At The Final Horn: Rangers 3 - Sabres 2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres goaltender Dustin Tokarski made a career-high 44 saves - including 20 in the third period - in Buffalo's 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday at KeyBank Center.
Rasmus Asplund scored to open the scoring in his return to the lineup and Tage Thompson tied it up with 3.6 seconds remaining in regulation.
However, the Rangers won it in overtime when Mika Zibanejad finished a 2-on-1 rush with Artemi Panarin with 27.7 seconds left in the extra period. Colin Blackwell and Filip Chytil also scored for New York as they took a 2-1 lead in the third period.
Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves for the Rangers.
Buffalo's power play went 0-for-1 on the night and the team was 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

What happened

Asplund crashed the net and his work paid off to put Buffalo ahead 2:06 into the game. Shesterkin couldn't glove down a point shot from Rasmus Dahlin and Cody Eakin pounced on the rebound. The Rangers were unable to clear the puck from the crease and Asplund jammed it in for his third goal of the season.
The Sabres opened the second period on the power play and Tokarski made a great right pad save on Blackwell, who skated in on a shorthanded odd-man rush 37 seconds into the period, to keep Buffalo ahead.
Blackwell broke through 6:40 into he second with his ninth goal of the year. Moments after hitting the crossbar, Artemi Panarin worked the puck back to Blackwell who one-timed a hard shot in past Tokarski to tie the game.
The Rangers outshot Buffalo 15-2 in the second.
New York took the lead 6:17 into the third period on Chytil's goal. With Tokarski down and out, Chytil picked up a loose puck in front and fired it through traffic to put New York ahead 2-1.
Thompson scored with the extra attacker, ripping a shot in before the horn sounded to end the third period.
The Rangers scored on their only shot of overtime to earn the extra point.

Roll the highlight film

Here's Rick Jeanneret on the call for Thompson's game-tying goal:

Worth mentioning

Asplund was activated from injured reserve before the game after missing the previous four contests with an upper-body injury. He has three goals in eight games this season.
Curtis Lazar is week-to-week after sustaining a lower-body injury on Wednesday. He was placed on injured reserve this afternoon.

Coming up

Buffalo and New York will play again Saturday night at KeyBank Center. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage on MSG starting at 6:30.