Buffalo Sabres Vs New York Rangers
Arena: Madison Square Garden
Time: 07 March, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
Last 10 matches: Buffalo 2-6-2; New York 5-4-1
Vanek scored a goal for Buffalo on Friday for his 300th career point. … Lundqvist made 50 saves in his last start for New York and gave up two goals or less in five consecutive starts prior to that. Third of four meetings this season. The teams met on consecutive Saturday nights in December, each winning in its opponent’s building. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist came within 58.1 seconds of a shutout in a 2-1 win at HSBC Arena on Dec. 5. Patrick Kaleta scored a pair of goals, including the shorthanded game-winner, as the Sabres prevailed 3-2 at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12.
In his last start prior to the Olympics, goalie Ryan Miller stopped 27 of 28 shots to lead Buffalo to a win over San Jose. It was a harbinger of things to come. Miller won tournament MVP in leading the U.S. to within a goal of the gold medal and has returned from Vancouver in top form. He stopped 37 shots in a 3-1 loss to Washington (the third goal was an empty-netter) and 27 more in a 3-2 overtime win over Philadelphia.
Buffalo’s Lindy Ruff coached in his 965th game Friday, moving ahead of Jack Adams (Detroit) for third on the NHL list for games coached with one franchise. … Auld became the fifth goalie New York has used this season. Steve Valiquette, Chad Johnson and Matt Zaba have all appeared in at least one game. Results and goal’s highlights, will be available soon..