BUFFALO — Somebody inform the New York Rangers the 4 Nations Face-Off break is over.
The Blueshirts’ first recreation again in opposition to the Sabres on Saturday evening bought off to a disastrous begin when star goalie Igor Shesterkin was pulled simply 18:21 into the sport after giving up 5 objectives on 16 photographs.
That was 5 Sabres objectives in comparison with the Rangers’ zero.
Not solely did the house group take a 5-0 lead, however Buffalo doubled the Rangers in photographs on aim, 16-8.
Head coach Peter Laviolette was greedy at line combos to attempt to change the Rangers’ momentum, however nothing gave the impression to be working.
The Rangers might have had double the quantity of gamers the Sabres had on the 4 Nations match, with all six gamers competing at one level or one other, nevertheless it was a team-wide dangerous begin.
The Sabres had three gamers, however solely two truly performed.
