Rangers burn Sabres in 3rd and win in OT shootout

2013 Game No. 20; Home Game No. 13	Rangers' Record: 10-8-2
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GAME RECAP It was far from easy, but it was a most satisfying result for the Rangers Sunday night at Madison Square Garden as the Blueshirts won their second straight, beating the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in the shootout. In securing their tenth win of the season, the Rangers showed tremendous character, making Buffalo pay after an ugly hit on Brad Richards in the third period, and then killing off a two-man disadvantage in overtime. Rick Nash, who notched a goal and an assist in the game, and Ryan Callahan beat Sabres goalie Ryan Miller in the first two rounds of the shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist denied Jason Pominville and then Tyler Ennis to make sure the home team grabbed an important two points. Buffalo saw their season-high three-game winning streak snapped. A sleepy 1-0 game came alive early in the third period as the two teams combined for three special teams goals in a span of four minutes 44 seconds. Trailing 1-0 the Rangers were awarded their second power play of the night when Andrej Sekera was whistled for hooking at 2:55. While skating on that power play, Richards was hit hard in the lower back and sent head-first into the side boards by Buffalo's Patrick Kaleta, who was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct at 3:28. Seven seconds into the 5-on-3 power play, Derek Stepan scored off a Nash feed to tie the game 1-1. Then 43 seconds after Stepan's tally, Nash scored his fifth goal of the season, a 5-on-4 power play bullet from the right circle, to give the Rangers their first lead at 4:18. It was Nash's first power play goal as a Ranger, and marked the first time this season that the Blueshirts had scored two power play goals in a single game. However Buffalo tied the game at 8:19, scoring a shorthanded goal off a 2-on-2 rush. • COMMENT ON BLUESHIRTS UNITED | PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTO OF THE GAME STATS OF THE GAME Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves through regulation/overtime and stopped 2-2 shots faced in the shootout to improve to 9-7-1 overall, including a 7-4-0 mark at home this season. He has held opponents to two goals or less in 10 of his last 14 games, posting a record of 8-5-1 with a 1.98 goals against average and .927 save percentage over the span. THREE STARS (selected by the newyorkrangers.com) 1. Nash 2. Miller 3. Gaborik

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THE BIGGER PICTURE With several games in hand over the teams ahead of them, the Rangers are about to make a big push up the standings ladder, and will likely challenge for No. 1 in due time. And they don't have to worry about what the Chicago Blackhawks are doing.

RANGERS LEADERS Icetime -- Staal (27:14) Shots -- Six players tied (3) Hits -- Callahan (6) Blocks -- Girardi (5) Takeaways -- Nine players tied (1) Faceoffs -- Stepan (27)

NEW YORK RANGERS LINEUP VS. BUFFALO
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Carl Hagelin	Brad Richards	Rick Nash
Taylor Pyatt	Derek Stepan	Ryan Callahan
J.T. Miller	Brian Boyle	Marian Gaborik
Darroll Powe	Jeff Halpern	Stu Bickel

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh	Anton Stralman
Michael Del Zotto	Steve Eminger
Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Biron Starting Lineup: Lundqvist, McDonagh, Stralman, Pyatt, Stepan, Callahan.

POWER PLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Rick Nash	Derek Stepan	Ryan Callahan
Taylor Pyatt	J.T. Miller	Gaborik/Hagelin

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Brad Richards	Michael Del Zotto
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi

PENALTY KILLING UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Ryan Callahan	Derek Stepan
Darroll Powe	Jeff Halpern
Carl Hagelin	Brian Boyle

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh	Michael Del Zotto