Kyle Lafferty and Kevin McBride were the men to see red with minutes of the first half remaining before Miller accepted gifts from new boys James Beattie and Vladimir Weiss to slot home twice in six second half minutes.
After a poor opening half hour punctuated only by a few moments of quality the game sparked to life when McGregor and Riordan clashed.
A low ball from the Hibs left was well gathered by the Rangers keeper, who took exception to the challenge of the Hibs forward.
The pair went toe to toe and after McGregor picked himself from the turf both were booked by referee Brines.
Both sets of fans were less than pleased with the outcome but it seemed to inject the atmosphere that had been lacking in Hibs’ newly developed stadium to that point.
McGregor had already shown the quality that has made him the Light Blues’ number one as early as the 9th minute.
Hart did well on the right flank to get beyond Lafferty and cross for Riordan, only for the former Celtic striker to slice his effort back to the flank.
The Rangers rearguard seemed to switch off, expecting the ball to drift out and when Hart gathered he had time to float the ball back in.
It looked like Stokes would have the easiest of tasks to nod the ball home but the Rangers keeper stretched brilliantly to touch it away from the head of the Hibs man.
However it was far from the goalmouth that the game would really catch fire. With frustration growing at the scrappy nature of the midfield battle it was on the half way line that the first half erupted.
With just three minutes remaining until the interval, Lafferty threw himself in to a challenge and with the referee blowing for a foul Kevin McBride thumped the ball in to the back of the grounded Gers forward.
A melee ensued involving the majority of the two sides and when the dust settled red was the result for both Lafferty and McBride.
The referee’s book had certainly been in full use on disciplinary matters but there was little chance of it being troubled to record a goal.
Davis came closest for Rangers, heading the ball toward goal with Mark Brown beaten only to see Sol Bamba in place on the line to clear the danger.
Neither manager opted to use the half time as an opportunity to shuffle their pack, with both instead opting to send out the same ten that ended the half.
Miller was shuffled to the left of Rangers’ midfield with Riordan filling a similar role for the home side.
It was the latter who was first to threaten in the second period with his long range effort dealt with well by McGregor with the ball moving awkwardly in the air.
Miller was on the end of a decent Naismith delivery in the 51st minute but with the cross floated Miller couldn’t apply quite enough pace to trouble Brown in the Hibs goal.
Within five minutes of that incident Riordan’s match was ended by injury as he slumped in the centre circle minutes after clashing with Bougherra.
He left holding his knee to be replaced by Danny Galbraith in the 56th minute.
Three minutes later the young sub almost supplied the breakthrough as he skipped clear of the Light Blues defence and knocked the ball past McGregor.
It looked like Edwin De Graaf would knock in to an empty net until a brilliant intervention from Bougherra denied the Dutchman the opener.
It proved to be a crucial interception for Rangers as they took the lead within four minutes.
Miller was the man to finish but credit goes to James Beattie for the composure he showed to pick out his forward partner.
It left Miller the easiest of tasks to fire high in to the net.
And the Scotland striker was handed another on a plate six minutes later as substitute Vladimir Weiss had Rangers fans off their seats.
The little Slovakian replaced Beattie and instantly took it upon himself to run at the Hibs defence.
One mazy move down the right saw him fizz a ball towards Miller, but his final ball lacked a little accuracy.
The same could not be said minutes later when he exchanged passes on the edge of the box with Davis and rolled it in to the path of Miller.
It was a third Easter Road double for the former Hibs man after he bagged two in visits to the capital in 2008 and 2009.
Weiss almost supplied a third when his free kick delivery from the right found the head of Maurice Edu, only for the American to see his effort tipped over by Brown.
It was all the more impressive from Weiss with the Slovakian international having earned the free kick with another brilliant bit of wing play on the right flank.
Rangers fans were saluting their new number 20 and his performance will quickly have earned him a place in their hearts.
And if Miller hadn’t already with his exploits last season he will have been thrilled with the chants of “One Kenny Miller” that came following his expertly finished third in injury time as he fired beyond Brown after collecting the ball from Davis.