Off, there wasn’t a lot of excitement surrounding the Buffalo Sabres. In fact, it became easier to look at past failures or the names of yesteryear rather than ahead to a tilt with the New York Rangers on Saturday evening.

After a tough loss to Washington on Saturday, the Penguins’ first game out of the 4 Nations Face-Off break, they responded with a much better effort on Sunday versus New York. But they still ended up on the wrong side of the score,

The cliche ‘a win is a win’ almost always applies, but it doesn’t feel right for the Rangers. Not for a team that gave up eight goals in an embarrassing loss on the first night of a back-to-back slate,

The New York Rangers were throttled 8-2 by the Buffalo Sabres in their first game after a two-week break in the schedule.

The Sabres (23-27-5) surged to a 5-0 lead in the first period, securing their fifth win in six games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen contributed 26 saves, while Ryan McLeod added two goals and Jason Zucker notched three assists.

The New York Rangers clearly did not come to play out of the 4 Nations Face-Off break as they suffered a brutal 8-2 defeat against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.