The Rangers did not deserve to win the game tonight, but were saved from an embarrassing loss to the Sabres by Igor Shesterkin. Buffalo controlled 55 of the 60 minutes in this one, but unfortunately for them the Rangers scored twice in those first five minutes. Luckily for the Rangers, Buffalo is bad and Shesterkin was superb.
This was not a good effort at all by the Rangers. The much improved defense was non-existent. Buffalo got multiple high quality chances in front. Shesty came up huge on most of them. But let’s have some good points first:
- Kreider has six goals in his last five games.