Sabres Create Chances but Can't Finish

Marty Biron started in goal for the visiting New York Rangers Saturday night and he stood tall against his former team. He shut down the Sabres as him and his current team picked up it's 2,500th franchise victory.

Carl Hagelin started the scoring in the second period for the Rangers as they were able to pick up their first of two shorthanded goals on the night. Thomas Vanek would answer that goal just over a minute after with a slap shot that beat Marty Biron through the legs.

The Sabres' special teams were poor tonight to say the least as late in the period, Ryan Callahan scored the second of the teams' shorthanded goals to take a 2-1 lead into the last period. That period was under total control of the Rangers as Hagelin and Gaborik added goals to ultimately win the game 4-1.

Buffalo has reason to be upset with this game. "You can't give up two goals when you're on the powerplay and expect to win in this league," said Sabres' defenseman Christian Ehroff. "We had our chances but we just weren't able to convert."

Sabres backup goalie Jhonas Enroth had a tough outing tonight as well. He was beat for all four goals on the glove side. During the start of the season, Enroth was 7-1 with a 1.95 GAA and .935 save percentage but since then has been 1-5-1 with a 3.10 GAA and .905 save percentage.

The home woes continue for Buffalo as this loss drops them to 7-9-2 at First Niagara Center. They will have an opportunity to improve on that Tuesday when they play host to the Ottawa Senators.