In this mad sprint of a 2020-21 season, there isn’t much time to waste, letting things play themselves out while the losses are piling up.
But there wasn’t much Rangers coach David Quinn could do to address the biggest problem the Rangers had as they entered the finale of their four-game road trip Thursday in Buffalo against the Sabres — the underperformance of most of the team’s top six forwards. The coach could keep trying to shuffle people around, but mostly he just had to have faith that Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome, Chris Kreider, et al., start to click. And soon.
Well, Strome scored his second goal in three games, Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, and Alexis Lafreniere, the No. 1 overall pick, scored his first NHL goal 2:47 into overtime to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Sabres, closing their four-game road trip with the happiest of endings.
