Carolina and Buffalo both lost on Tuesday night. These are two teams desperate for wins as they chase Pittsburgh, Montreal and Columbus for the last wild card spot in the East. Perennial disappointments, their inability to win some of the biggest games of their season can only be disheartening.
The lottery look
With their win, the Rangers now h ave 60 points and with the two points they gained, they played leap frog with Colorado, Chicago and Vancouver, moving from eighth worst to 11th in the lottery race. Let’s not even think about the fact that if they were in the West, they would have the same number of points as the final wild card team.