This one goes to Rangers

Seems like 2010 all over again.

Nearly one year after a shootout loss in Philadelphia knocked the Rangers out of the playoff race, visiting New York got a measure of revenge yesterday afternoon with a 3-2 victory.

Philadelphia is solidly in the playoffs this time around and trying to finish first in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers are on the postseason bubble, but they helped their chances greatly with just their second win over the Flyers in six meetings this season.

Last April 11, the Flyers won the shootout on the last day of the season to secure a playoff spot and keep the Rangers out. Philadelphia got hot and reached Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals before losing to Chicago.

This time, Erik Christensen and Wojtek Wolski scored in the tiebreaker, and Henrik Lundqvist turned aside Nikolay Zherdev and Claude Giroux to give the Rangers a much-needed win that snapped a two-game skid.

“A small flashback,’’ said Lundqvist, who faced 32 shots during regulation and two more in overtime. “I really learned from last year to stay in the moment, not think about the consequences.’’

Bryan McCabe and Ruslan Fedotenko scored for the Rangers in regulation and James Van Riemsdyk and Zherdev had the Flyers’ goals.

Wolski’s deciding shot trickled past Sergei Bobrovski before hitting the inside of the right post and bouncing out. The play was briefly reviewed by video officials before being declared a goal.

Sabres 2, Hurricanes 1 — At Raleigh, N.C., Marc-Andre Gragnani scored 2:56 into overtime to lift Buffalo.

Chris Butler also scored and Jhonas Enroth made 35 saves for the Sabres, who won a tense matchup with a postseason feel.

Eric Staal scored for Carolina, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Gragnani’s winner came when he fired a wrist shot from the boards that appeared to ricochet off the sticks of two Carolina skaters and past goalie Cam Ward, who also was pestered by Drew Stafford near the net.

Red Wings 4, Wild 2 — Nicklas Lidstrom scored and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves, helping host Detroit beat Minnesota and clinch the Central Division title.

Darren Helm, Tomas Holmstrom, and Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings.

Detroit has won nine division titles in 10 seasons.

Brad Staubitz scored his third goal of the season to pull Minnesota within a goal early in the second period and helped set up Carson McMillan’s goal in his NHL debut with 3:06 left to make it 4-2.

Lightning 2, Blackhawks 0 — Backup Mike Smith made 31 saves for his first shutout in more than a year, and Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal in the first period before leaving with an injury in Tampa Bay’s win in Chicago.

Nate Thompson added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds left to seal the Lightning’s fifth straight victory.

Lecavalier was accidentally high-sticked by Chicago’s Michael Frolik early in the second period and didn’t return. The team said Lecavalier sustained a cut to his face.

Flames 2, Avalanche 1 — Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 34 shots and Alex Tanguay had a goal and an assist as Calgary edged Colorado in Denver.

Olli Jokinen also scored, and the Flames moved within 1 point of eighth-place Chicago in the West. The Blackhawks, however, have played two fewer games.

Peter Budaj made 34 saves and Milan Hedjuk scored for Colorado, which has won only four times in 29 games.

Stars 4, Ducks 3 — Mike Ribeiro scored twice in Dallas’s win in Anaheim.

Captain Brenden Morrow had a goal and two assists, and Jeff Woywitka added a goal and an assist for the Stars, who snapped a six-game losing streak.

Corey Perry had his NHL-leading 47th goal, and Ryan Getzlaf and Lubomir Visnovsky scored for Anaheim, which would have clinched a playoff spot with a regulation win.

Blues 6, Blue Jackets 1 — Patrik Berglund scored twice and Jaroslav Halak had 23 saves to lead visiting St. Louis.