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.

Adam Fox had a goal and two assist and the the New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. Mika Zibanejad got his 300th career goal and Reilly Smith also scored for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game skid and got their third win in 11 games.

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,