Sabres visit Rangers seeking to stop road slide
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03/07/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres hope to put their road woes to an end
when the Northeast Division co-leaders pay a visit to historic Madison Square
Garden tonight for a matchup with the New York Rangers.
Buffalo heads to the Big Apple having dropped eight straight games as the
visitor, with six of those defeats coming in regulation. That matches the
longest road losing streak in the franchise's 39 seasons of existence, an
0-5-3 stretch during the 2007-08 campaign.
The Sabres, who are still a respectable 14-12-3 away from home for the season,
had also lost eight times in a stretch of nine overall games before downing
Philadelphia in overtime on Friday. Tim Connolly scored 2:31 into the extra
session to give Buffalo a much-needed 3-2 victory.
Buffalo trailed 2-1 in the third period before Adam Mair scored with 5:58
remaining in regulation. Connolly later put the Sabres ahead to stay when he
banked home a rebound of Toni Lydman's shot from the point midway through the
extra session.
Both Connolly and Adam Mair finished with a goal and an assist for Buffalo,
with Thomas Vanek also lighting the lamp for his 300th career point.
Goaltender and United States Olympic hero Ryan Miller did his part as well,
stopping 27-of-29 Philadelphia shots on the evening.
"We made improvements in some areas," said Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff. "We
missed a couple great opportunities you wished you put in the back of the
net."
The win briefly gave Buffalo a one-point edge on Ottawa for first place in the
Northeast, but the Senators pulled even following last night's overtime loss
to Toronto.
The Rangers come back home after being shut out by NHL-leading Washington on
Saturday, when Capitals goaltender Jose Theodore turned aside all 30 shots he
faced to lead his club to a 2-0 verdict.
Alex Auld, claimed by New York off waivers from Dallas earlier this week, made
his first start in goal for his new team and ended with 26 saves.
"Coming into a game against this team you're expecting a lot of shots," said
Auld. "But I thought we did a good job tonight and it's just unfortunate that
we came out on the wrong end."
The Rangers did have leading scorer Marian Gaborik back in the lineup last
night, although the star sniper wasn't a factor in his return from a two-game
absence due to a groin injury he sustained while competing for Slovakia in the
Olympics. Regular netminder Henrik Lundqvist, who racked up a career-high 50
saves in New York's 5-4 overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday, is expected
to be back between the pipes after getting Saturday's game off.
The Blueshirts have dropped two in a row following a three-game win streak and
sit in a ninth-place tie in the Eastern Conference standings with 66 points,
two behind Montreal for the eighth and final playoff seed.
These teams have split two previous meetings this season, with the Sabres
earning a 3-2 decision at Madison Square Garden on December 12 behind a 36-
save performance from Miller. Buffalo has prevailed in four of the last six
overall bouts in the series.
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