Let me preface this entire article with the fact the Rangers needed to win that game last night. It’s inexcusable to have a far superior team and have to squeak out three points when you should’ve picked up four against the worst team in the NHL. The biggest issue I saw in both these games was the Rangers unwillingness to play a simple north/south game against a lesser opponent.
Taking Mika Zibanejad’s goal out of the mix from Thursday because it was a 3 on 3 OT situation; the Rangers mustered a grand total of four goals against Buffalo.