At The Final Horn: Sabres 1 - Rangers 3

The Buffalo Sabres skated into the third period on Tuesday all tied up after scoring a late second-period goal against the New York Rangers. However, the Rangers scored twice in the final frame to hand Buffalo a 3-1 loss at Madison Square Garden.
Sam Reinhart scored Buffalo's lone goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 38 saves in his second-career start.
Brendan Smith, Alexis Lafrenière and Mika Zibanejad scored for New York. Igor Shesterkin stopped 36 shots.
Buffalo's power play finished 1-for-2 while the penalty kill went 2-for-3.

What happened

Buffalo outshot New York 16-6 in the first period, but the Rangers scored on their second shot of the second period to open the scoring.
Smith stepped into a one-timer from the point shot beat Luukkonen top shelf at the 2:22 mark of the second period to put New York ahead.
Reinhart tied the game with 3.2 seconds remaining in the second period with his power-play marker. He kept the play alive at the Rangers blue line and then rifled in a shot after a quick give-and-go with Casey Mittelstadt.
New York took the lead with 9:49 remaining in the third. On the forecheck, Ryan Strome won a battle behind the Sabres net and fed Lafrenière in front.
Then with 6:11 left, Zibanejad, coming off a hat trick on Sunday, capitalized with the man advantage to make it 3-1. Buffalo was down two men for an extended period of time and Zibanejad's goal came after Buffalo had killed off the first penalty.

Roll the highlight film

Here's Reinhart's team-leading 22nd goal of the year:

He has five goals in his last three games.

Worth mentioning

-Interim assistant coach Dan Girardi joined Brian Duff and Martin Biron on the pregame show to talk about the positives he's seen in Buffalo's young defensive corps:

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Coming up

The road trip continues Thursday night when the Sabres play the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550. Pregame coverage on MSG starts at 6:30.