Mika Zibanejad’s 300th NHL goal, a power-play effort in the first period, got the Rangers started, and Reilly Smith’s third goal in four games looked like it would be an insurance goal, until Owen Power, who’d had a rough game, scored to get Buffalo on the board at 15:09 of the third.

In a battle of teams struggling mightily in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers outlasted the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night, defeating their cross-divisional foes 3-2. Mika Zibanejad was a catalyst for the Blueshirts,

The struggling Zibanejad scored his 300th career goal in a 3-2 win over the Sabres, but it wasn't an ideal finish for New York.