Brendan Shanahan had two assists in his first game back from a concussion, and the Rangers retaliated against the Flyers with their fists and sticks in a 5–0 victory over Philadelphia last night.

Colton Orr knocked out Flyers forward Todd Fedoruk with a hard punch 21 seconds into the game in response to Philadelphia’s rough play in the last meeting on February 17. Fedoruk was removed from the ice on a stretcher and taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital and kept overnight.

Henrik Lundqvist shined again, making 17 saves for his second shutout in three games.

Fedoruk and teammate Ben Eager combined for four roughing penalties and a misconduct in the first period of Philadelphia’s 5–3 victory last month, a game best remembered for the violent accidental collision between Shanahan and Flyers forward Mike Knuble.

Orr didn’t dress for that game, a move Rangers coach Tom Renney said he regretted, but Orr quickly made his presence known in the rematch. He squared off with Fedoruk in the Philadelphia zone and flattened the hard-hitter with a right hand to the left cheek. Fedoruk went down on his back, was strapped to a board, and had his head immobilized before being wheeled off.

“Todd is doing fine,” Rangers neurologist Claude Macaluso said in a statement. “He is awake. He is having some problems with shortterm memory, but other than that he is great.”

Shanahan helped set up two goals by Sean Avery that pushed the Rangers closer to sixth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. New York trails Tampa Bay by one point and is three points above the postseason cutoff line.