learn a new offence under co-ordinator Greg Olson after spending seven years running Gary Kubiaks system in Houston. While Schaub lacks the true No. 1 receiver he had in Houston all those years with Andre Johnson, he is excited to work with Oaklands group that includes James Jones, Rod Streater, Denarius Moore and Andre Holmes. "Were still trying to mould what our offence is going to be and what each guys role in it will be," Schaub said. "Well find out what guys do well. What things work, what things we like to do against certain looks and defences. ... Its an exciting chance to get going with this football team and this organization and climb that mountain." Schaub had success during his tenure in Houston, making a pair of Pro Bowls during his seven seasons as a starter. In 2009, he led the NFL in yards passing (4,770), completions (396) and attempts (583) and was fifth in touchdown passes (29). In 2012, he threw for 4,008 yards with 22 touchdowns and 12 interceptions to help Houston to its second straight AFC South title. The Raiders believe he can put up those kinds of numbers again and that he can be a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. "I think hes in a good frame of mind," coach Dennis Allen said. "I think hes very hungry. I think hes excited about the new opportunity. I think anytime you go into something new theres a little bit of, maybe its an increased focus, an increased intensity level, because it is new. You kind of force yourself out of your comfort zone a little bit. I think hes done that." ' ' '