OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators' power play unit is working as well as ever now that they've got one of their key components back in the lineup.

Wade Redden had two goals and two assists and the Senators scored three power-play goals in the opening period to beat the New York Rangers 6-2 on Monday night.

Redden, who scored a career-high four points, set up power-play goals by Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson before scoring his sixth of the season on another man advantage at 12:27 to put Ottawa up 3-2. He added his second goal of the game -- his seventh of the season -- late in the second.

"I don't think of anything too flashy, just get the puck at the net," Redden said. "We've got a lot of other great players up front, too, that make things happen."

Redden has three goals and six assists in four games since returning from a knee injury that sidelined him for the previous 10.

"When he was out you could really tell how much we missed him," Alfredsson said. "He's one of the best defensemen in the world, I think, and probably very underrated. He jumpstarts a lot of our offense, not just our power play, but obviously he's one of the keys on our power play as well."

Jaromir Jagr didn't come out for the third period because of neck spasms after he was involved in a thundering open ice collision with Senators forward Chris Kelly in the second.