Memo to Canuck general manager Mike Gillis: Sign Ryan Kesler to a contract extension soon because the longer you wait the more it's going to cost you.

The Canucks have many injured forwards. Thankfully, Kesler is not one of them.

Tuesday night, he carried the offensive load, setting up three goals in Vancouver's impressive 4-1 win over the New York Rangers at General Motors Place.

He also found time to get right in the middle of a third-period melee.

"All I saw was right-crosses and upper-cuts," Kesler said of the incident, which occurred during a line change.

There were 10 New York skaters on the ice and seven Canucks. Somehow, Kesler got the extra penalty.

"I got jumped and somehow we were on the penalty-kill," he said. "He (Marian Gaborik) cross-checked me, so I gave him a little shot and the next thing you know I have got six guys on top of me."

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