Fans watch warmups before a game between the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers. Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
The New York Rangers take on the Buffalo Sabres for two games at Madison Square Garden as their season winds down. With only eight games left, the Blueshirts are still in the playoff hunt, as impossible as that may seem.
If the Rangers sweep the two games over the Sabres and the Islanders lose to the Capitals on Tuesday, the Blueshirts will have 58 points and the Isles will have 63 points going into their head-to-head meetings on Thursday and Saturday night.