Midway through the third period, it looked as if the New York Rangers were going to cruise to a victory over the Buffalo Sabers at the KeyBank Center. But then, as Joe Micheletti alluded to on tonight’s broadcast, two questionable penalties from Brandon Pirri and Adam Clendening changed the entire flow of this hockey game.
After holding a 3-2 lead for the vast majority of the final period, Jack Eichel netted two goals in his first home game since suffering an ankle injury in early October to propel the Sabres to a 4-3 triumph over the Blueshirts.